The uniquely titled ‘What If Birds Aren’t Singing, They’re Screaming’ details Harding’s journey with drug use. She told The Guardian:
(I) wrote (this song) on the bus when I was thinking about how I never wanted to smoke weed ever again.
What if birds aren't singing they're screaming
I got high, I thought I saw an angel
But he was just a ghost
He was making wooden posts out of my family
What if birds aren't singing they're screaming
What if birds aren't singing they're screaming
What if my moon gets caught up in my waning
Trapped under a sky left blacker than the eyes of my visitors
What if birds aren't singing they're screaming
What if birds aren't singing they're screaming
I got high, I thought I saw an angel
But it was just a ghost heaving under his cloak
What if birds aren't singing they're screaming
What if birds aren't singing they're screaming
What If Birds Aren’t Singing They’re Screaming was written by Aldous Harding.
What If Birds Aren’t Singing They’re Screaming was produced by John Parish.
Aldous Harding released What If Birds Aren’t Singing They’re Screaming on Fri May 19 2017.
The song is quite humorous, but at the same time I think it’s kind of Randy Newman-esque — there’s like, a deep sadness inside that jolly sound.
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