| Mumford & Sons – White Blank Page Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree, this seems to be about a girl who doesn't honour her commitment to a relationship. A lot of the strength comes from its probably borrowing from the genre and imagery of many Old Testament prophets... Where unfaithfulness is spoken of in the language of adultery, and God's undying love is angry at the way the 'bride' blindly tramples all over not only him, but all the splendour she could have with him instead of her brokenness and craving. I guess something that were truly, perfectly good, couldn't be constantly compromised, or treated like it were worthless- it just can't be an equal, real relationship in that case, even with perfect compassion and forgiveness. In the prophecies, this grieves him. The imagery so often slips into the fact that nonetheless, his faithful love remains unchanged, and will do anything to bring her back. Given the amount of biblical reference on this album, it feels safe to guess something like this as a possible allusion. Maybe it's there to add the potent depth of cruel rejection and endless faithfulness, in a song that's actually about a human relationship. |
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