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Damage has defined our border
All that matter forged in flame
Knowing little of your wounding
Share our mending all the same
Weight of words and wars we carried
I'm like you, just like you
Eyes of secret and storm and story
But shared, and well, we'll make it through
Sadness like a pendulum
Pulls us round and to and fro
Onus Fate and Undo Odium
Armor, anchor, lead and stone
By the telling let them become
Will they all be feathers?
Eyes of secret storm and story
Show and tell, we'll make it through
Onus Fate and Undo Odium
Armor, anchor, lead and stone
By the telling
may they become
May they all be feathers
All that matter forged in flame
Knowing little of your wounding
Share our mending all the same
Weight of words and wars we carried
I'm like you, just like you
Eyes of secret and storm and story
But shared, and well, we'll make it through
Sadness like a pendulum
Pulls us round and to and fro
Onus Fate and Undo Odium
Armor, anchor, lead and stone
By the telling let them become
Will they all be feathers?
Eyes of secret storm and story
Show and tell, we'll make it through
Onus Fate and Undo Odium
Armor, anchor, lead and stone
By the telling
may they become
May they all be feathers
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow, edited by mael15, geus1978
Feathers Lyrics as written by William L Howerdel Maynard James Keenan
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Feathers can be interpreted in a number of ways, but as a generality it seems to be a commentary on how talking, sharing, and being vulnerable can help to alleviate pain and break down the walls between people.
The metaphor of weight is used a lot: “all that matter”, “we carried”, “armor, anchor, lead, and stone” – and the lyrics specifically suggest that talking about it and working through it should lower that burden/weight: “By the telling, will they become – will they all be feathers?”
It’s not clear if the song is about a specific relationship between people, or perhaps something broader (e.g. countries). Source: genius.com/