Robin

“You got the dragonflies above your bed”

The dragonflies above the child's bed mark the small ornaments that hold the world steady for the addressee, a ceiling treated as canvas for the figures the child loves. The bed becomes the centre of the child's small ordered universe, and the dragonflies above it stand for the careful curation by the adults who are still able to keep his ceiling enchanted. The image's force lies in the song's awareness that this curated world will not last.