Lyric discussion by myhers 

Cover art for People Say lyrics by Portugal. The Man

this song is amazing. cant wait to hear the new cd. i think for the chorus after he sings "we may make it through the war if we make it through the night" he sings "all the people, they see" instead of "they say" like people get coverage of the war brought to them but remain ignorant. unless someone they know is involved in the war somehow, then who cares? we have a million more men that will go to war after a million die.

Considering the song is titled "People Say," I think it's a safe bet that he is singing "all the people, they say" and not "see."

i heard that too. there are some places in the song where they are clearly saying "all the people, they say" but there are other places where it sounds different. my guess is that they're saying "all the people, they sing" not "see."