Mary Hopkin：Meaning of Sparrow Songmeaning

"Sparrow" by Mary Hopkin is a song about the desire for freedom and independence. The narrator describes watching everyone in her town go to church on Sunday, while she longs for something more. She compares herself to a sparrow, able to fly as high as any other bird and inherit all the earth. The narrator feels trapped and alone, and needs to find her own voice and sound to fill the silence. She leaves her town and, in a moment of realization, understands that she had to find her own way and follow her own path. The song ends with the narrator stepping into the night air and hearing the sound of a saxophone playing, indicating that she has found her own sound and is on her way to finding true freedom and independence.