Tired of this place
I need to get away
It's time for me to go now
I can't stay, no, no, no, no
Just like any bird
I need to spread my wings
And fly across the ocean
See what the new day brings
'Cause I'm a seagull, yeah
In the first verse of this song
The singer, um, portrays
Himself as a free spirit
He does this by using the metaphor
Of a seagull
A creature untethered...
To gravity
No, I can't stay on
This cold, little rock
No, it's time for me to go
My mind's made up
It's the mind of a seagull
Yeah, yeah
'Cause I'm a seagull
I got the mind of a seagull
Yeah
In this fascinating second verse
He talks about leaving a rock
The rock, obviously
Represents a relationship
Which has grown cold
And uninhabitable
Wanna fly up in the sky
There's something more I seek
I wanna feel the warmth of the
Morning sun across my beak
'Cause I'm a seagull, yeah, yeah
I got a beak, yeah, yeah
This verse, he talks about
Leaving the rock again
Well, the relationship, obviously
Feeling the sun on his beak
The beak is, obviously, a
Phallic symbol. It's his penis
I'm a seagull
A seagull I will always be
Dive into the ocean
Dip my beak into the sea
Oh, here we go now
I'm a seagull, yeah, yeah
I'm trying to lift this piano
I'm trying to lift it
With my hopeless wings
Damn these feathered things
Ah, no, no, no
Feathered curse of being
A seagull, yeah, yeah
I have absolutely no idea
What he's talking about now
One day I found this piano
It washed up on this
Cold, little rock
Since that day, I've been
Playing my piano nonstop
'Cause I'm a piano playing seagull
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm totally confused
Uh, he seems to be mixing
Metaphors here with the piano
What's--what's the piano
A metaphor for?
Is that--is that a lost dream?
Or what's the--?
Sorry, what's the-- Excuse me
We're just doing an
Analysis of the song
-What's the piano a metaphor for?
-No, the piano is a piano
Yeah, it's literally a piano
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's just a piano?
Yeah, that's right, it's a piano
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I-s the rock a relationship
That has grown cold over time?
The rock is just a rock
So, the beak isn't
Phallic symbolism?
No, no
The beak is not my cock, no, no
So this is just a song about
A very musical seagull?
I'm literally a keyboard
Playin' seabird
That sings
I keep on playin'
Seabird playin' my piano
With my wings, oh
Literally, a seagull, yeah
Who sometimes shits on people, yeah
Literally a seagull, yeah
Piano solo! Yeah!
Oh, I wish I had some fingers
Oh, damn these feathered things
Literally, a seagull, yeah, yeah
Everybody!
Literally, a seagull, yeah, yeah
Literally, a keyboard
Playin' seabird
That sings