Florence And The Machine - The Bird Song

[LadyPenguinStudios]

woah, i just noticed she is holding a duck O.o

[Creativetey]

@LadyPenguinStudios ahem...bird*

[LadyPenguinStudios]

@Creativetey but its a duck

[tastysugar03]

makes my heart wanna jump out of my chest ! she is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G ♥

[leparfumamoi]

this song is better than mango. says everything.

[MementoMori36]

This is more like the tell-tale heart and the black cat. Unrequited love my buttox, this song is about guilt.

[oddlysplendidaudrey]

@MementoMori36 Thank you for saying this.

[TheBeatlesGurl101]

Her voice is PERFECT!!!

[gherkin1994]

This is fucking poetry.

[TimVS4000]

anyone find this reminiscent of the riff from Old Yellow Bricks?

[lforbis1004]

Thinking it makes me think twice about fooling around...:) But who's scared of birds really, now florence's voice is a different story....she has the most fab birdsong...

[laughlala24]

I love this song but i wish there was a music video

[NiaSharrice]

When I listen to this song, I imagine myself breaking out into a sprint, running really fast through a green pasture abundant with flowers and sunshine. Or skating or riding a bike with the wind hitting my face. But instead, I'm cooped up in my room. Music puts the meaning to my thoughts and feelings. Thankyou, Florence for giving me a piece of joy today.

[Fuzybootz]

her songs have such deep meaning if you truly listen...

[chihuahuazero]

That crow in the picture looks like a puff ball on a stick.

[MyBoyBuildsCoffin]

Birds are now annoying creatures :3

[tuni580]

i waved my arms and flaped about!

[alyssajanelx3]

This song makes me want to dance around in my underwear :D

[lmansleyx82]

aww, poor birdy :( hahah, what are you doing Florence?!?!

[MsHanniz94]

SHIIIIEEEEEET, I LOVE THIS SONG SOO MUCH!!

[Merridianable]

i am addicted to this song <3

[TheChickenRiceBowl]

Oh and I didn't realize this but Florence is holding a bird in her handn in the picture. Just noticed that. Thought I'd share that :P.

[TheChickenRiceBowl]

I listen to this while I study because my mom likes to make me fail all my classes by screaming and laughing on the phone at the top of her lungs while I try desperately to study. Thanks Florence <3. :) You probably don't know this but you're helping a stressed out teen cope with her f'd up parents and all kinds of high school stress. Seriously, thanks.

[chocoholicgirl22]

A bird must've pooped on 14 people. 

[jameslee246]

LOL!!! This song is amazing!!! even though it isnt the typical singy song its soo catchy, especially when shes being violent.

[TheCooper2011]

@DoubleDerping, you simply can't compare Florence to... Zooey Deschanel? You compare Zooey Deschanel to Florence. Florence. is a goddess. Zooey is a mere human child.

[sbrooks0178]

@TheCooper2011 EXACTLY. I personally find it annoying when people look for comparisons, but that one isn't even close.

[LuquEliux]

She knows how to make real art!!! <3

[GABRIELLE9915]

I was flapping around like a bird and someone came in looked at me then walked back out O_O

[olivia1910]

I'm having trouble to contain myself when I listen to this in a public place. I just listen to it in my room very loudly. That's better for every one I think ^^

[CyneNoir]

Oh my fucking god, she is impossibly amazing and brilliant.

[elssiemademedothis]

she's violent.

[DoctorPigGuts]

artist!!!??? she's a goddess!!!!

[HelpMeCloseMyEyes]

2:18 makes me wanna dance so bad <3

[chewybaca187]

ooga booga booga

[TheDaisyKiller]

why dont we have more artists like this :)

[MyButterrflyKissies]

(0:00) replay anyone?

[kahanachick]

what did she do??

[WickedSkittles12]

@kahanachick she killd the bird but lost her voice :)

[kahanachick]

@WickedSkittles12 no, i mean what did she do that the bird saw?

[willowsendeavor]

@kahanachick she killed somone and the bird saw and was gonna tell the world

[EpikHater]

@kahanachick This song is just about her feeling so guilty about something that she ends up telling everyone.

[DoctorPigGuts]

first time i heard this AMAZING!!!

[lovealinaa]

anyone else hear cosmic love in this? LOL

[Mutilatrix]

@lovealinaa Well, there are some of the same drums and harp bridges, so I could see how you draw the comparison.

[lovealinaa]

@Mutilatrix i almost like it more htan cosmic love though hahah it's so beautiful!

[idontknowy011]

@musicmama88 i think you mean tell tale heart :]

[southkoreasgotseoul]

@TheRosieLandz haha what's stopping you?

[emily213x]

i can't help but dance to this magic escaping flo's mouth

[dk7dramaqueen]

poor bird o.o

[ElemmireJeiona]

17 people can't hear the birds' song.

[musicmama888]

This song is like what Edgar Allen Poe wanted to do to the Raven.

[PunchKickLipstick]

@musicmama888 It actually kind of reminded me of the Tell-Tale Heart.

[MessengerOfDreams]

@musicmama888 I wish I could give out medals for brilliant comments like this. xD

[vaaal88]

@musicmama888 have you even read the raven, idiot?

[Musicandpolitics7]

@musicmama888 Ew, dont compare Florence to Poe, i had to to so many reports on him, and think he is just a crazy fuck

[MissJelouu]

@Musicandpolitics7

Of course he was a bit "out of it", considering the fact that he was surrounded by death his entire life. Doesn't really make him disgusting, just makes him a troubled man.

[LeaveMyBody]

@Musicandpolitics7 I'm sure Flo loves Poe.

[aisx396]

DOING A COMPETITION DANCE TO THIS! :)

[Lizbetsempa]

/watch?v=E2zZh_Q98bM

please please please watch the young mavericks cover of this song :) enjoy, share and subscribe

[DoubleDerping]

This reminds me of Zooey Deschanel c:

Anyone else get it? c:

[gabriel13alcocer]

@DoubleDerping me too only she is redhead (:

[acecoycoy]

@DoubleDerping I totally thought of that too...funny movie haha (:

[DoubleDerping]

@acecoycoy hahaha at least someone else got it (:

[sukki119]

@DoubleDerping Nice reference to failure to launch x)

[MrKarltonn]

@DoubleDerping No? :L

[violet101]

tweet tweet tweet hahaha

[caydeeisamachine]

@florence1fan glastonbury*

[florence1fan]

@caydeeisamachine Lucky :D but I met Rob so I can die one happy girl still :) I wish I would have went to Glastonbury lol

[caydeeisamachine]

@florence1fan yeah haha it was fun! and at oxegen it was raining! it was so glamorous!

[florence1fan]

I wish that Flo and Adele would do a duet :/

[OrangeBrianstorm]

bellissima

[OBrien548]

Probably my favorite song ever

[im8teennow]

@truejacksonvip the bird had it coming. little snitch.

[XBeboXLuvaX]

Looove the story behind this!<3

[MsMnMs11]

Its almost like the tell tale heart haha you can never escape your conscience =]

[SuperAshCL]

@MessengerofDreams: I took your advice, found this song, had my mind blown, and now imagine my surprise to see your name in the comments. xD --Ace

[caydeeisamachine]

FLORENCE LOVERS!!!! CHECK OUT ASHOK. THATS A BAND THAT SHE USED TO BE IN. ONE SONG IS CALLED UNDER THE THUMB. IT IS TRUELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

[florence1fan]

@caydeeisamachine It is :D I listen to it almost everyday :D

[caydeeisamachine]

@florence1fan ooh i like her new songs from her new album. strangeness and charm, and bedroom hymns :D aha she played those at the last concert of hers that i was at. im completely obsessed with her! shes the reason i dyed my hair red

[florence1fan]

@caydeeisamachine I went to see her in concert this summer :D I love her live :D have you heard "What the Water Gave Me" she sang it on tour as 1 of her new songs :D It's great :D

[caydeeisamachine]

@florence1fan yes i have and i love it!!!! i've seen her so many times its not even funny haha i've seen her at glasstonbury fest (front row as close as you can get), oxegen, and just a whole bunch of small venues. i met her at some sort of meet and greet and i almost past out! the only thing i could get out was for like the first 30 seconds(which felt like forever) was OH MY YOUR SO HOT IN PERSON! ! hahaha:)

[HauntedMusicBox2]

@caydeeisamachine I LOVE that song!!!

[caydeeisamachine]

@HauntedMusicBox2 haha what song?

i forgot what i posted

[HauntedMusicBox2]

@caydeeisamachine You wrote Under The Thumb by Ashok. =)

[caydeeisamachine]

@HauntedMusicBox2 oh! yes i looove ashok

[MessengerOfDreams]

It's not a real fucking bird she's talking about.

It's a metaphor for real life, ergo humans, I think. There, happy now? *is shot*

[EpikHater]

@MessengerOfDreams I think it's a metaphor for guilt. She did something bad, the bird told, she killed the bird, then she confessed. Something like that.

[pescaterian11]

@EpikHater Ooh, I agree. I always though the bird was supposed to represent her conscience. Like, she did something bad and she knew it was wrong so the bird (her conscience) nagged her until she final came clean (sung the birds song). 

[caydeeisamachine]

@EpikHater i think any abled mind could get that in a second. dont you?

[EpikHater]

@caydeeisamachine Not necessarily.

[caydeeisamachine]

@EpikHater it kind of obvious though you know?

[AdrianaxPiranha]

@MessengerOfDreams in an interview, she said it was a story about eating a bird that knew something, and then she ate it and could only sing the bird's song. so, actually the story might have a metaphorical MEANING, but the story/song was written as a literal bird.

[MessengerOfDreams]

@AdrianaxPiranha That works too! XD I just always imagined it, as an author, a metaphorical sense of hiding all the evidence but confessing because of guilt, and in this case, it seemed to find its way to some sort of crime case... think I was watching the Closer just before. XD

Thanks!

[HauntedMusicBox2]

@MessengerOfDreams The bird is a metaphor for her heart. The song is about unrequited love.

[theyungmavs]

watch?v=E2zZh_Q98bM&feature=ch­annel_video_title

watch the young maverickks cover of this song ! xxx

[TheDarkEvilDoll]

I love this > _ <

[leilaamaytee]

One of the most decent florence songs:-)

[caydeeisamachine]

@leilaamaytee all of her songs are not just decent, but amazing. thats what happens when you have an amazing tallent like florence:)

[noobcake19]

Love this song!

[EpikHater]

@truejacksonvip Holy SHIT, the bird ISN'T REAL.

[EpikHater]

@truejacksonvip IT'S NOT A REAL FUCKING BIRD.

[RibbonedRat]

Is that a duck head shes holding or a little bird with long tail?

[EpikHater]

@truejacksonvip IT'S NOT A REAL BIRD.

[Brandisofthesand]

I love Florence's face in the picture xD

[Dasiepooh]

Love the song so much.

[rwmagbag]

It makes me feel like i'm flying in the sky, and i am glowing like a....

[kissmeblue2]

I love this song. But I started singing it around my house and my sister asked what did you say about a bird? and I'm like she killed the bird and ate it in the song. And she had a look of pure horror on her face. I laughed sooooo hard ! And I kept singing to her and one time she was close to tears. ROTFL

[ginagirl98]

@kissmeblue2 that is so cruel and funny at the same time XD

[HaPpYnErD624]

This song makes me laugh, and it makes me do a CRAZY dance :p

[Daniehxo]

How could I not favorite this song and like it...<3

[pianoman8778]

I love this chick :)

[pianoman8778]

@pianoman8778 and why do people even compare her to Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga is the art of fame and Florence is the art of art. And they are completely different styles lol :)

[FloWearsABow]

This song is amazing.

[RibbonedRat]

@SydneySilly101

It should be. Did you get it on I-tunes and is thebird-song intro track there?. You may have just missed it in the library, I know i've down that with some albums.

[igor83400]

I have this song playing where i work, i am always the only stupid one dancing around the shopfloor ;) such a great tune

[EmoChick110698]

she is kinda crazy but gud crazy

[maiuch94]

wow

[DuchessRococoPuff]

I think the thing I love most about her songs is that they all have similar musical components, but no two are exactly the same. Not to mention, Florence has a killer voice.

[18Soccerlocker]

@DuchessRococoPuff  Agreed

[18Soccerlocker]

@DuchessRococoPuff Agreed. I love how half the song says "from my mouth"

[EpikHater]

@annettebradleyO Get the spam away at gofuckyourself doht cohm. 

[grimtju89]

I can't get enough of this song<3 I fell in love with the part from 0.38-0.58...

what can I say, the whole song is MINDBLOWING! :DD

[willowsendeavor]

love it, its amazing

[stroeiulia1]

I think it`s better she isn`t famous like Lady Gaga `cause then people will try to make her another crappy generic pop ,,artist,,

[antigua26]

@stroeiulia1 but who was chosen to sing tribute to aretha franklin... her or gaga? she's pretty famous... and stop mentioning gaga on every shit...

[stroeiulia1]

@antigua26 that`s exactly what i`m talking about...she was chosen because of her voice and she isn`t THAT famous yet.Whereas Gaga is mostly known for her image and she`s world-wide famous.So,if there was a concert tribute to Madonna,who do you think would be chosen?Of course Gaga cause everybody knows who she is and she has this Circus-gone-wrong image.And now,the real question is:would people go see Florence do Aretha or would they see Gaga do Madonna?Unfortunately,they`d choose Gaga(generic)

[thisworldofalex]

She's the Mad Hatter of music :D

[Luckyem02]

REPLAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[IncubusGirl06]

i love story songs! i'm adding her with my lovely Regina Spektor with this mad hatter of a diddy! Poor bird lol!

[supermusicfreak101]

The British version of Amy Lee

[sosforever]

@supermusicfreak101 she is not like amy lee

[stroeiulia1]

@supermusicfreak101 how is she in anyway like Amy Lee besides the fact that they both have great voices(i prefer Flo`s though) and they`re both girls.

[supermusicfreak101]

@stroeiulia1 I'm not really sure...she just reminds me of her for some reason. You know, one of those feelings that they are just like eatchother, and yet they are not? i don't really know... it just reminds me of her.

[DirtyMuffinz]

Florence is what happened when creativity and talent got freaky one night.

[Khrysalisify]

@DirtyMuffinz funny

[rwmagbag]

@DirtyMuffinz hahaha......

[kevinskelley]

Does anyone know where to get piano sheet music for this?! I'm desperate!

[Cake6595]

Her voice!! I loveee ittt

[MarilynDiPasquale]

every song of hers binds together to make the half that makes me whole!i know the whole my boy builds coffins song

[walkthroughduo]

12 people must be from PEETA :(

[ChiaroscuroxX]

@walkthroughduo 12?? oh no!! there are 13 now!!! they must be multiplying!!

[OmgMissNaomii]

@walkthroughduo What's/Who's PEETA?

[Jarofmyhearts]

@OmgMissNaomii - It's a organization that controls animal abuse.

[pinklmn]

@walkthroughduo Peeta...like the kid from the hunger games? lol

[idontknowy011]

lol no the organization for protecting animal rights :]

[Pow3rGaming]

@walkthroughduo What a narrowminded prick. I love this song and I'm in PETA you stupid douche and the 133 other hating pricks that thumbed your dumb comment up. Pathetic.

[xxcuppycakebabyxx]

Naaaaww. Poor birdie :(

[markleahy]

In the same way that Blinding did, this song has grown on me so much since I heard it first! She's seriously talented!

[saphira1001]

I love Florence and the Machine, but I'm not sure about this one. Poor bird =(

[EpikHater]

@saphira1001 She's not singing about an actual bird... Jesus.

[MrWaffl3s]

@EpikHater I know right. saphira doesn't know what poetry is.

[n5ization]

Love is not quite the word to capture my feelings for this song.

[myhairitches]

I want to be that bird so bad right now...

[LadyCickelli]

I really love that song !

[Vwoop]

@truejacksonvip You can't compare Florence to those trashy artists...

[sweetvibe101]

@truejacksonvip omggggggggggg you are soooooo righttttttt! AMEN!! :D

[mota3147]

Poor birdie. But I guess being killed by Florence is a good way to go.

[RibbonedRat]

I love all her stuff but this is my favourite song by her.Such a shame she just stuck it on the deluxe album and never performs it any more,its so good.

[CourtneyCreations]

@truejacksonvip I'm quoting this on my tumblr :)

[tribamarina]

that bird had it coming

[Wind0wEyez]

@truejacksonvip Well said my friend.

[WelcomeToZazaLand]

someone played this song in class last week, I'm glad she did!

I didn't knew this song, and now I love it!

[kmaire96]

This song reminds of a cross between Tall Tale Heart and The Raven by Edger Allen Poe

[BookMusicFan]

Florence Welch never ceases to amaze me - I'm always coming across songs by her that I haven't yet heard, and I'm blown away all over again.

The song is obviously about guilt - I think that the bird is her conscience, and she tries to silence it, promising that she'll never do it again, but eventually her guilt wins and she confesses the truth.

[Scarlet2242]

where can i buy it its not on Itunes unless im blind..cause i seached all over it! :)

[cuendets]

i started danceing around the room in a white dress

[despina013]

LOL!

This is great!