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“Bird Song” was released by Florence + The Machine for the 2009 album ‘Lungs’. This song contains a similar plot as Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Tell Tale Heart”.

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Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

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When was this song written?
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This song was written in the morning of July 7, 2007. Welch needed to write a new song for The Macbeth Record Launch concert, and she wrote this song. She couldn’t memorize all the lyrics before the concert so she read some lyrics from her notebook during her performance.
The live video can be found here.

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