| Mumford & Sons – Dust Bowl Dance Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Literally, the song seems to be the struggle of one living during the Great Depression. The young man is one whose family lived on the farm for generations before the Great Depression started. After the stock market crash and the formation of the Dust Bowl, the towns people and soon the young man are all forced to leave whether it be to seek better farming conditions or the banks have foreclosed on the properties due to debt. It seems likely that the man was evicted by the bank and then sets out for revenge, possibly robbing banks and the other activities similar to real life criminals of the time like Al Capone, John Dillinger, and Bonnie and Clyde. In the end he is caught but is not remorseful for his actions since he feels that they were righteous since he was fighting a corrupt and greedy entity. The line "You haven't met me, I am the only son" could be a reference to the fact that he was the last of his family, or to that of Christ in which case it would be him comparing himself to Christ due to the strong since of moral duty he carried out his crimes with. | |
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