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Franz Ferdinand – The Birds (2025) | Track profile | Dork

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Franz Ferdinand
The Human Fear
The Birds

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Franz Ferdinand

The Birds

Release date: 10th January 2025

From The Human Fear

Track 11

3:17

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"The Birds" is a track by Franz Ferdinand, from the album The Human Fear, released 10th January 2025. The track is 3:17 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Franz Ferdinand.

About the Artist

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

Lyrics

The Birds

What a release from judgement
Back into the flock
Another mangey pigeon
Peckin' at the crumbs from the bums of George Square
Anonymous
As anonymous as no one

No, the birds don't care
What the birds have done
That this one's here
Or that one's gone

We all do things
That we wish we hadn't done
Thank you for accepting me
Despite what I have done

Whoo
Whoo
Whoo

Is that what we want to be with?
Others who know
Who understand who we are
Or what we've done
I say, "Fine! What about it? You've done time"
Oh yeah, the time's been done

We all do things
That we wish we hadn't done

No, the birds don't care
What the birds have done
Thank you for accepting me
Despite what I have done
Thank you for accepting me
The man that I've become

Alright
Yeah, whoo, wow, wow!

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From The Human Fear

3:172025

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Album

Franz Ferdinand

10th January 2025

Track number

11

Release year

2025

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3:13
3The Doctor
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4Hooked
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6 Jan 2025 • 7:45 pm

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Franz Ferdinand release new single 'Night Or Day' with black-and-white video ahead of January album 'The Human Fear'.

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27 Sept 2022 • 10:20 am

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15 Mar 2022 • 4:46 pm

Franz Ferdinand are the latest band to cancel their upcoming Russian shows

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The news follows the Putin-led invasion of Ukraine, which has prompted a multitude of acts to pull their dates in the country.

1 Mar 2022 • 8:47 am

Franz Ferdinand have dropped a brand new track, 'Curious'

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11The Birds

3:17

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Alex Kapranos
Producer: Mark Ralph