Whats this song about? Im asking because Ive interpreted this song three different ways over the past few months, and my opinion keeps changing. I love it when that happens, and with Joe Henry songs it happens a lot. So, without going into details about that, Im curious to see if any of those interpretations... or others... emerge from raising these simple questions: To your ears, what is this song about? What is happening here? It wasn’t peace I wanted So it wasn’t peace I found, I wouldn’t stand for reason And it never would sit down. The bird upon my shoulder Has not one kind word to say— My eye is on the sparrow, But she looks the other way Carry on, and me away, Hey, look alive— the end of days And our very blood Taste like honey now There upon the mountain Is the shadow of a hand Tugging at the stubborn mule Now standing like a man And twitching like the phantom limb Of this whole countryside— Disappearing at the knee And breaking up our stride Carry on, and me away, Hey, look alive— the end of days And our very blood Taste like honey now I want time and bread and wine, Sugar and a spoon, I want for the hungry years To be swallowed by this room. I wait out your memory Now singing in the trees— I wait for one grave angel And I know she waits for me Carry on, and me away, Hey, look alive— the end of days And our very blood Taste like honey now
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:40:49 +0000
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