"Birds," sebuah lagu yang dibawakan dengan penuh perasaan oleh Elton John, mengungkapkan perenungan mendalam mengenai ketakutan dan pencarian makna hidup. Lirik lagu ini mengupas perjuangan internal yang dihadapi individu saat mereka menghadapi kenyataan yang pahit dan meragukan identitas diri. Dengan metafora yang kuat tentang burung yang tidak pernah jatuh saat mati, John menyoroti keinginan manusia akan kedamaian dan perlindungan di tengah ketidakpastian dunia. Lagu ini merupakan sebuah karya introspektif yang mengeksplorasi dinamika hubungan, pencarian solusi, dan kerinduan akan tempat berlindung saat menghadapi badai kehidupan.
Birds Lyrics
Elton John
There's some things I don't have now
Some things I don't talk about
These things are between myself and I
In my thick skull the joker hides
There's consequences I'm scared to taste
Cold hard truths I can't face
These days are different than the past
Reflections change in the looking glass
And everywhere I look there's something to learn
A sliver of truth from every bridge we burn
A hatful of quarters and a naked song
Don't answer the question of where we belong
How come birds
Don't fall from the sky when they die?
How come birds
Always look for a quiet place to hide
These words
Can't explain what I feel inside?
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
These independent moves I make
This confidence I try to fake
You can hear the beating of my heart
But not a feather falling in the dark
And everything I hear never makes any sense
Another old prophet perched on the fence
A cupful of pencils and a self help guru
Don't answer the question of what I am to you
Some things I don't talk about
These things are between myself and I
In my thick skull the joker hides
There's consequences I'm scared to taste
Cold hard truths I can't face
These days are different than the past
Reflections change in the looking glass
And everywhere I look there's something to learn
A sliver of truth from every bridge we burn
A hatful of quarters and a naked song
Don't answer the question of where we belong
How come birds
Don't fall from the sky when they die?
How come birds
Always look for a quiet place to hide
These words
Can't explain what I feel inside?
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
These independent moves I make
This confidence I try to fake
You can hear the beating of my heart
But not a feather falling in the dark
And everything I hear never makes any sense
Another old prophet perched on the fence
A cupful of pencils and a self help guru
Don't answer the question of what I am to you
