Suicide Birds

"**Suicide Birds**" is a song by Mars Argo. It is featured as the second track on their debut album *Technology Is a Dead Bird*.

## Background

The full song was uploaded to the duo's now-defunct Muxtape page in April 2009, but was taken down sometime between February 2010 – December 2011. A demo of the track surfaced online on April 24th, 2017, although it's unclear if this is the same version as the Muxtape upload, since both files have different lengths.

An acoustic performance of the song was uploaded to the Grocerybag YouTube channel on December 17th, 2009, the audio of which was later included as a track on the *Internet Sessions* EP on August 18th, 2010.

A remix of the song, produced by Johnny K, was recorded at Groovemaster Studios in December 2010, however, this version was never released, likely due to the cancelation of the duo's second studio album.

## Lyrics

* Album version
* Demo version

She was feeling faint when the smoke hit

Dizzy with the smell of perfume

Hiding from her family that she missed

Cold and all alone in her room

The bird flew into the window

And he heard the same song in our heads

I often wonder what it would feel like

To be free again

Free again

We were building courses for horses

Make believe with me by your side

She grew up a week before I did

My mother said that it wasn't right

The bird flew into the window

And he heard the same song in our heads

I often wonder what it would feel like

To be free again

Free again

Memories fade

But they bring you back to the good old days

But the good old days will never be the same

I sang a song I wrote for you yesterday

But you didn't hear it

You didn't hear it

Anyway

Anyway, oh

Anyway-ay-ay

Anyway, oh

Anyway

It's just the good

It's just the good old days

(One, two, three, four)

(One, two)

The bird flew into the window

And he heard the same song in our heads

I often wonder what it would feel like

To be free again

Free again

The bird flew into the window

And he heard the same song in our heads

I often wonder what it would feel like

To be free again

Free again

She said

She said

The bird flew into the window

And he heard the same song in our heads

I often wonder what it would feel like

To be free again

Free again

(That was so good)

## Official versions

* Album version – 3:12
	+ Instrumental – 3:12
* Muxtape demo version – 2:31
* Leaked demo version (also known as "Mix Down") – 2:38
* Instrumental demo – Unknown
	+ "What Inspires You?" snippet – 1:55
* *Internet Sessions* acoustic – 3:10
* Johnny K remix – Unknown
	+ Lincoln Hall live snippet – 0:59

## Trivia

* It's often theorized that "Suicide Birds" might have been featured in, or somehow related to, the now-privatized Grocerybag video "Memories Fade", as the video's title also appears as a lyric in the song.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  "Suicide Birds". *Muxtape*. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
2. ↑ "new videos". *GROCERYBAG.TV*. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
3. ↑ Argo Mars (April 24, 2017). "Mix Down". *SoundCloud*. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
4. ↑ grocerybagdottv (December 17, 2009). "Suicide Birds". *YouTube*. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
5. ↑ Mars Argo (August 18, 2010). "Internet Sessions". *Bandcamp*. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
6. ↑ Mars Argo (December 2, 2010). "Suicide Birds: Day 1". *Facebook*. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

## Navigation

* Technology Is a Dead Bird
* Internet Sessions
* Mars Argo CD

 Non-album