Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues

Okay, so I'm not an avid Fleet Foxes fan.  But I have listened to a good bit of their songs.  I own two of their albums:  The self-titled Fleet Foxes and Helplessness Blues.  I guess you can consider it a sort of Indie bluegrass/folk sound.  Any way you look at it or listen to it, it's good music hands down.  Fleet Foxes recognizes their sound and sticks to it.  Their musical capabilities are pretty astounding, as they perfectly blend many instruments, beats, and harmonies.  I read a Rolling Stones article on them before their new album was released, and it pretty much attested to the perfectionism of Robin Pecknold, the lead vocalist.  The article spoke as to how he slaved over the new album, constantly scrapping and revising songs and sections.  I think the quality of the music is very good. And the lyrics have some pretty interesting meaning too.  The words to the song "Helplessness Blues" really stuck out to me.  He starts off telling about his childhood and how people always told him that he was special and "unique." He describes himself as "a snowflake, distinct among snowflakes."  However, no too snowflakes are the same, so this statement is pretty ironic.  He continues to rebel against the notion that he is unique saying that "[he]'d rather be/a functioning cog in some great machinery/serving something beyond me." He takes it from being unique to being a single part of a larger picture, where he would likely fade out of the big picture.  This offers up a stark contrast from the opening stanza.  Pecknold continues and seems to be talking to someone as he says, "I'll come back to you someday." This starts to reveal the broader picture of the song.  He is trying to get back to his love.  And, he will do anything to get to her.  The song ends with him saying, "if I had an orchard/I'd work til I'm raw/If I had an orchard/I'd work til I'm sore."  He will do anything for what he wants. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyP0DACgdgc