I'm sorry if it my train of thought gets a bit confusing at times, I tried my best! So I think this song is about sexual abuse or just abuse....
At this point, the narrator backs up the subject's feelings and advises her that she's gotta run faster if she's so terrified of it, run for all that she holds dear, run for her life -- because if she doesn't, she'll succumb to that happiness she's so scared of, it's gonna get her. Now that I've read and reread the lyrics to the song. Leave all your love and your longing behind you/Can't carry it with you if you want to survive
She can turn back cause sheâs running for her life. Every day, thousands of people around the world write about music they love — and it all ends up here. In the song, Her happiness hurts her- he hits her. The place for the best new music. "Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
So she pulls away from it any way she can but it canât be denied. A lot of people in love often make stupid decisions. Leaving someone you love hurts, but it can also be the best decision of your life. Paired with some of the nicer lyrics it seems âhappyâ. Now that I see this song this way, I love it even more and I appreciate Florence & The Machine so much more. We would like to show you a description here but the site wonât allow us. fizy milyonlarca Åarkı, video klip, onlarca radyo kanalı ve fazlasına ulaÅmanı saÄlayan dijital müzik platformudur. I think itâs about a girl running from a camp after breaking free. However, this is only how I experience it and whatever this song means to you, you are right.
Leave all your love and your longing behind if you wanna survive refers to putting your sobriety before everything or the curse of addiction will take you once more. Anyway on to my interpretation on this song! The album, which is his first to be written and recorded while completely sober, is produced by Duckworth and Eg White (Adele, Florence & The Machine, ⦠For me this line means that if you can't leave him because you love him, then do it for your parents who raised you will.. do it for your children, do it for your family...
Abuse? My new perspective about Dog Days changed when I read that universally, 'dog days' are referred to as happy days. Happiness, hit her like a train on a track/Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
To me it describes a toxic or even abusive relationship. BRIT Certified. Mar 27 Song Ji-hyo fully nude & fucked hard Mar 27 Maren Eggert nude, showing ass, sexy scene Mar 27 Rafaela Mandelli fully nude, fucked in bedroom Mar 27 Tess Haubrich flashing boob & nude ass Mar 27 Katie Holmes nude and porn video Mar 27 Joan Collins ⦠I thought that the first line "Happiness hit her like a train on a track" was about how strong happiness is coming for her. Support us here. Lastly, it says that the horses are coming. I think the overall sound is deceptive (F+M is good at that) and the energy can be interpreted as urgent. Leftwich recorded To Carry A Whale over the space of four months, working from his Tottenham home, Hackney's Urchin Studios, a hotel room in Niagara and a Southend studio owned by Sam Duckworth (Get Cape.Wear Cape. song: "Dog Days Are Over", UK record labels association the BPI administers and certifies the iconic BRIT Certified Platinum, Gold and Silver Awards Programme. Technically, one looks for a lover to find happiness. }; The song says as much: the dog days are over. Longing is what happens when your separated for that which you love. And then the narrator says she was finally "defeated" by someone who should be more considerate than to disregard all her reservations and limitations and give her no room to escape, knowing that she was so terrified and that she maybe considered falling in love a bad thing, something she didn't want and resisted with all her might. when i stopped (all on my own cuz it just wasnt fun anymore)... "clouds" lifted and my family and friends were there. If you choose to believe that, but this song isn't about any attacker, it's about her own journey. The dog days are over/The dog days are done/The horses are coming so you better run
10,766 were here. The victims of domestic violence, most of them women, can't leave their husbands or partners because of this belief that if she stays he will get better or that she loves him too much etc. And the last line that cements my new interpretation:
Just not a wedding song in my eyes. [Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father / Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers / Leave all your love and your longing behind / You can't carry it with you if you want to survive]
The relationship was quick (bullet in the back) and surprising. Song meanings ©2003-2021 lyricinterpretations.com, More Florence and the Machine song meanings ». Which brings me to my interpretation... the only thing the song could possibly mean. Anyway have a awesome day!! The best interpretation of the last line and therefore the whole song is that of an abusive relationship. Urgency is conveyed in the chorus when she talks about running. Classic Literature. It has been said that in order to be art it must have different meanings to different people. Love can guide you to amazing places but it can also destroy you. She warns of the horses coming as all addicts know that the disease of addiction is always working away in the brain waiting for a moment of vulnerability to take you back down the path to the dog days. Reason 3: it says that you can't carry it with you if you want to survive, and I think this could be talking about the people who have to leave there homes during the night so they can't take things with them. This is often portrayed in post-apocalyptic movies where many characters seem cold and heartless. but thanks to the show I discovered the beautiful wonderful world of Florence and the machine. This song tells us to leave those thoughts behind, leave this guy you 'love', whatever 'longing' you have, leave it too. That's it lol. Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
I continue to write because my words are too few for posting my comment. It also means stagnation. "Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
And she realizes that the dog says are done as she runs. Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back/Struck from a great height/By someone who should know better than that
Leave it all if you want to survive. Sure, that's all fine and dandy, but my own interpretation has helped me through a very hard time in my life. I think itâs about someone, in this case a girl, who has never been happy and is afraid of this new feeling that actually makes her happy for maybe the first time in a very very long time. Near the end where she talks about all she wanted was everything is referring to how many victims do have real and complicated feelings toward abusers.
Clarence Clemons, who played the sax in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, had the biggest solo hit of anyone in the group - aside from Springsteen - when "You're A Friend Of Mine" hit #18 in 1985. I think it talks about Harriet Tubman because when she talks about hiding and running that what Harriet did. That part about "leave all your love and longing behind you, can't carry it with you if you want to survive" - is why I realized this song is about domestic violence. Reason 1: it talk about killing someone with kisses that could mean it's about having to kiss someone even though you may not want too. The trickiest lines to reconcile. www.sanslimitesn.com S'informer Pour Informer She doesn't know how to deal with happiness and the new energy. To me this song is about political changes happening in the UK. I think this is about a woman going from a life where sheâs poor, to getting a job and being happy, because the bad days are over. Some serious forward momentum after a period of stagnation caused by whatever bad situation "she" was in previously. i think its friggin fascinating how people interpret the meaning of this song. Dog days are over being the realisation that happiness can exist without substances. The narrator then states how it finally got her, how she lost the battle -- caught by surprise by that love and happiness while she had her back turned to them because she was trying so desperately to run from them. Password requirements: 6 to 30 characters long; ASCII characters only (characters found on a standard US keyboard); must contain at least 4 different symbols; What's Up4 Non Blondes "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes has endured as one of the most popular songs of the '90s, but it wasn't a huge hit at the time and the band split after one album. This eludes a prediction from the author of the song "florence" about to what extent spousal abuse could lead someone to commit. Since 2005, Hype Machine is made in Brooklyn, NY by Anthony, Zoya, Scott & Dave and is funded by listeners like you. I had heard this song years ago and liked it, but it didn't mean anything to me until just recently. These are Death, Famine , War, and Conquest. Terror. Can't carry it with you if you want to survive"
And the horses are nazis chasing after her so she has to run. F+M are telling you to run "for" these things, as in champion these people or ideals above the ephemeral joys of addiction or unhealthy relationships. And I never wanted anything from you/Except everything you had/And what was left after that too, oh. Drinking is a bad way to cope, but it sure feels right in the moment, and "washing it away" could imply a desire to cover up the disarray. She is running from something she doesnât want. And when she says about not carrying her love with her because she would go back.
Songfacts category - Songs with biblical references. I agree on everything. When you're in a relationship with someone, he or she stands as your happiness. My interpretation has changed. And the Christian references I'd also agree with though I think they are more of a reflection of the writer's upbringing than overt references. Revisit the classic novels you read (or didn't) in school with reviews, analysis, and study guides of the most acclaimed and beloved books from around the world. These are all key traits of the apocalypse if you refer to books and movies. Musically it gives an urgent feel as well. And the way to do that is to not feel, to kill her love and her longing because they'll hold her back, be her downfall; if she clings to those feelings, then she's done for, because then she will be lost in love (something only we, from the outside, know would bring happiness) which we also know she sees as something unknown and scary:
The second line may imply it wasn't her decision, or maybe that this was inevitable. Maybe she got money very spontaneously, and became successful out of the blue. "Run" shouldn't necessarily be interpreted as running from or to something or someone physical as much as forward momentum in life. That's why she hides. And hopefully it brings something better. Terms of Use • Privacy Policy Fly). All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners.
The dog days are over/The dog days are done/Can't you hear the horses/'Cause here they come
There are varying opinions of weather "dog days" are good times or bad times, but in order for this interpretation to work, the phrase refers to the later. But also violent, so she runs (again chorus) for her life. Frustration and Despair. Shes hiding from the reality that this is the right thing to do, the right decision to make, trying to repair feeling permanently broken with "kisses", or even clinging too tightly and only making things worse. And washed it away down the kitchen sink"
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
Getting hit by a train sucks, it hurts, sometimes making a decision that will eventually result in happiness hurts in the moment you have to make it. 1. Then there's a part which, for me, is about the subject trying to deny her feelings, but it soon turns into a confession of the ruthless, thirsty love she is supressing underneath:
[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 sink]
Love isn't always the right emotion to trust.
This line:
Okay so I'm young and dyslexic so if there is bad grammar that's why lol. It can make you happy. You see in the Visayas Region of the Philippines (we are a 3rd World country), we have a saying "ting bitay og iro" which means "[it's the time of the year] to hang dogs"... Because a long time ago, when families literally had nothing left to eat, they'd kill stray dogs and have them as a meal. Regardless it is beautifully performed and I have been fortunate to see it performed live twice now (saw her in Dallas recently for the second time). "Happiness, hit her like a train on a track
When you're in a bad place, you're constantly searching for things to keep you going. She is running for her life and possibly the lives of others. And while the first line is a reprise of the first line of the song, the last two are where things fall apart. Business people here use it to refer to the slower and harder days (or months) of the year when small enterprises (and even large ones) barely earn any income. I believe she is the voice in my head (with that angelic voice) reminding me of my days of addiction. But you try to push this down because everyone else is afraid to die.
The best place to find new music on the web. So it conveys that is what she did want, but also she has realized to have that is impossible because it will likely destroy her. As someone that had never drank or did drugs in my life, at the age of 47 i decided to try something, and it hit me like a freight train i instantly fell in love. This song could be about a toxic relationship like a lot of songs mention. I believe there lines to convey the idea that if you want to move forward ("survive") you have to shed these emotions when they are born from unhealthy desires. I see these lines being about an urgency or need to move forward and reestablish what life is worth living for. The writers want to clearly tell us that this girl never expected to be hurt or beaten (bullet in the back). They're stories with just enough details that you can project your own world view on to them and cry silently at your desk at work, or maybe in the milk cooler while you pat yourself on the back for being strong in the face of addiction or heartbreak or abuse and moving forward. All lyrics provided for educational purposes only. Reason 2: it also talks about hiding under beds and other places, I think that they could be running from someone. [Happiness hit her like a train on a track / Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back]
Awesome review, and awesome song too. Anyway, when I first heard Dog Days, I thought it was this happy giddy freedom song. div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)) The pacing is very quick and alert. Wild horses and the like: purist freedom. (If you get the gist of this meaning, hit me up). Whatever thing that has ended, whatever thing she's lost, it better that it's gone and it's time to move on. Thatâs why it implies that it ruthlessly came towards her. Sheâs hiding around corners and under beds from the nazis She has to leave all her family behind if she wants to live. [Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back / Struck from a great height / By someone who should know better than that]
I think this refers to the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse. Bewilderment. but thanks to the show I discovered the beautiful wonderful world of Florence and the machine. That is what could be happening in this line. I think this song, much like Vienna Teng's "Stray Italian Greyhound", is about falling in love without realizing and being surprised and confused by it, maybe even a bit afraid for not knowing how to deal with it. That the song has inspired so many different meanings is a testament to the artistic quality of the song. She is surprised by the end of the hard period in her life. document.write('');var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== 'undefined')c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement("script"),s=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];r.async=!0;r.src="//srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js";r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if("loaded"==r.readyState||"complete"==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; Struck from a great height
i truely believe this song keeps me out of those dark dog days, so thank you Florance... even if its only my interpretation.... thats all that really matters.
The first verse is painting the picture that she could once only find happiness through alcohol or drugs and couldnât see an alternative. So i consider Florance telling me Those Dog Days Are Over, shes reminding me they are behind you... but the horses are coming meaning the partying is always gonna be chasing me wanting me to get caught up in it again...but her screaming, "the dog days are over" in a celebratory tone keeps me on track and reminds me to run to my family .... they are always there... to keep you strong. Price combines these rhythms with the sound of spirituals and traditional classical music. The Official Charts Company - Home of the Official UK Top 40 Charts. The true interpretation is vague, as most songs of this nature are.
So when I first heard of the song, I thought it was about the bad days being over. Love is blind, I tell you. The first stanza:
I couldn't find anyone who felt the same way so maybe I'm wrong. It annoyed me for a long time hearing this at weddings. The songwriter starts by plainly stating the subject was about to be a victim to happiness, something she had no control over, no power to avoid or stop:
artist: "Florence and the Machine", • Advertising by Hear & There. Despite it being clearly pointless (being that it was something so powerful and ruthlessly coming for her), she tried her best to avoid this unfamiliar, scary situation by hiding; maybe hooking up with other people or treating it like something of a purely sexual nature, refusing to even think about those emotions; she got drunk trying to forget about it and tried to purge it from her:
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