Thief (Our Lady Peace song)
| "Thief" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Our Lady Peace | |
| from the album Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch | |
| Released | March 21, 1999 |
| Genre | Alternative rock |
| Length | 4:01 |
| Songwriter(s) | Raine Maida |
"Thief" is a 1999 alternative rock song by the Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. It is the third single from their third studio album Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, which was released in 1999. The song was written by Raine Maida and was produced by Arnold Lanni.
Meaning of the song[change | change source]
Our Lady Peace said that the song was about a young girl from Kitchener, Ontario named Mina Kim. Kim had a cancerous tumor in her brain. The word thief in the song refers to the tumor. At the end of the song there is a sound clip of a young girl that is actually Mina Kim singing a "Little By Little" with Maida's wife Chantal Kreviazuk.
