Thief

Album: Happiness Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch (1999)
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Songfacts®:

  • The first single from the Happiness Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch album, this song is about the thousands of terminally ill children who die each year. It is dedicated to Mina Kim, a friend of lead singer Raine Maida who died of a brain tumor. >>>
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    Lorne - Toronto, Canada, for above 2

Comments: 3

  • Graham from North Bay, Canada"One Man Army" was actually the first single from the album
  • Amanda from Shreveport, LaI may have to check this song out!
  • Derek from Boston, MaI work with a wide variety of hospitilized patients as a physical therapist and also have a relative with alzeimers. I pull heavy meaning from this song in regards to my working with alzeimers patients in regards to a "thief" stealing their memories of what they have expereinced and the pain families go through in dealing with such diseases.
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