People Help the People (Cherry Ghost cover) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by groundhogday 

Cover art for People Help the People (Cherry Ghost cover) lyrics by Birdy

"God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts" is a slight deviation from a line by Fyodor Dostoevsky in his epic philosophical novel "The Idiot". The line was originally, "God only knows what is hidden in those weak and drunken hearts." It is a line by one of the characters (Rogozhyn) when he is describing a scene that he witnessed. So, I guess Birdy borrowed from Cherry Ghost and someone from Cherry Ghost must read Dostoevsky. It is not, by any means, a well-known or often used line from the book.

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