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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Flightless Bird, American Mouth (page 1/ 6) ------ performed by Iron & Wine A Take on Flightless Bird, American Mouth | Reviewer: Lotus | 12/15/09 Here's a guy in a relationship with two women, who is focused on (making) money. Too quick to choose the money, or the woman with the money and supposed higher class. Focused on the material (as she is) All the plastic toys, that should make for a 'better life' than with the one who truly loves him for him. Then when the cops closed the fair (the manipulative rich woman decides it's time for them to marry), he cut ties with the one who loved him. Realized his mistake and stole a dog eared map (the path that always led to her, his true love)... "Have I found you?' (Jealous, weeping) or Lost you? (will she ever forgive him, take him back?) Big pill looming is reality faced. (the bitterest pill of his reality of what he has done, is hard to swallow). Back to his 'life'-- A Fat House Cat. Wealthy and established. Lonely, cold existence. No love. Nursing my sore blunt tongue. Mistake from 'I do.' Watching the warm, poison rats... (wife? those in his life sucking the life outta him, using him, unappreciative of what he provides... All the while dreaming of his true love...left behind, bleeding, grounded...flightless without her love... Reality again. Bill pill looming (you made your bed, and now lie it)...stuck going down..It is a bitter pill to swallow... Hey kat | Reviewer: Alyssa | 12/8/09 Yeah I know, but still I love Iron and Wine, and twilight is just mega annoying, and its taking over a bunch of good music. And, twilight makes no sense, so I can have my opinion if I want to. K? Whatever. i love this song AND twilight | Reviewer: kat | 12/5/09 dear alyssa.people can write what they want. so you shut your mouth. your untitled to your own opinion but there is no need to be rude. i am a twilight fan and no i will not shut my mouth. just because i like twilight doesn't mean i can't enjoy this song. twilight:( | Reviewer: lei808 | 11/29/09 ok i need to be honest i first heard this song from a friend that watched twilight. i didnt watch the ending so i didnt know but i thought twilight was really bad and this song is too good for twilight:) The true meaning | Reviewer: Embezaline | 11/26/09 All of you who say it ties to the replusive character Edward and Bella are sadly mistaken. The meaning is pretty clear:: "I was a quick wet boy" clever but at a disadvantage "diving too deep for coins" going too far for something "All of your street light eyes, wide on my plastic toys" his valuables too out in the open for everyone to see because of the limelight "When the cops closed the fair, I cut my long baby hair" Growing up "Stole me a dog earred map, and called for you everywhere" looking for something he lost or had grown away from "Have I found you, Flightless Bird; Jealous, weeping? Or lost you, American Mouth; Big Pill, looming?" Found the thing he was looking for all this time (probably a person), it was gentle. the mouth and pill looming is the effects of life. Of change. "Now I’m a fat house cat" happy with what it has. "Nursing my sore, blunt tongue" able to focus on self-healing "Watching the warm poison rats" noticing the little things in life "Crawl through the wide fence cracks" seeing the easy ways out he could've took "Pissing on magazine photos" making fun of modern things "Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean Blood of Christ mountain stream " finding happiness Shut up Twilight fans | Reviewer: Alyssa | 11/25/09 Twilight fans need to seriously shut up. This song is absolutely marvelous. And, you guys only enjoyed it because a pathetic girl and a fake creature danced to it in a terrible movie. I love Iron and Wine since he first came out. And, I am very sick with the utter cry of Twilight Fans, believing they love him. So, please keep your mouths shut. my opinion | Reviewer: unknownpersonality | 11/7/09 Though I heard this song in the Twilight soundtrack, I never tie the songs with the movie, unless it's a musical. I won't write about what I think it means, because that would just confuse people. This is a very pretty song, I like it. Just a thought!! :) | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/8/09 I love dis song so much!Its really strange how it just randomly enters my head. Ok so lyric meanings rite...well I honestly dont know. I guess to me it's about dis spontanous young guy dat was in love and got in way over his head, (in too deep).D girl was more mature or wise and could always shed light on his foolish ways.But den something happened and their relationship was ended by someone,parents or his foolish ways and she left.He searched for her with his dog-eared map.The flightless bird refers 2 her as she is trapped, possibly jealous by wat he did, or weeping.American mouth is probably his own mouth dat might have gotten hin into trouble n d big pill is his idea of suicide as he lost her. D fat house cat is himself years later after having lost her and stills want 2 find her but has lost all hope.He is still nursing his sore blunt tongue dat said things he regrets. He is lazy now and feels like he has no purpose and cant function as he refers 2 himself as a cat but still lets all the rats cum and go. D fishing lures dat cause death and catch people out r cleansed in d cold stream and he hates dis idea of easy forgiveness and redemption. H e is still looking 4 his flightless bird dat he imagines is grounded bleeding - hurt and has lost any faith,dreams or spirit dat would make her soar. And the big pill stuck going down is d guy committing suicide and not even getting dat right as he feels useless. Sorry if none of dat made sense. Just my random rambelings! :) True Meaning | Reviewer: Ohms | 10/7/09 Here's what I make of the meaning. Its a love song to America or the American ideal. The first 2 line "Quick wet boy" Clever but Naive man "Diving deep for coins" Chasing money and the High life Illegally "Street Light.... plastic toys" - America admired him for what he owned ie.cars, house etc "Cops closed the fair" - went to jail "Cut... baby hair" - No longer Naive "Stole me a dog eared map" - Looked for answers that many have looked for "Called... everywhere" - Still trying to understand what went wrong "Have I found you... bird" - "Asks himself if this is what america is about" "Lost you you ..." - "Asks himself if he misunderstood what america is about" THE following part is about Him in jail many years later. "Walm poisen rats" Watching new people coming in to jail. "Wide cracks" How easy it is to get into jail "Pissing on mag photos" - an insult to the american ideal "Fishing lures" - the entrapments on the american way ========================== Its sad if you think of it that way the song speaks for itself. | Reviewer: rawrskiis. | 7/21/09 this is my own interpretation of the song. It is about a young boy who was in love with this girl, and tried to impress her and show her how much he cared for her by spending heaps of money ( "diving too deep for coins" ). The "plastic toys" are the gifts he bought her. When it mentions "cops closed the fair" it refers to the girl's parents who found out about the two and broke them up. The boy then matures "cutting my long baby hair" and tries to find the girl again yet to no avail "...map and called for you everywhere". He hasn't found her, she is the "flightless bird", the "american mouth" is his own mouth and the "big pill..looming" is his thoughts about suicide/overdosing. Years go by, now this boy is an old man "fat house cat" and he can no longer speak "nursing my sore blunt tongue", his family visit from time to time " rats..fence cracks", he begins to reminisce on the past and the whole deal about the "fishing lures thrown" is about him taking the bait, taking his own life.. The second chorus talks about the girl being presumed dead -"grounded..bleeding" and ends with the "big pill stuck going down" and the man is now ending his life.. So yeah thats my interpretation of this meaningful song. It was awesome in Twilight and fit in perfectly with the dance scene with Bella and Edward. Cheers :) Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6