Not with Haste Lyrics

Lyric discussion by neddidy 

Cover art for Not with Haste lyrics by Mumford & Sons

I think that when it is said, I am what I am, he is referring to verse which calls the Lord the great I am. I also think that the author could not be referring to two different people in this song. He starts talking about "WE will run and scream YOU will dance with me" that is exclaiming first, the unity of himself and the other, and then just the other when he says you. So, later in the song, when it is said "we walked through" and "you said yes," the author is still referring to that first person. There is one significant other that is talked about in this song and that is God. God walks with him through the fields and when the main person is broken down and falls before the Lord because of things that he done in his human flesh, the Lord says "yes;" yes you can still be my son. This is also making reference to the story, the Prodigal son in the Bible. The son comes to the father asking for forgiveness and pleading with the father and he forgives him for what he has done. This song is most definitely connecting with biblical ideals.

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