Contributors:

Jonathan Chaffer

Da Dweeb

Matt Shapiro

This song is pretty cryptic, likely because it has little meaning. There are a few concrete allusions: "The little bird never tells me..." plays on the phrase "a little birdie told me," used when one does not want to reveal his source. "If I had a pair of eyes..." refers to statements like, "If I had a nickel for each time that happened, I'd be rich."

Here's a humorous (unlikely) interp:

I'll never know what you'll find when you open up your letter box tomorrow
'Cause a little bird never tells me anything I want to know, she's my best friend, she's a sparrow

The writer has the belief that a sparrow that won't tell him anything is his best friend. He's therefore saying that his best friend doesn't tell him anything worthwhile. You must keep in mind, though, that while sparrows are incapable of speaking english, he's also saying that the bird does talk to him about topics of no relevance, which is obviously a delusion. The only possible exception would be the phrase "chirp", something a sparrow is capable of expressing. And let's face it, if all your best friend said was "chirp", it wouldn't want to be something you'd find interesting, and not something you want to hear. But, in the phrase "it's not something I want to hear about", can be translated into "it's not something I want to know about". Thus, "'Cause a little bird never tells me anything I want to know", can be translated into 'Cause a little bird never tells me anything I want to hear", which is logical, no? The question is, why is his best friend a sparrow? My belief is that the sparrow is the only thing that would talk to him, and she would only say "chirp". Since communication has a large role in all relationships, the bird that always says "chirp" would be a better friend than anyone who just says "...". Let's say that said sparrow has a nest overlooking the anononymous person's letterbox, and the writer is very interested in what is in that letterbox due to extreme boredom. This boredom is caused by the fact that when he gets into a conversation with his best friend, all she says is "chirp". The only one besides the anonymous person who doesn't speak to him who knows the contents of the letterbox would be his best friend, the sparrow, who sees everything taken out of the letterbox. But upon asking his best friend about the letterbox's contents, she merely says "chirp". Simple, no?

And I'll never never know what you never never never want to know when you know what you are, O.

This could be translated into And I'll never never hear what you never never never want to hear when you hear what you are, O. This means that when the anonymous person finds out from another anonymous person what she is, she will still enjoy hearing birds chirping. This conclusion can be drawn from the fact that the only thing that the writer hears from anyone is "chirp".

If I had a pair of eyes on the back of my head for each time
You forgot to take out all the things you forgot to talk about when you took a bite out of my spine,
I would have a lot of eyes on me by this time wouldn't I? Wouldn't that just be fine.

Spine, unbeknownst to most people, is actually quite tasty, and can cause a person to relax and open up during conversations. This means that when anonymous person had a conversation with the writer, he/she would always sample his spine, and keep silent. That is because, if you forget to talk about something, all you say is "...". Even if you forget to not mention about something you forget, which would be to talk about something you forget, it would mean that all you would say would be "...". That means that anonymous person quite frequently goes to his place, eats his spine, and says nothing. Eventually, he gets sick of this. If he had eyes in the back of his head, he could see his spine, and therefore he could prevent the anonymous person from eating him pointlessly.

Too late or soon to make notes about love and there's no time for sorrow

You see, the writer can't take notes about love at this time, since nobody talks to him, and his best friend only says "chirp". As most people know, you can't take notes on a topic that is not being explained. So why is there no time for sorrow? Because he's too busy not taking notes.

Run around in the rain with a hole in the brain till tomorrow

This is a statement actually telling people that it is now "the thing", to get your brain pierced. You see, rain usually is of low temperature, and if you ask someone about the heat of rain they'll usually say "uh... it's cold." Cold is a synonym for cool. With this in mind, it can be stated that most people look up to the rain as role models, since they consider rain cool. If rain gets it's brain pierced, it could be perceived that to be cool like rain, you have to get your head pierced. This song even goes so far as to tell yopu how in the instance that it is rain on drugs, i.e. acid rain. If you run around in acid rain, and we're talking about acid rains that are *really* tripping, eventually, you'll have a large acid burn through your scalp, which would leave a hole in your brain.