4/10/2024 0 Comments Flume bon iver lyrics![]() The bird has been shot or hurt in some way. The bird explanation makes more sense to me, especially when you refer to the part that says "only love is all maroon, gluey feathers on the flume." What would make the feathers "gluey"? Blood. This wary bird must be symbolic of something. I think it's supposed to say "lapping lakes like LEERY loons." Leery (not Leary) means cautious or distrustful. Also, I don't believe that the line "Leary loons" has any connection to Timothy Leary, as someone else stated. ![]() The loon is an aquatic bird, that often dives underwater. I did more research on "loons", which some people think is a reference to some kind of crazy, as in looney but I disagree. Don't hate, it's probably nonsense but I'm trying here. I've skimmed some of the comments and here's my two cents. This song is gorgeous but I'd much rather it be a profoundly beautiful song, as opposed to just a shallow, meaningless one. I'm really hoping that this song means something, and that the lyrics aren't a bunch of nonsense that just sound good. rope burns don't happen unless he tried to hold on. again, he is wandering down the river/stream. mother on the wall is a photograph of someone who passed away. he's still attached to whatever he left behind. pieces of himself left behind as he parted ways. not only does love hurt, but it doesn't quite look as glorious after it's done with you. now you know what it looks like to see him without his masks. he's saying this because he was abandoned/betrayed by people close to him rope burns don't happen unless he tried to hold on.feeling so alone it's driving him mad.again, he is wandering down the river/stream.mother on the wall is a photograph of someone who passed away.pieces of himself left behind as he parted ways.he's saying this because he was abandoned/betrayed by people close to him.It was just that idea, really, and it’s definitely one of my favorite songs of them all, too. But the I thought that what’s even more potent, in a way, is this idea that he’s having a heart attack and he doesn’t even realize that he’s dying. Actually, when I started writing the song, it was about a man who’d been shot and he was lying in a Layby. I just thought it was a really beautiful image. ![]() ![]() That incredibly potent sense of regret for not resolving this argument or row or whatever it was. It’s all about a guy basically dying in a layby and thinking about the way he’s left home the day before, the night before, the week before, or whenever. I think it’s terribly sad human quality, and “Heartattack In A Layby" is about regret. Regret for not following your instincts and married the right person when you had the chance. Regret for not having said what you should’ve said at the time or done what you should’ve done. " I think that for me, one of the things that’s always been the most heartbreaking about the human condition is the idea of regret. Quoting the frontman Steven Wilson from an interview about this track: Try Porcupine Tree's Heartattack In A Layby, I can barely listen to it these days haha
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