| Mumford & Sons – Holland Road Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I agree with most of the interpretations saying something along the lines of "this song is about someone who the singer offended getting really mad," but I think there's more to it than that. Lines 3 and 4 of the first stanza are "With your heart like a stone you spared no time in lashing out/And I knew your pain and the effect of my shame, but you cut me down." The singer is talking about how they understand they've wronged someone and that person is rightly lashing out, then says "BUT you cut me down." The but means the two parts oppose each other somehow, that they're different in nature. I think that whenever the singer says "you cut me down," they mean it in a way more like "cutting me down from the gallows." "You cut me down" is sung 3 times (not counting repetitions). Each one is used to say "you'd save me despite the conditions" where each stanza talks about different "conditions." 1: the singer has greatly hurt/offended someone, yet they'd still save the singer. 2: the singer has ignored someone's advice yet they'd still save the singer. 3: follows the feeling of the second stanza but adds in "even if I wish you'd save yourself, you choose to save me." The last 2 stanzas are about how they'll believe in each other no matter what. In summary, this is a song about a bond which has and will last through rough patches; the type of bond known by brothers and spouses alike. |
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