God knows what is hiding,
In those weak and drunken hearts.
I guess you kissed the girls and made them cry,
Those Hardfaced Queens of misadventure.
God knows what is hiding,
In those weak and sunken eyes.
A Fiery throng of muted angels,
Giving love but getting nothing back.
People help the people,
And if your homesick,
Give me your hand and I'll hold it.
People help the people,
And nothing will drag you down.
Oh and if I had a brain,
Oh and if I had a brain,
I'd be cold as a stone,
And rich as the fool,
That turned all those good hearts away.
God knows what is hiding,
In this world of little consequence.
Behind the tears, inside the lies,
A thousand slowly dying sunsets.
God knows what is hiding,
In those weak and drunken hearts.
I guess the loneliness came knocking,
No one needs to be alone, oh singing,
People help the people,
And if your homesick,
Give me your hand and I'll hold it.
People help the people,
And nothing will drag you down.
Oh and if I had a brain,
Oh and if I had a brain,
I'd be cold as a stone,
And rich as the fool,
That turned all those good hearts away.
People help the people,
And if your homesick,
Give me your hand and I'll hold it.
People help the people,
And nothing will drag you down.
Oh and if I had a brain,
Oh and if I had a brain,
I'd be cold as a stone,
And rich as the fool,
That turned all those good hearts away
This song is very hopeful. She talks about people helping the other people. And about giving you her hand if you're homesick. Birdy thinks about the wrong things in our world and that you can help with your special talents. In the verses she presents us the hard reality talking about this like: "Giving love and getting nothing back".
In the first verse she describes a person who does all this stupid stuff. Playing with foolosh, naiv hearts.
Every verse starts with: " God knows what is hiding,..." it makes clear that God sees everything going on on this world. She tells us that there is at least one person that understands us!
In the Chorus Birdy tries to give us hope after listening to the hard facts of our world. She wants to give us her hand and pretends that nothing can drag us down.
