I think you’d have to be a bird lover as well as someone who has a few skeletons of addiction and substance abuse in your closet to truly appreciate the depth of meaning found in Blaze Foley’s lyrics to “Clay Pigeons.” If you’re familiar enough with birds you may know that they ingest quite a bit of toxic substances while foraging for food and drinking. To combat the ill effects of these toxins pigeons and other birds have evolved a way to naturally diminish these effects by eating clay. \nClay pigeons is about healing and redemption, it’s about removing the literal and figurative “toxins” from one’s life….and getting back on the saddle….and self actualizing! For those of you who have dealt with addiction….you’ve felt the desperation of wanting to “get back” to being you again. You desperately want to be resilient…but can’t always find your way. This is a song about desperation and hope…and a wanting, though not yet realized or fulfilled.\n\nThank you Blaze! I will keep these poignant words with me forever….and your memory will live on in all of our healing hearts!
I think you’d have to be a bird lover as well as someone who has a few skeletons of addiction and substance abuse in your closet to truly appreciate the depth of meaning found in Blaze Foley’s lyrics to “Clay Pigeons.” If you’re familiar enough with birds you may know that they ingest quite a bit of toxic substances while foraging for food and drinking. To combat the ill effects of these toxins pigeons and other birds have evolved a way to naturally diminish these effects by eating clay. \nClay pigeons is about healing and redemption, it’s about removing the literal and figurative “toxins” from one’s life….and getting back on the saddle….and self actualizing! For those of you who have dealt with addiction….you’ve felt the desperation of wanting to “get back” to being you again. You desperately want to be resilient…but can’t always find your way. This is a song about desperation and hope…and a wanting, though not yet realized or fulfilled.\n\nThank you Blaze! I will keep these poignant words with me forever….and your memory will live on in all of our healing hearts!