Lyric discussion by Unl8nswallow 

Cover art for Thirty Dirty Birds lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Well, you see, the earthworms symbolize the underclass, the downtrodden, the minorities, be they minorities of religion, race, creed, sexual orientation, or whatever. Its not bad enough that these worms live their life out on a curb, on the harsh, sharp, hot, rough, unforgiving concrete, but NO! They are wontonly eaten and burped up by a whole flock of birds who not only sit around eating them when they are already defenseless enough, but have the nerve to SING as they do it! Then, Herbie walks by, and sees what happening. Herbie gets disturbed. Hopefully, Herbie takes action.

Okay, holy shit, I was kidding when I wrote that, but now it makes too much sense. I scare myself...