a selection from songmeanings.net:

"blackbird was the first song i ever learned how to play on the guitar, and it continues to be the only one i can play consistantly well. the first person that i ever fell in love with taught me how to play it...

when i think about this song, i usually envision an actual blackbird kind of nestled into a tree. the sky is a very deep dark blue, and dark gray clouds are kind of passing overhead, bright white stars peeking through sporatically. the bird starts singing, even though its kind of stuck in its tree. it's singing anyway, because it's stronger than its broken body, stronger than its physical self. the blackbird is trying to get up enough courage to leave the tree and fly into the night, the uncertainty. perhaps the blackbird has spent many other nights like this, but never has it felt so strong.

tonight will be its night."

posted here
by fatcatfreak
03-06-2003