| Mumford & Sons – Awake My Soul Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Well, I think this song is a praise to science: "How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes I struggle to find any truth in your lies" It refers to the fact that we can't rely heavily just on what we see, because looks are deceiving, so we have to observe with a critical thinking to avoid being "lied" by our eyes. ---- "And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know My weakness I feel I must finally show" This eludes to the humbling experience of thoroughly reviewing our previous conclusions. ---- "Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall Lend me your eyes I can change what you see But your soul you must keep, totally free" All this part tells that there is no place in science to be driven by our emotions, we must be cautious and free of any prejudices of our own conceptions, and the desire of making them true instead of checking that they are, in fact, true. If done right, though, science can get you very far. ---- "Awake my soul" is the verse that worships science the most: its practice opens your eyes and expands your mind, it is truly an awakening experience. ---- "In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die Where you invest your love, you invest your life In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die And where you invest your love, you invest your life" I must be honest and say that I struggle to connect this part directly to science, other than when you choose to be a scientist you get to be it for your whole life; when you have developed the mindset of a scientist, there's no coming back to any other method. ---- "You were made to meet your maker" Clearly a reference to the constant back and forth between God "hiding" the laws of nature and scientists trying to uncover them, getting closer to The Maker. Anyways, seeing all these interpretations made me giggle. It is so specific and yet so subtle that anybody can find a way in which it applies to their interpretations. It shows that Mumford & Sons did a good job here, as always :) |
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