Discover the story of the song > What If Birds Aren T Singing They Re Screaming – Aldous Harding

The lyrics suggest that the protagonist was high and thought they saw an angel, but it turned out to be a ghost. This ghost was hurting the protagonist's family by making wooden posts out of them. The lyrics then pose a question, asking what if birds aren't actually singing, but screaming instead. The protagonist then mentions their moon getting caught up in their waning, and being trapped under a sky that is darker than their visitors' eyes. The lyrics repeat the idea that birds might actually be screaming instead of singing, and the protagonist wonders if their high experience was actually seeing a ghost heaving under its cloak. The song ends with the same question of what if birds aren't singing, but screaming instead.