When does a bird sing... The short answer is early morning. Too simple to be true, I know right but think (mocking)bird... Bird refers to the MSM news cycle. Not the OWL or cages. Its the news cycle. Around 4 AM is when the narrative is set for the day and continues on till late morning, Just like nature. Q References this in Drop 564, And if you ask google one of the first results is 4am aka the Dawn Chorus. Link for post https://qposts.online/?q=564&s=postnum
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I believe the drop was in reference to the poem Caged Bird by Maya Angelou. In my opinion Q is talking about those that were already captured spilling their guts.
A free bird leaps on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
Ive thought this too, and most of the posts that mention a bird singing also involve some kind of arrest but the line
later followed by When does the bird sing" without mention of arrests, just "nobody is safe, no deals" doesn't really sell the caged bird bit to me.
My best interpretation is When does the bird sing? When you give it a reason to... narratives.
Maya Angelou: “I know why the caged bird sings...”
I remember years ago Rush would make reference to the “4AM Talking Points”
CNN use to post the daily talking point on an opened internal web site. We wasn't suppose to know about it but I was the guy that wrote reports about web traffic. The site popped up when doing a report one day. I checked it everyday for 2 years.
The document would drop everyday at 4am like clock work. It was appalling to see what they said about Ron Paul in late 2007 early 2008.
And you saw and heard it echoed throughout all media
Yeah. I would read the report at 9am, then watch the exact talking point play out on the TV over my cube.
I have a parrot and my bird "sings" (screams) every damn day. Jokes aside, I agree this probs is a reference to the Maya Angelou poem.
I have one cockatiel. I was thinking about getting him a friend because he seems very stressed/anxious. I hang out with him all day (he's free in house) but he's always singing and looking in the mirror. I think he's lonely.
The procedding thread from this made my night. I hope your little buddy gets happier.
Thanks, my fren!!
Oh, that's GREAt to hear! Did you get same sex friends to avoid lots of babies? My husband and I are trying to figure out what would be good for our little guy now.
WOW! That sounds ADORABLE. We have a boy cockatiel and he's very, very randy so I'm not sure that would work with him, but I'll do some research and see if this might work with cockatiels as well as conures. It sounds so sweet and I'm sure he'd love a lady friend (we just don't want to have a billion cockatiels).
Singing like bird was also a common expression for a caught criminal who provides the police with information, often for a deal. You hear it a lot in old gangster movies.
sing like a bird: to divulge secrets with little coercion https://www.phrases.com/idioms/sing-like-a-bird
So when do birds sing? When they're caught/caged.
25000 NG in DC may be the cage???
There has never been a cage mentioned... where are you guys getting this from?
They have to counter mockingbird..... I like your assessment. I have never like the bird in a cage analogy.
I like your analysis. I do a lot of camping and the first singing begins right before first light. Then they all open up as the light grows. All the beautiful calls, the Dawn Chorus, now it fits very well in my experience.
If a bird sings "when its caged" didn't sit well with me because I understood the Dawn Chorus and it had nothing to do with bird cages.