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Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
Or is it a jettisoned beautiful warrior's soul
Blazing 'cross the sky on its way back home?

Is it a plane?
Or is it a jettisoned beautiful warrior's soul
Blazing 'cross the sky on its way back home?

Is it a plane?
Or is it a jettisoned beautiful warrior's soul
Blazing 'cross the sky on its way back home?

Is it a jettisoned beautiful warrior's soul
Blazing 'cross the sky on its way back home? Home?

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

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Cover art for The Birds (Reprise) lyrics by Elbow

by proggie

13y ago

The song is about old age so they got an old bloke to sing it. Inspired!

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