![]() This only gets proven when one sibling jumps off because the other sais that he will too, but instead he lets go of his siblings hand and watches them fall to their death Then the music suddenly changes as the other "bird" who is actually the sibling gets called a liar because he won't keep on holding their hand, he won't keep staying with them. Two birds on a wire and one wants to fly the other first sais no but then sais "Yeah sure I'm not gonna let go of your hand". (He said he does but he doesn't so he doesn't jump)įirst the story seams simple. (I am gonna jump with you, together hand in hand) (Two siblings sitting on a rooftop, one wants to jump the other sais they don't want to) Lets use "fly" as the term for "jumping" which many suicidal people use: "Two birds on a wire, one tries to fly the other sais I am tired" "Two birds of a feather, say they are always gonna stay together" And I realize I never knew them at all.Īm I tho only one tho things it's about suicide? Hear me out: Now their partner spends their time trying to slander me online and harass me through alt accounts forcing me into complete internet privacy. 6 months of unpaid rent and 7 years of friendship cut short. She'll believe it all.Įven after they got a therapist, a doctor, medication, a safe home to live in.they still refused to get serious or get a job. At some point I was basically just enabling them to be placent and apathetic. They became expectant and far too reliant on our good natures and our money. I tried to help them and their partner out of a bad place, mentally and physically, but after a long time of hoping, being patient, waiting, and saying "no they don't mean to drain our energy, finances, or anything they're just depressed and need support :)." I kind of just realized that they wouldn't change. I had heard this song before this relationship ended, but now it puts another entire color to it.especially since I heard this song originally through this friend. The one who only wanted to help ends up needing to fly away for its own health and happiness, thus "leaving" the second bird. They're tied to helping their friend, and their complacency is hurting them. The first bird is willing to listen, put up with any and all excuses, understanding it's not that easy to change, but after a while, it starts killing them. It feels like the first bird is someone who wants deperately to help someone they love out of a bad place, to coax them to spread their wings and grow.but the other (through some means) is just not ready or able to. I just came out of a really toxic codependent relationship.and I heard this song for the first time in a while today at work.and I interpreted this song totally different than I had previously. Again, this is a MEGA reach, but it's not entirely out of line with some of her other songs. In this sense, I wonder if the song is in part about one bird again dreaming of something more than what life has to offer, and the other bird to afraid to leave the comfort of the status quo and take a risk on something bigger than just being a wage slave. Also in Small Bills she touches on how the corporate world monetizes our dreams and potential until we have nothing left. Regina seems to touch on this in other songs like Carbon Monoxide where young people seem discontent to grow up and join the work force, dreaming of a life away from the carbon monoxide of the status quo that lulls you to sleep. The lack of a successful conclusion makes the song a bit darker for me.Īlso, I wonder to what extent it could be social commentary about how people are happy with the status quo without demanding more out of life. He tries, but we don't know to what extent he's successful, and the repetition in the song makes it seem like he keeps coming back to his friend and to life on the wire - either to convince them to want more or because he couldn't make it out there on his own. What I find interesting is that the bird with the ambition never actually sees it through. It also could be that one of the birds wants to be more relationship wise - that they want to move from two friends on the wire to something solid, more real and permanent, but the other bird is holding back. It feels like its about a relationship where one person wants to see more of the world or has ambitions to do something great, while their friend is content to sit on the wire and find excuses to stay in its comfort zone.
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