| Mumford & Sons – Dust Bowl Dance Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I always thought this song was about an amish boy. "I've been kicked off my land at the age of sixteen" At age 16, the amish are considered adults. They leave the community for rumspringa, a period of time where they are allowed to venture away from the community and test out the mainstream American teenage lifestyle. "Seal my heart and brake my pride I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide" If the children engage in immoral activities they are not welcomed back into the community "Well you are my accuser, now look in my face Your opression reeks of your greed and disgrace" I think here, the boy is talking to his oppressive father. A lot of scandals have been surfacing about physical and sexual abuse in Amish communities. 'Align my heart, my body, my mind To face what I've done and do my time' Here it seems that the boy is feeling remorse and realizing that he will be punished for the murder he is about to commit because of the values the community instilled in him. "There will come a time I will look in your eye You will pray to the God that you always denied The I'll go out back and I'll get my gun I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son" I think, like some others said, that he is calling his father a sinner and a hypocrite here by saying "the God that you always denied". He is comparing himself to Jesus by calling himself the only son, and carrying out the work that he thinks Jesus would do(the murder). |
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