Birdhouse in Your Soul Lyrics

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Genius Annotation

Like Many TMBG songs the direct meaning can be debated. This one seems to be one of the more simple cases however. This is a song about a night-light, from the night-light’s point of view.

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What did They Might Be Giants say about "Birdhouse in Your Soul"?
Genius Answer

John Linnell:

The melody and chords were cooked up years earlier, and the lyrics had to be shoehorned in to match the melody, which explains why the words are so oblique. I mean beautiful.

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