![]() ![]() There's no conflict between them, but a difference in personalities and life goals that has grown apparent, and so these birds are stuck. The other is looking for adventure, and seems to believe that their "lying" friend still wants the same things as they do, which holds them back. Especially with its "One more or one less / Nobody's worried" attitude. I think the "lying" bird is one of those people. Some people are content staying where they are in life, never aspiring to be more. Old friends, the kind that are so close they're attached at the hip - practically inseperable, who planned to stay together go to the same schools, live close to one another, keep in touch. So, it could just be about a parent unable to let go of their child, or two friends becoming themselves, and so going seperate ways. That's what makes her songs so easy to relate to. Regina wrote it vague leaving it up to interpretation. It also might not be as negative as everyone's thinking. But I think it may not be about a couple or even a husband and wife. I guess that's why she's one of the bright lights out there in the music world.I like this song. I wish more artists put that kind of work and thought and care into their music. She plays with dynamics in a wonderfully fascinating way. I love the way she builds and builds and then has the release type moments back into the near silence. It's a brilliant song, of which Spektor has a few, and one I can listen to over and over again. I would definitely understand an opposite interpretation to mine, since it's left deliberately ambiguous, but that's my take on it. But for a hopeful romantic like myself, I think she doesn't finish that line because just as she thinks he's not going to get off that wire and she's lamenting the fact again, he jumps. ![]() ![]() Now, one could easily take Spektor's ending the song this way to be a kind of sadness that he never will get off that wire and she doesn't even need to finish that refrain. So she's continuing to try and get him off that wire, but he hasn't budged yet. He says he wants to as well, but he is a liar Say that they're always gonna stay togetherīut one's never going to let go of that wire It could be a metaphor for the journey of marriage, or it could simply be a physical journey off of the wire. Please take this journey with me." is what she's trying to get him to understand. So he's just making more excuses, but she's not giving up. One says c'mon and the other says "I'm tired" She won't even let go of his hand, even after he's taken that initial leap off of the wire. She's telling him that whatever his reason is for not leaving the wire, she won't judge him, she'll support him, she'll still be there for him emotionally and physically. She thinks he's lying, and in the next part she reassures him: He says he wants to leave, but is giving her some reason as to why he won't. whatever the female bird leads him to once they leave. I'll call them the male and female, I get the feeling that the male bird is afraid to leave the comfort of the wire for the possibility of something new, i.e. Here's she's setting up our characters and their situation. Now, because of the way Spektor writes the lyrics, you could take the song as a triumph of love, or being about fear and lack of change.: But the one that has really stayed in my memory is the possible love song "Two Birds". On her last studio album, Far, she wrote about a wide range of topics, from people's belief in God depending on their place in life, to the color blue, and a song called "Dance Anthem of the 80's" as well. Her incredibly powerful and yet delicately nimble voice coupled with her piano skills and effortless quirkiness make her at the very least interesting to listen to. Regina Spektor is one of the most interesting artists around these days. I'm gonna start putting the video up top so that maybe you can listen to the song while I talk about it. Ok, so I stopped doing this because of Christmas, then because of New Year's, and then I just got busy and stopped writing altogether, but now I'm back at it. ![]()
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