Super interesting concept. Chunks of straw fall off your broom and you sweep them up with the same broom. Phil likens himself to one of these chunks of straw, swept up by the very thing he’s made of. Each individual is “a piece of wind” that is swept by the collective “broom of wind”.
[Verse 1]
Sweeping with an old broom
Whose straw keeps chunking off
For me to sweep up
[Verse 2]
When my life is worn to a nub
I too will be swept up
Eventually
[Verse 3]
By the same thing I once came from
I too am a chunk broken off
From the broom of wind
[Outro]
But for now I pass across the land
Like everyone, a piece of wind
A little confluence
Only the occurrence of a person
Broom of Wind was written by Phil Elverum.
Broom of Wind was produced by Phil Elverum.
Mount-eerie released Broom of Wind on Mon Sep 02 2024.