'Broken Wing Bird' by Kashus Culpepper (feat. Sierra Ferrell) – Lyrics & Meaning

Over the last year, Kashus Culpepper's star has been steadily on the rise, the country newcomer bringing to the table heart-worn anthems, like the viral 'After Me?', the staggering 'Who Hurt You' and many more.

His latest single release, however, is set to top them all. 'Broken Wing Bird', an intoxicating collaboration with the celebrated Americana siren, Sierra Ferrell, is a masterwork of Culpepper's already well-seasoned songcraft and a hypnotic display of the two vocalists' bewitching harmonies.

If the soulful crooner wasn't there already, 'Broken Wing Bird' is poised to launch him high into the ranks of country music's most thrilling artists to watch.

'Broken Wing Bird' is all strings, a tale told in dazzling plucks and earnest strums. The song totters between layerings of warm and cool riffs throughout, with the pull of a bow against faraway steel occasionally joining the mix.

It is a simple composition, but the song shines in what it holds back.

"Broken wing bird
Hanging off of my window sill
Gonna love you until
You fly away
The song that I heard
Reminds me of a girl I know
Before she crashed into the ground below
And stopped reaching for the sky"

'Broken Wing Bird' is a song about loving the wounded and the downtrodden in spite of their scars.

The tune opens on Culpepper's heart-wrenching croon, detailing an injured bird perched just outside his window. He promises to love the fledgling through this period of weakness and pain, because it stokes in him memories of someone he once knew, a girl who stopped trying to take flight for fear of falling.

'Broken Wing Bird' strikes straight to the heart, its message one of importance when lifting up and loving those around you.

"And I know when September comes
You will be gone
On that southern wind
And I’ll be the one crying
Then spring’s here again
You need a friend
Say you’re in love
But you’ll be the one lying"

Come cooler weather and mended wing, the artist knows the bird will set off for warmer climates and he'll be left alone. Still, even with the pain of departure looming, he chooses to care for the creature, and in a roundabout way, for that girl with her own set of broken wings.

Together, Culpepper and Ferrell sing of what it means to cherish and tend to those who have been shattered and dejected, choosing to love boldly and unabashedly, no matter if it's reciprocated or not.

"Broken Wing Bird
Hanging off of my window sill
Gonna love you until
You fly away"

While Culpepper hasn't shared the finer details about his latest release, he has noted how much he loves the new collaboration. "Definitely one of my favorites that I’ve written," he wrote in a post on social media. "And to have Sierra on the song makes it even more special to me!"

Broken wing bird
Hanging off of my window sill
Gonna love you until
You fly away
The song that I heard
Reminds me of a girl I know
Before she crashed into the ground below
And stopped reaching for the sky

And I know when September comes
You will be gone
On that southern wind
And I’ll be the one crying
Then spring’s here again
You need a friend
Say you’re in love
But you’ll be the one lying

Broken Wing Bird
Hanging off of my window sill
Gonna love you until
You fly away

And I know when September comes
You will be gone
On that southern wind
And I’ll be the one crying
Then spring’s here again
You need a friend
Say you’re in love
But you’ll be the one lying

Broken wing bird
(Well Lord!)
Hanging off of my window sill
Gonna love you until
You fly away
Gonna love you until
You fly away

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