Discover the story of the song > Blackbirds – Erin McKeown

The lyrics are about a group of blackbirds who are watching two blackbirds, a queen and a king, who are singing to each other. The queen sings about the milhaus rising to the sky, while the king sings about riches baked in a honey pie. They ask each other questions and fly away together when the rhyming is done. The song is about the blackbirds singing and rhyming all night, and how the blackbird who flies away is considered lucky while the one who stays behind is pitied.