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Mumford & Sons – After the Storm Lyrics 15 years ago
I heard this on Stargate Universe.
It is what made me aware of this band.
It seems like the only true new music I find is by using my phone to tag songs I hear.

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Mumford & Sons – I Gave You All Lyrics 15 years ago
@sevenyears, it needs to be taken with the previous line "Close my eyes for a while"
It is a common coping mechanism when one it feeling frustrated to the point of anger.
You close your eyes to regain control, to calm your emotional rage to either for a patient simile or pretend the world is patiently smiling at you.

Another way to look at it is that "perception is reality" and his emotional reality is anger; but he pauses, closes his eyes and forces from the world (his anger filled internal world) a patient smile which is not reality.

I think that this anger at the world comes out from the first line.

He "rip(s) the earth in two with your(his) mind" : internal anger to vent his anger;
But then suppresses the anger "urge" by sealing it up with internal brass bonds/wires.
Since he obviously is recovering from an outburst, he is trying to apologize in line 3.

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