


Lee DeWyze
"Blackbird Song" as heard on

The Walking Dead 

"Blackbird Song"
Pack your things

Leave somehow

Blackbird song
Is over now
Mouths are dry
River runs
Hands are tied
Preachers son
Pack your things
Leave somehow
Blackbird song

Is over now
Don't be scared
I'm still here
No more time
For crying dear




In Black Africa, the crow warns men that dangers are menacing them.
For Mayas, he is the messenger of the God of lightning and thunder.


Bodb, Goddess of the war, 
takes the form of a raven to observe the battlefields.
The crows' fly and cawings told the future.

The crow was also linked to Bran, God of the sailors (bran means crow in gaelic) : the sailors had crows on their boats.
They
released them at sea. They flied in the direction of the earth. The same
idea is in the Bible (after the flood Noah released first a crow),in
India and in Norway. 

takes the form of a raven to observe the battlefields.
The crows' fly and cawings told the future.
The crow was also linked to Bran, God of the sailors (bran means crow in gaelic) : the sailors had crows on their boats.
In Greece the crow foretold the
future : a raven stood near the Pythie of Delphes
during her prediction.
It is generally said in Greece that the white crow guides messengers.
This function of messenger of the Gods (especially Apollo's messenger),
may have its origin in a greek legend
.
Coronis was unfaithful to Apollo, and a crow informed him. According to Ovide, the crow was originally white. Apollo made him become black to punish him for bringing bad news.
Apollo even took a form of crow to guide Santorin's people to Cyrena.
And two
crows showed Alexander the Great the road to Amon's sanctuary.
.

Coronis was unfaithful to Apollo, and a crow informed him. According to Ovide, the crow was originally white. Apollo made him become black to punish him for bringing bad news.
Hugi and Munnin (Thought and Memory), are Odin's companions.
In the mithraic cult, Sol(the God Sun)

entrust the crow with telling Mithra to sacrifice the bull.
entrust the crow with telling Mithra to sacrifice the bull.
Hsi-Wang-Mu's messengers.
They also bring her food and are a good
omen.