Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird & Fiona Apple
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
In a Q&A published by the Los Angeles Times on March 31, 2016, Andrew Bird explained that “Puma” addresses the experience of his wife’s battle with thyroid cancer about a year after the birth of their first child:
Yeah. The song “Puma” addresses a lot of that stuff fairly bluntly, for me. “She...
[Verse 1]
Do you see particles in the air?
Unguided particles in the air
Do you see particles in the air?
Nobody know notices, nobody cares, oh
Don't try to tell her she's less feline than human
[Pre-Chorus]
Cause it gives rise to the rumor she’s a girl, and not a puma
And light that shines is not a pearl, it's just a tumor
[Chorus]
She was radioactive for seven days
How I wanted to be holding her anyways
But the doctors, they told me to stay away
Due to flying neutrinos and the gamma rays, oh
[Faint Verse 2]
Do you see particles?
Unguided particles
Particles
Don't try to tell her she's less feline than human
[Pre-Chorus]
Cause it gives rise to the rumor she’s a girl, and not a puma
Don't try to tell her she's a girl, that's just a rumor
[Chorus]
And she was radioactive for seven days
How I wanted to be holding her anyway
But the doctors, they told me to stay away
Due to flying neutrinos and the gamma rays
She was radioactive for seven days
How I wanted to be holding her anyway
But the doctors, they told me, just stay away
Due to flying neutrinos and the gamma rays
Puma was written by Andrew Bird.
Puma was produced by Andrew Bird & David Boucher & Tony Berg.
Andrew Bird released Puma on Fri Apr 01 2016.