Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Verse 1]You're beautiful, that's for sureYou'll never ever fadeYou're lovely, but it's not for sureThat I won't ever change

[Pre-Chorus]And though my love is rareThough my love is true

[Chorus]I'm like a bird, I'll only fly awayI don't know where my soul is (Soul is)I don't know where my home isAnd baby, all I need for you to know isI'm like a bird, I'll only fly awayI don't know where my soul is (Soul is)I don't know where my home isAll I need for you to know is

[Verse 2]Your faith in me brings me to tears (Oh)Even after all these years, yearsAnd it pains me so much to tellThat you don't know me that well[Pre-Chorus]And though my love is rareThough my love is true

[Chorus repeat]

[Bridge]It's not that I wanna say goodbyeIt's just that every time you tryTo tell me, me that you love me (Oh-oh)Each and every single dayI know I'm gonna have to eventuallyGive you away

[Break]And though my love is rare, rare, rareAnd though my love is true, yeahHey, I'm just scaredThat we may fall throughYeah, yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus repeat, like 4 times]

[Outro]I'm like a bird, I'll only fly awayI don't know where my soul is (Soul is)I don't know where my home isAnd baby, all I need for you to know isI'm like a bird, I'll only fly awayI don't know where my soul is (Soul is)I don't know where my home is

Jump to section:

(00:12) Very short introduction with bad joke and a bit of waffling but nowhere near the amount you get on some podcasts. You know the ones.

(01:37) Song title, writers' details, stupid conversation about how to speak an awkward date format, leading to more conversation about 'The Rapture' and end of the world.

(03:27) Vampires ahoy! To the lyrics! A checklist of vampirism. Possibility of being a superhero or being raptured

(11:55) The undead, forest spirits, Spiderman. The impact of evolution or natural selection on moths and Nelly Furtado's beetle

(14:12) The music video

(16:14) The theory of tattoo regret.

(25:56) How can we be sure Nelly ISN'T a bird?

(30:40) Nelly Furtado's poor classification of species

(33:59) Casual break-up and sad, incel takes

(37:17) You can't face 'The Sound of Music'

(40:33) Where is your soul?

(42:53) Other theories from the internet, including incels

(49:07) Notable trivia and build your own parody song

(51:49) Misheard lyrics from the internet

(55:01) Farewells

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