He wears his heart
Safety-pinned to his backpack
His backpack is all that he knows
Shot down by strangers
Whose glances can cripple
The heart and devour the soul

All alone he turns to stone
While holding his breath half to death
Terrified of what's inside
To save his life he crawls
Like a worm from a bird
Crawls like a worm from a bird

Out of his mind away
Pushes him whispering
Must have been out of his mind
Mid day delusions of pushing this out of his head
Maybe out of his mind (out of his mind)

All alone he turns to stone
While holding his breath half to death
Terrified of what's inside
To save his life he
Crawls like a worm (from a bird)
Crawls like a worm from a bird
(All alone) crawls like a worm from a bird
(All alone) crawls like a worm from a bird
(All alone) crawls like a worm
Crawls like a worm from a bird

All he knows
If he can't relieve it, it grows
And so it goes
He crawls like a worm
Crawls like a worm from a bird

(And he crawls like a worm
He crawls like a worm
He crawls like a worm
Crawls like a...)

Out of his mind away
Pushes him whispering
Must have been out of his mind

All alone he turns to stone
While holding his breath half to death
Terrified of what's inside
To save his life he crawls
Like a worm from a...

All alone
He's holding his breath half to death (holding his breath half to death)
Terrified to save his life
He crawls like a worm (crawls like a worm)
Crawls like a worm from a bird
(All alone) crawls like a worm from a bird
(All alone) crawls like a worm from a bird
(All alone) crawls like a worm
Crawls like a worm
Crawls like a worm
Crawls like a worm from a bird

(All alone, all alone, all alone, all alone)



Lyrics submitted by acidjazz

Track duration: 03:45

"The Bird and the Worm" as written by Adam R. Young, Matthew Arnold Thiessen

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing

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  • -1
    General Comment:It's about a bad trip.

    Stranger's glances = paranoia from doing whatever made him trip so hard.

    'All alone, he turns to stone while holding his breath half to death'
    - he's getting "stoned" from holding in the substance that's causing his trip

    Delusions/whispering - obviously, he's tripping.

    And the bird is reality. He's addicted to tripping even though this particular experience may have been bad for him, he still crawls away from reality.

    "if he can't relieve it, it grows"
    - his addiction grows if he doesn't keep using

    Just my slightly humorous translation. Nothing serious, even though the music video totally looks like a bad trip
    I'm sure that's not what the song was written about. Lol
    Flag zzthexdayxdreamer46zzon January 05, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:this song is fucking sick
    Flagged Jake94on July 08, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:Actually you're all completely wrong. It's about a parnoid Schizophrenic. The video put's you in his shoes of what it's like. Like after the first Verse and after the chorus you can hear whispering saying "Just keep walking" and when he looks through the peephole theres a monster thing. It's an hallucination like the auditory ones.
    Flag oreo123on February 10, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Gosh PLEASE dont compare the Used to Panic At The Disco, just come on, the used is the used gosh fuck heads
    Flagged HideMeFromReflectionon December 25, 2010   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation:i think its about a kid with a mental thing because it says terrified of whats inside and he could know that theres something wrong with him and it scares the hell out of him, and by shot down by strangers whos glances can cripple kind of hints to me at paranoia that everyone knows and that theyre out to get him so he feels utterly alone. and by all he know is he cant relieve it it grows i think it means he has to do something so whats wrong with him wont overwhelm him completly.
    Flag meowkittehson November 15, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:i think its about a kid who evry one hates him cause he speaks his mind{he wears his heart safty pinned to his backpack} as in wearing his heart on his sleeve. but hes scared of wht he really fells{Terrified of whats inside} and people talk about him behind his back, it makes him fell like hes crazy or their somthing wrong with him {Out of his mind the way pushes him, whispering Must have been out of his mind} he fells he'll aways be rejected so when he starts to fell deeply from someone he runs away{To save his life He crawls like a worm, crawls like a worm from a bird}so he wont hurt


    Flag sadieRawwron September 26, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is about schizophrenia.

    A lot of their songs are.

    Flag bleedsilveron July 12, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:What i see. As for the meaning. Is that he is different from everyone else. His personality is like emo or goth. So people look at him and do not approve.


    Shot down by strangers
    whose glances can cripple the heart
    and devour the soul

    Terrified of what�s inside.

    So he is who he is inside. but is afraid of what people think of it.


    He crawls like a worm from a bird

    Hes running away from who he really is


    All alone he turns to stone

    so i guess no one likes him for who he is.

    All he knows
    If he can�t relieve it, it grows
    And so it goes

    So an urge to be himself but he know that other people don't like it so he holds it in and hes breaking down inside.





    I know this is kinda vague but......I know someone who went through this. But it makes sense. Emos and Goths aren't really approved of where i come from. But i love them. Best people ever.

    Flag Sakudoon June 09, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:good song.

    i would give the opinion that this song is about hiding inner emotions and impulses from the social world. people watch and judge and you must act according to norms. thus your exterior turns to stone and you hide from your own darker/different impulses. Your impulses need some sort of release, so you do what you need to when your alone, be it write a poem or beat up a punching bag.

    The first stanza is interesting... it seems to imply that the main character "wears his heart on his sleeve" (the cliche), which means that he has to hide from those who judge him rather than allow his exterior to remain a disguise. maybe that's why the video shows a character retreating to solitude to battle his daemons.

    agoraphobia perhaps?
    Flag asa.benderon June 07, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:to me it;s about someone who is scared of people becuase he/she get hurt easily so he/she avoids human contact "crawls like a worm from a bird" he/she see's them sevles as pray to the world
    Flag animerocks1994on April 29, 2010   Link

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