Birds
She was waiting at the station
He was getting off the train
He didn't have a ticket so he had to bum through the barriers again
Well the ticket inspector saw him rushing through
He said "girl you don't know how much I missed you but
We'd better run 'cause' I haven't got the funds to pay this fine"
She said "fine"
Well so they ran out of the station and jumped onto a bus
With two of yesterdays travel cards and two bottles of Bud
And he said "you look well nice"
Well she was wearing a skirt
And he thought she looked nice
And yeah, she didn't really care about anything else
Because she only wanted him to think that she looked nice
And he did
But he was looking at her, yeah all funny in the eye
She said "come on boy tell me what you're thinking
Now don't be shy"
He said alright, "I'll try
All the stars up in the sky and the leaves in the trees
All the broken bits that make you, each part and grassy bits in between
All the matter in the world is how much I like you"
She said "what?"
He said "let me try and explain again"
"Right, birds can fly so high, or they can shit on your head
Yeah they can almost fly into your eye and make you feel so scared
But when you look at them, and you see that they're beautiful
That's how I feel about you
Right birds can fly so high and they can shit on your head
Yeah they can almost fly into your eye and make you feel so scared
But when you look at them, and you see that they're beautiful
That's how I feel about you
Yeah that's how I feel about you"
She said "what?"
He said "you"
She said "what are you talking about?"
He said "you "
Right birds can fly so high or they can shit on your head
Yeah they can almost fly into your eye and make you feel so scared
But when you look at them, and you see that they're beautiful
That's how I feel about you
Right birds can fly so high or they can shit on your head
Yeah they can almost fly into your eye and make you feel well scared
But when you look at them, and you see that they're beautiful
That's how I feel about you
Right, that's how I feel about you
She said "thanks, I like you too"
He said "cool"
O voo do amor nas asas da metáfora em Birds de Kate Nash
A música Birds, da artista britânica Kate Nash, é uma narrativa doce e peculiar sobre o início de um romance. A letra conta a história de um casal que se reencontra em uma estação de trem, onde o rapaz, sem passagem, tem que driblar as barreiras para ver sua amada. A partir desse reencontro, a música descreve a fuga do casal das autoridades e a troca de impressões e sentimentos entre eles. A simplicidade do encontro e a cumplicidade na fuga criam um cenário romântico e juvenil, onde o que importa é estarem juntos, independentemente das circunstâncias.
A metáfora central da música surge quando o rapaz tenta expressar seus sentimentos pela garota. Ele compara seus sentimentos a pássaros que podem voar alto ou defecar na cabeça de alguém, uma imagem que captura a dualidade do amor e da vida - bela e elevada, mas ao mesmo tempo imprevisível e até mesmo caótica. A beleza dos pássaros, apesar dos riscos que representam, é como ele vê a garota: alguém cuja beleza transcende os pequenos percalços. A repetição dessa metáfora ao longo da música enfatiza a sinceridade e a profundidade do que ele sente, mesmo que expresso de uma maneira um tanto inusitada.
Kate Nash, conhecida por suas letras que misturam o cotidiano com um toque de humor e sinceridade, cria em Birds uma canção que fala de amor de uma forma descomplicada e realista. A música reflete a habilidade de Nash em capturar a essência das relações humanas em suas composições, utilizando-se de metáforas criativas para expressar emoções complexas. Birds é um exemplo de como o amor pode ser ao mesmo tempo simples e profundo, e como a beleza de um sentimento pode ser encontrada nas comparações mais inesperadas.
