Who's Blackbird? and why?

WHY BLACKBIRD?
First, from a song called "Paved Paradise" by Counting Crows (Menghitung Gagak)

i take the "Crows" as blackbird, i think it's cool, you're black and maybe synonymous with darkness


And then, from my idol "Alter Bridge" which has a second album "Blackbird" (You're listening the song)

and because he was a bird so he can fly, he spread the wings and going whe're the wind blows
feels like so free