《Birds》的詞曲由艾薇兒·拉維尼完成,這首歌的英文詞語部分如下:
第一節:
I'm not a bird without wings
I can fly even though I'm broken
I've been broken
But I'm still flying
副歌:
I'm a bird without a cage
And I'll spread my wings again some day
When the rain starts to fade
I'll be free again
第二節:
Every storm I knew would pass
But it took this much time to figure it out
It's been years since I felt the sun
And now I'm lost in the dark
副歌:
I'm a bird without a cage
And I'll spread my wings again some day
When the rain starts to fade
I'll be free again
第三節:
And I won't be coming back
This time I'm really leaving
You can't break me
I'm already broken
But I'm still flying
第四節:
I'm a bird without wings
But I won't cry anymore
I won't break anymore
I won't die anymore
副歌:
I'm a bird without a cage
And I'll spread my wings again some day
When the rain starts to fade
I'll be free again (fly)
Oh, yeah... Oh... Yeah... Yeah... Yeah...
這是一首表達了掙脫束縛、自由飛翔的積極情緒的歌曲。在某些版本的《Birds》中,歌曲結尾會有一段華爾茲舞曲,這部分的歌詞和原版不同。