| Mumford & Sons – Lovers' Eyes Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I have seen this situation happen multiple times from people quite close to me, and I would recommend some more songs to you... first a song by a more obscure artist: "When a heart breaks" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHCrFA2X26I This is a song that shows the amazing providence working, that even things as horrible affair can work out for good. Then a few of my favourites by Mumford and Sons: Roll Away Your Stone (My interpretation here: http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858723677/?specific_com=73016176741#comments) And Not With Haste - no interpretation yet, but it contains one of the most amazing lyrics in all of poetry as far as I'm concerned: And I was broke I was on my knees But you said yes as I said please I listen to this song, and see that it's not till we discover our brokeness that we turn to our knees, and the beauty of is, He is saying "yes" as we say please. Not after, not because, but simply as we start to form the "pl... " on our lips, He is already screaming yes. I challenge you to see how this historical person Jesus Christ, was rejected by those closest to him, spit on, and had adultery committed against Him for the Joy of seeing us set free from the things that are keeping us from Joy. Message me or reply if the songs above speak to you. Richard |
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| Mumford & Sons – For Those Below Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Nice! I'm with you on most of that, but see my interpretation of the "leader of the flock" above, which I think is the crux of the song. | |
| Mumford & Sons – For Those Below Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Wow I love this song as well. I'm pretty sure it's "be a rock" and not "be around". Either way, same meaning though, rock is just stronger. As with all of M&S songs, it's interesting to notice the grammatical person. The person who is sick is the third person "her", but there is a second person "you" he is singing to, and there is also the first person "I" that he refers to. This helps us understand the "leader of the flock" lyric that keeps coming up. The person sung to is the original leader of a flock, and then somehow he becomes the leader of a flock as well, in the last stanza. But not until he realizes he is just as humble as the person who is sick. Matthew 20:16 "So the last will be first, and the first will be last." I can't help but hear this musical allusion in the melody played by the violin in between verses and in the interlude to the line "And life is worth the living, just because He lives" which is an old Christian Hymn... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtcqwYO2E4 When I read the lyrics of that song (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/davidcrowderband/becausehelives.html) I can't help but see these two songs intermingled, with Jesus as the one he is singing to... the original leader of the flock. Am I out to lunch. Let me know! ;-) |
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| Mumford & Sons – Roll Away Your Stone Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yes... thank you! It is will... and that is the word that the song hinges on. Which way will the interpretation go? It depends all on that word. | |
| Mumford & Sons – Roll Away Your Stone Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Roll away your stone, I’ll roll away mine - Let's look inside ourselves, Together we can see what we will find - But let's do it together Don’t leave me alone at this time, - What time? When I look inside For I'm afraid of what I will discover inside - I'm afraid of what I will discover Cause you told me that I would find a hole, - You told me but was it there? Within the fragile substance of my soul - A hole in the heart And I have filled this void with things unreal, - And now I'm admitting it was there because I am putting things into it. And all the while my character it steals - And this is what it's doing to me. Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think? - Are my desires really that bad? And yet it dominates the things I see - Yet all I see is darkness... maybe they are. It seems that all my bridges have been burned, - I've made a commitment I'm not going back on But you say that’s exactly how this grace thing works - To receive this Grace I had to burn some bridges It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart, - Its nothing I do on my own strength But the welcome I receive with the restart - the welcome at the restart is what changed the heart... Grace Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think? And yet it dominates the things I see ---------------------------------------------------------------- Notice the change of tense Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think? And yet it dominates the things I've seen - The darkness is now past tense. Stars hide your fires, - MacBeth didn't want light to shine on his dark soul These here are my desires - His dark desires And I will give them up to you this time around - Unlike Macbeth, I will give them up (read the booklet) And so, I’ll be found with my stake stuck in this ground - And so now I'm in new ground. remember I was on a journey, that started with Grace, I burned any chance of going back, and where have I arrived to? Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul - An impassioned soul. What triumph. But you, you’ve gone too far this time You have neither reason nor rhyme With which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine Now this last Stanza confuses us unless you take in the context of listening to all of M&S's songs. The emotion in the way the lyrics are sung are always related to the meaning in the lyrics. This is part of what makes them an amazing band. Thus the tone that this is sung in is more of a joyful irony. It is not angst, or sadness, or anger. It is a gentle kid with a close friend, and indeed is saying, that you haven't gone to far in taking my soul. So... Giant hole in our hearts, that we can't fill but grace does, and when our desires are given up the result is an impassioned soul. The victory in this song is unmistakeable to a messed up pastor's kid like me who is finally starting to be captivated by the beauty of the Grace of Christ. |
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