Black Flies

Black Flies
Artist(s):	Ben Howard
Album:	Every Kingdom
Release date:	2011
Appears in:	Farewell

"Black Flies" is a licensed single by Ben Howard. The song is featured in the ending of Farewell.

Lyrics

Black flies on the windowsill

That we are

That we are

That we are to know

Winter stole summer's thrill

And the river's cracked and cold

See the sky is no man's land

A darkened plume to stay

Hope here needs a humble hand

Not a fox found in your place

No man is an island, this I know

But can't you see?

Maybe you were the ocean when I was just a stone

Black flies on the windowsill

That we are

That we are

That we are to hold

Comfort came against my will

And every story must grow old

Still I'll be a traveler

A gypsy's reins to face

But the road is wearier

With that fool found in your place

No man is an island, this I know

But can't you see?

Maybe you were the ocean when I was just a stone

No man is an island, this I know

But can't you see?

Maybe you were the ocean when I was just a stone

So here we are

And I don't wanna beg your pardon

And I don't wanna ask you why

But if I was to go my own way

Would I have to pass you by?

And I don't wanna beg your pardon

And I don't wanna ask you why

But if I was to go my own way

Would I have to pass you by?

Interpretation

Lyrics

• "Black flies on the windowsill" may represent the inevitable death of William (and by extension, Rachel as well).
• "Winter stole summer's thrill" might more literally refer to the coming fall and winter after Max leaves for Seattle and William dies (both happened at the end of September, 2008).
• "But if I was to go my own way/Would I have to pass you by?" possibly refers to the eventual estrangement between Max and Chloe that occurs throughout the main game, and the beginning of the original game.

Videos

Black Flies - Ben Howard Life is Strange Before the Storm w Visualizer