Blackbird the beatles

Blackbird Listen to the song and complete the lyrics below. Fill in the lyrics with the correct words. Blackbird singing in the dead of nightTake these broken wings and learn to flyAll your lifeYou were only waiting for this moment to ariseBlackbird singing in the dead of nightTake these sunken eyes and learn to seeAll your lifeYou were only waiting for this moment to be freeBlackbird fly, blackbird flyInto the light of a dark black nightBlackbird fly, blackbird flyInto the light of a dark black nightBlackbird singing in the dead of nightTake these broken wings and learn to flyAll your lifeYou were only waiting for this moment to ariseYou were only waiting for this moment to ariseYou were only waiting for this moment to arise Read the following statement and identify what does "blackbird" symbolize in the song?“It’s not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know. It’s a bit more symbolic!”“You could apply it to your particular problem”The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, in Memphis, in April 1968, brought the ongoing civil-rights movement to a head. ‘Blackbird’, was written in response to the seeming chaos of what would come to be remembered as a year of demonstration, death and despair. “Those were the days of the civil-rights movement, which all of us cared passionately about,” Paul said, “so this was really a song from me to a black woman, experiencing these problems in the States: ‘Let me encourage you to keep trying, to keep your faith, there is hope.’ As is often the case with my things, a veiling took place so, rather than say, ‘Black woman living in Little Rock,’ and be very specific, she became a bird, became symbolic, so you could apply it to your particular problem.”Paul McCartney The Beatles a crow in a tree a black woman during the civil rights movement a black night