from the lines "+ i'm glad you got away, but i'm still stuck out here. My clothes are soaking wet from your brother's tears" I got the impression that this was about someone (Maybe- with the whole being ashamed about women's clothes deal, someone who was gay) who killed themselves.
Just a thought.
Pretty sure the yellow bird refers to canary in a coal mine, where they would send down a canary in a cage and then bring it back up. If it was alive, the air was safe to breathe for the miners. I think it's a reference to the fact that the person he wrote the song about (his cousin?) got clean and sober and his life is now good and so Colin can see that it's safe and ok to live that way - an inspiration for him to get clean.
Pretty sure the yellow bird refers to canary in a coal mine, where they would send down a canary in a cage and then bring it back up. If it was alive, the air was safe to breathe for the miners. I think it's a reference to the fact that the person he wrote the song about (his cousin?) got clean and sober and his life is now good and so Colin can see that it's safe and ok to live that way - an inspiration for him to get clean.
@clippy.hanger i would think, the person being a trans girl would make more sense, also, it would add more purpose to the "when you turned away, when you slammed the door, when you stole the car, drove towards mexico" line because she'd been kicked out/ran away, also i believe the same person is referenced in a spindle a darkness a fever and a necklace because of the opening, and also following the belief that yellow bird is a poetic term for soulmate/happiness (ask.com/world-view/yellow-bird-symbolize-8e9a9f64737776) he was in love with her, which would bring more sense and also help drive home with...
@clippy.hanger i would think, the person being a trans girl would make more sense, also, it would add more purpose to the "when you turned away, when you slammed the door, when you stole the car, drove towards mexico" line because she'd been kicked out/ran away, also i believe the same person is referenced in a spindle a darkness a fever and a necklace because of the opening, and also following the belief that yellow bird is a poetic term for soulmate/happiness (ask.com/world-view/yellow-bird-symbolize-8e9a9f64737776) he was in love with her, which would bring more sense and also help drive home with such an intense line, after having the loud powerful chorus, then going quiet, and revealing her love for her, then going back up in volume to the final chorus
from the lines "+ i'm glad you got away, but i'm still stuck out here. My clothes are soaking wet from your brother's tears" I got the impression that this was about someone (Maybe- with the whole being ashamed about women's clothes deal, someone who was gay) who killed themselves. Just a thought.
I defintely see the gay refrence but dont see the suicide refrence his songs are vague and really could represent anything
I defintely see the gay refrence but dont see the suicide refrence his songs are vague and really could represent anything
Pretty sure the yellow bird refers to canary in a coal mine, where they would send down a canary in a cage and then bring it back up. If it was alive, the air was safe to breathe for the miners. I think it's a reference to the fact that the person he wrote the song about (his cousin?) got clean and sober and his life is now good and so Colin can see that it's safe and ok to live that way - an inspiration for him to get clean.
Pretty sure the yellow bird refers to canary in a coal mine, where they would send down a canary in a cage and then bring it back up. If it was alive, the air was safe to breathe for the miners. I think it's a reference to the fact that the person he wrote the song about (his cousin?) got clean and sober and his life is now good and so Colin can see that it's safe and ok to live that way - an inspiration for him to get clean.
This song is in fact about the suicide of a friend of Conor.
This song is in fact about the suicide of a friend of Conor.
@clippy.hanger i would think, the person being a trans girl would make more sense, also, it would add more purpose to the "when you turned away, when you slammed the door, when you stole the car, drove towards mexico" line because she'd been kicked out/ran away, also i believe the same person is referenced in a spindle a darkness a fever and a necklace because of the opening, and also following the belief that yellow bird is a poetic term for soulmate/happiness (ask.com/world-view/yellow-bird-symbolize-8e9a9f64737776) he was in love with her, which would bring more sense and also help drive home with...
@clippy.hanger i would think, the person being a trans girl would make more sense, also, it would add more purpose to the "when you turned away, when you slammed the door, when you stole the car, drove towards mexico" line because she'd been kicked out/ran away, also i believe the same person is referenced in a spindle a darkness a fever and a necklace because of the opening, and also following the belief that yellow bird is a poetic term for soulmate/happiness (ask.com/world-view/yellow-bird-symbolize-8e9a9f64737776) he was in love with her, which would bring more sense and also help drive home with such an intense line, after having the loud powerful chorus, then going quiet, and revealing her love for her, then going back up in volume to the final chorus