Iron & Wine Lyrics

    ------ About the song Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog) performed by Iron & Wine

Wolves by the road and a bike wheel spinning on a pawnshop wall
She’ll wring out her colored hair like a butterfly beaten in a summer rainfall
And then roll on the kitchen floor of some fucker with a pocketful of foreign change
The song of the shepherd’s dog,
A ditch in the dark in the ear of the lamb who’s going to try to run away
Whoever got that brave?

Wolves in the middle of town and a chapel bell ringing through the windblown trees
She’ll wave to the butcher’s boy with the parking lot music everybody believes
And then dive like a dying bird at any dude with a dollar at the penny arcade
The song of the shepherd’s dog,
The waiter and the check or the rooster on a rooftop waiting for day
And you know what he’s gonna say

Wolves at the end of the bed and a postcard hidden in her winter clothes
She’ll weep in the back of a truck to the traitors only trying to find her bullet hole
and then run down a canopy road to some mother and a baby with a cross to bear

The song of the shepherd’s dog
a little brown flea in the bottle of oil
for your wooly wild hair,
you’ll never get him out of there

    ------ About the song House By The Sea performed by Iron & Wine

This song is not about drugs. This song is very similar thematically to many Middle English dream visions. The house is the house of God and the ocean / moat between the speaker and the house is the limbo between life on the land and death's infinite life in the house on the other side. This song is about how once one accepts and celebrates death, one begins the swim from human live to one that is spiritually heading closer to the house of God.

    ------ About the song Sea And The Rhythm performed by Iron & Wine

Not to be harsh - but if any of you honestly believe this is about a mother/baby relationship, you've OBVIOUSLY never truly made love... IF it were about mother/baby, do tell, how "when salty my sweat and fingertips" and "My hands believe and move over you" pertain to that?

1. "Our hands they seek the end of afternoon" - hands are rising up up over them and then falling down. Picture woman lying on her back, hands up, arms fully extended, then slowly falling over her head to meet the bed.

2. "Tonight, we're the sea and
the rhythm there
the waves and the wind and night is black" - self explanatory. They are together at night, with the lights off. Their movements have the same effect as the sea. Crash into Me by Dave Matthews Band, anyone?

Other comment titled "beautiful." by anonymous has it right.

    ------ About the song Sea And The Rhythm performed by Iron & Wine

I believe this is about lovers, and it's honestly the most intimate piece of music I've experienced. I am currently a breastfeeding first time mother, and after reading these reviews, can almost see where some listeners think these beautiful lines might be about a mother/baby relationship, but when I heard it first, that was definitely NOT what I thought of. As I listen to it, my lover and images of us fill my mind. "milk from your breast is on my lips" - the use of the word lips here certainly sets the tone for eroticism in my opinion.

    ------ About the song Fever Dream performed by Iron & Wine

i fell in love with iron and wine just last year. i could listen to them for hours while i study or clean up around the apartment. (and yes at times i do). This song got me through a broken heart. It made me finally cry because i was in denial of having my heart broken by the same guy once again. i listened to it on repeat for hours and hours and finally just let myself cry. Sadly this song reminds me of a broken heart but at the same time it makes me feel so peaceful. i will always be a fan of Iron and Wine. :)

    ------ About the song The Trapeze Swinger performed by Iron & Wine

I first heard this song in a movie. I had to wait to see the cast to see who sang this song. And then downloaded it. Oh! It is such a nice song. You only want to hear it in a place with no noise so that you concentrate listening to the stanzas. It is one of the nicest songs I have heard for a long time.........

    ------ About the song Jezebel performed by Iron & Wine

My interpretation is this...

I think Jezebel was picked because of its biblical relation, however it doesn't recount the true strong, which is why he asks "Who's seen Jezebel?"

Looking more into it, I think it's about the women who we've blamed without even knowing them, or seeing the true person. Basically, stop being judgemental and realize that you do "wrong" too.
"who's seen jezebel? she was born to be the woman we could blame
make me a beast half as brave i'd be the same."

This is looking at it through a feminists eyes. Any other possible feminist perspectives of this song?

    ------ About the song Upward Over The Mountain performed by Iron & Wine

omg girl i frekin love these songs girlfriend wonderful it really touched me it almost made me cry, but my mom and dad did not die thtey just separated. well any ways its wonderful you should publish this sooooooooooooo touching!

    ------ About the song House By The Sea performed by Iron & Wine

This song is obviously about a burgeoning drug addiction. The jealous sisters are heroin and cocaine. Durp. But..people will try their hardest to make the meaning they lack ;)

    ------ About the song Sea And The Rhythm performed by Iron & Wine

I think it seems like she's the mother of his infant child, and they are waiting for the end of afternoon because that's when they get to put the baby to bed and be together again. It's beautiful like that! :)