flightless bird, american mouth

The movie twilight was a disappointment compared to the book.. i don't even want to go into the acting. But i'm in love with the theme song....

Flightless bird, American mouth

I was a quick wet boy
Diving too deep for coins
All of your street light eyes
Wide on my plastic toys
And when the cops closed the fair
I cut my long baby hair
Stole me a dog-eared map
And called for you everywhere


Have I found you?
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big pill looming


Now I’m a fat house cat
Cursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats
Curl through the wide fence cracks
Kissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean
Blood of Christ mountain stream


Have I found you?
Flightless bird, grounded, bleeding
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big pill, stuck going down

The lyrics are both perplexing and interesting.. nobody knows what exactly it means but it seems to refer to a lost America, starting with the childhood memories of a boy who has grown up and found himself alienated (thus flightless) in a world of politics, rivalry and greed. The metaphor of the mouth and "sore blunt tongue" seems to imply something about being voiceless or helplessness...

The tune and music are enchanting.. a seemingly pure and fairytale-like song with deep underlying meanings.. when i first heard it, it reminded me of carnivals and carousels.. very aptly chosen for the twilight prom dance scene. though the lyrics may not be so apt, the whole beauty of the song itself fits in perfectly.

a very rare nice song... sad indeed, but the music makes it almost happy.