blahblahblah, i like way too much music, blahblahblah.
\”Dog Days Are Over\” Florence + the Machine
when it comes down to it, i’ve been obsessed with this song and album (but this song in particular) since i discovered it last december. musically it is gorgeous and keeps my attention. i love florence welch’s voice. the lyrics have become more relevant now than ever, with lines like “happiness hit her, like a train on a track.” i feel like this is a happy song (personally) and the beginning gets me every time. i just break into a smile whenever i hear those first few seconds. i never get tired of it.
Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sinkThe dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better runRun fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to surviveThe dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
‘Cause here they comeAnd I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than thatThe dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
‘Cause here they comeRun fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to surviveThe dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
‘Cause here they comeThe dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
look, you’ve probably heard enough raves about their new album, but i adore arcade fire, so here is another. i love this song. i love this album. i love this band. and for all the hipsters who do too, well, this song is your answer. it’s pretty and damning, two of my favorite things (haha). i also really enjoy the track immediately before it, “modern man,” but i only wanted to bend the rules to a certain point. anyways. again, this is a track i love right from the very beginning. i repeat it over and over (well, at least since i obtained the album) and i love it each time. (i say love a lot, i know. but i’m serious, people.)
as far as damning, it might be just scathing, but scathing is also delicious.
Let’s go downtown and watch the modern kids
Let’s go downtown and talk to the modern kids
They will eat right out of your hand
Using great big words that they don’t understandThey’re singing
Rococo, Rococo, Rococo, Rococo…
Rococo, Rococo, Rococo, Rococo…They build it up just to burn it back down
They build it up just to burn it back down
The wind is blowing all the ashes around
Oh my dear God what is that horrible song?They’re singing
Rococo, Rococo, Rococo, Rococo…
Rococo, Rococo, Rococo, Rococo…They seem wild but they are so tame
They seem wild but they are so tame
They’re moving towards you with their colors all the same
They want to own you but they don’t know what game
They’re playing
Rococo, Rococo, Rococo, Rococo
Rococo, Rococo, Rococo, Rococo
annnnnd thus concludes my first return to regularly-scheduled blogging.
