| Mumford & Sons – Dust Bowl Dance Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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In beginning and middle parts of the song it seems this song is a story about a young boy (16) who is the man of the house and farm during the Dust Bowl when the land on his farm can grow no more crops and therefor he has no way to pay for the land or his family. It's obvious the boy has worked up spite and during the opening part of the song, the bank is in the process of taking his land so he's warning "Well, there will come a time I will look in your eye You will pray to the God that you've always denied Then I'll go out back and I'll get my gun I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"" that he will not go down without a fight. The next verse is a sort of "during time" and in the last verse Well, yes sir yes sir yes it was me I know what I've done 'cause I know what I've seen I went out back and got my gun, said, "you haven't met me I am the only son" it's obvious he's admitting it was him that shot the banker, he doesn't feel remorse because the guy deserved it. The changing from "Well, there will come a time I will look in your eye You will pray to the God that you've always denied Then I'll go out back and I'll get my gun I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son" to Well, yes sir yes sir yes it was me I know what I've done 'cause I know what I've seen I went out back and got my gun, said, "you haven't met me I am the only son" how at first he's warning "there will come a time" to when he says "yes sir it was me". |
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| Mumford & Sons – Not with Haste Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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To me this song seems to be about the idea of heaven or a heaven-like place. He seems to be speaking directly to God in certain lines: Your eyes they tie me down so hard/ I'll never learn to put up a guard no matter how hard he tries God always knows and see's what he's done/his pain, Though I may speak some tongue of old Or even spit out some holy word I have no strength from which to speak When you sit me down and see I'm weak Even though he tries to seem holy and humble on Earth, God see's through him and knows his faults; basically he thinks he's weak and the only one who truly knows this is God. In the chorus, the idea of heaven is more obvious to me: We will run and scream You will dance with me They'll fulfill our dreams and we'll be free And we will be who we are And they'll heal our scars Sadness will be far away In heaven, all will be well, no sadness will exist, no pain, no worry, no woe, God and His angels (they) will make everything alright. Now to me, this verse removes all doubt about the meaning of the song: So as we walked through fields of green Was the fairest sun I'd never seen And I was broke I was on my knees But you said yes as I said please As they walked through heaven, everything was perfect (maybe when he was saved or came to term with God), I was broke and on my knees, I was broken, gave up, and praying, and even though he thinks he didn't deserve it God forgave him (said yes as I said please). Contrary to popular belief, I see no marriage references in this song, and solely interpret it as a song about God's grace and heaven (as we so often hear Marcus referring to.) |
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