Wednesday, February 16, 2011

SOTR: "Dog Days Are Over" - Florence + The Machine

I'm not really sure where I first heard this song, but I'm completely obsessed with it.*

Video:

Lyrics:
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 sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

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 dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

And 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 back
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

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 dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

*Edit: I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that, upon further thought, I believe I first heard this song on Glee.  Humiliating.  Between that, my love for So You Think You Can Dance, and reading all of the Twilight books, you'd think I was a 14 year-old girl.

I guess I kind of am, in spirit.

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