Artist: Birdy
Track: People Help the People
Lyrics
God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts
Guess he kissed the girls and made them cry
Those hard-faced queens of misadventure
God knows what is hiding in those weak and sunken eyes
Fiery throngs of muted angels
Giving love but getting nothing back, oh
People help the people
And if you're homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold it
People help the people
Nothing will drag you down
Oh, and if I had a brain, oh, and if I had a brain
I'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
That turned all those good hearts away
God knows what is hiding in this world of little consequence
Behind the tears, inside the lies
A thousand slowly dying sunsets
God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts
Guess the loneliness came knocking
No one needs to be alone or sinking
People help the people
And if you're homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold it
People help the people
Nothing will drag you down
Oh, and if I had a brain, oh, and if I had a brain
I'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
That turned, all those good hearts away
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, ooh
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, ooh
People help the people
And if you're homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold it
People help the people
Nothing will drag you down
Oh, and if I had a brain, oh, and if I had a brain
I'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
That turned all those good hearts away
Full Lyrics and Meaning
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Birdy - People Help the People (Cherry Ghost cover) Lyrics
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The song is about how people are becoming greedy and spoiled and thinking with their heads rather than their hearts. But how a person with a kind heart is ...
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Cherry Ghost - People Help The People Lyrics
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Really sums up the whole idea of the song: That people just worry about getting ahead & they don't see the value or point in being a good person. I don't care ...
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Birdy Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Birdy Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings! song lyrics, song meanings, albums, music and more ... People Help the People (Cherry Ghost cover) · 9.
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Birdy - Not About Angels Lyrics
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The rest of the first paragraph the singer asking if you could give up your love. Angels are people that come and go in your life (possibly implying that we all ...
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Birdy - Just Like A River Does Lyrics
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... people stay and some disappear. But I'll always remember. This part of me. And I can't help ... Why not add your own? Log in to add a tag. More Birdy Lyrics.
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Birdy - Skinny Love (Bon Iver cover) Lyrics
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She is asking him who will fight through the hard shell he has built for himself and still love him. She also knows that not many people will bother to try and ...
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Birdy - Comforting Sounds (Mew cover) Lyrics
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... song meanings. Add Your Thoughts. 0 Comments. sort form. All Comment Types (0). 0 ... Help the People (Cherry Ghost cover) Lyrics · White Winter Hymnal (Fleet ...
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Birdy - No Angel Lyrics
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So, we fight the world desperately seeking to be seen as the ideal self that we long to be, but struggle to help others see it. ... (People who have loved can ...
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Birdy - I'll Never Forget You Lyrics
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Why not add your own? Log in to add a tag. More Birdy Lyrics · Skinny Love (Bon Iver cover) Lyrics · Not About Angels Lyrics · People Help the People (Cherry ...
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Birdy - Just a Game Lyrics
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I don't know where I am. I don't know this place. Don't recognize anybody. Just the same old empty face. See these people they lie
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Birdy - Heart of Gold Lyrics
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Birdy - 1901 (Phoenix cover) Lyrics
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I think this song is about a relationship in which the two people are both ... Help the People (Cherry Ghost cover) Lyrics · White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes ...
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Birdy - Take My Heart Lyrics
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Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their ... Help the People (Cherry Ghost cover) Lyrics · White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes ...
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Birdy - All You Never Say Lyrics
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Birdy - White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes cover) Lyrics
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With scarves of red tied 'round their throats to keep their little heads from falling in the snow = some people may have scarfs or ropes with blood that the ...
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Birdy - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Postal Service cover) Lyrics
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I think the line 'Why I was the one worth leaving' means he's seeing why he was the one people always left behind and now in the line 'And I am finally seeing ...
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 Genius Meanings
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Birdy – People Help the People
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“People Help the People” was the second single taken from Cherry Ghost’s début album, Thirst for Romance.
English musician Birdy recorded a cover version of the song, which was
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Birdy – People Help the People (RAK Studios Session)
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[Verse 1] / God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts / Guess he kissed the girls and made them cry / Those hard-faced queens of misadventure / God knows what is
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Birdy – People Help The People (live)
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God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts / Guess he kissed the girls and made them cry / Those hard-faced Queens of misadventure / God knows what is hiding in
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Birdy – People Help The People (Acoustic)*
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People Help The People (Acoustic)* Lyrics:
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Birdy – People Help the People Samples
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See all of “People Help the People” by Birdy’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Gregorian – People Help the People
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God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts / Guess he kissed the girls and made them cry those Hard-faced Queens of misadventure / God knows what is hiding in those
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Cherry Ghost – People Help The People
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[Verse 1] / God knows what is hiding in that weak and drunken heart / I guess you kissed the girls and made them cry / Those hard faced queens of misadventure / God knows what is
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Operación Triunfo 2020 (Ft. eva b) – People Help the People
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[Verse 1] / God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts / Guess he kissed the girls and made them cry / Those hard faced Queens of misadventure / God knows what is
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Cherry Ghost – People Help The People Covers
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See all of “People Help The People” by Cherry Ghost’s covers
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Uppermost – Beautiful Light
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“Beautiful Light” is a song by French producer Uppermost, and is featured on his 2012 album Control. The track incorporates vocals from “People Help The People” by UK singer-
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Birdy – Skinny Love
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“Skinny Love” is a song originally released by the indie-folk band Bon Iver in 2007. A cover version by Birdy was released in 2011.
This was Birdy’s debut single and charted at #1
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Jim Jones – The People Samples
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See all of “The People” by Jim Jones’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Birdy – Shelter (Live)
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I find shelter in this way / Undercover, hideaway / And can you hear when I say? / I have never felt this way / Maybe I have said something that was wrong / Can I make it better
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Birdy – Skinny Love (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Come on, skinny love, just last the year / Pour a little salt, we were never here / My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my / Staring at the sink of blood and crushed
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Birdy – Terrible Love (Live)
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[Verse 1] / It's a terrible love / And I'm walking with spiders / It's a terrible love and I'm walking in / It's a terrible love / And I'm walking with spiders / It's a terrible
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Birdy – 1901 (Live)
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Counting all different ideas, drifting away / Past and present they don't matter; / Now the future's sorted out / Watch her moving in elliptical patterns; / Think it's not what you
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Jim Jones – The People
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[Intro] / As I look at CNN, it says, "Breaking news - Protests erupt across America, following the death of, George Floyd. R.I.P George. You more than a legend, you're an icon, you
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Birdy – Shelter
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This song is about a woman experiencing a new emotion and having the want and desire for people to be able to understand them.
It’s about feeling the need to be with someone and
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Genius Q&A
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Q:Who wrote “People Help the People” by Birdy?
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“People Help the People” by Birdy was written by Simon Aldred.
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Genius Artists
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Birdy Albums and Discography
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See all of Birdy’s albums on Genius.
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Birdy Songs
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Birdy has 145 songs with the most popular being Skinny Love, Let It All Go and Wings.
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Simon Aldred
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Professional songwriter, who got his start leading the critically acclaimed folk-rock band Cherry Ghost. He is also known for writing songs with Sam Smith, Avicii and other pop
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