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How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
My weakness I feel I must finally show
Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all
But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall
Lend me your eyes I can change what you see
But your soul you must keep, totally free
Har har, har har, har har, har har
Awake my soul, awake my soul
How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
My weakness I feel I must finally show
Har har, har har, har har, har har
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
Where you invest your love, you invest your life
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
And where you invest your love, you invest your life
Awake my soul, awake my soul
Awake my soul
You were made to meet your maker
Awake my soul, awake my soul
Awake my soul
You were made to meet your maker
You were made to meet your maker
I struggle to find any truth in your lies
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
My weakness I feel I must finally show
Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all
But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall
Lend me your eyes I can change what you see
But your soul you must keep, totally free
Har har, har har, har har, har har
Awake my soul, awake my soul
How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
My weakness I feel I must finally show
Har har, har har, har har, har har
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
Where you invest your love, you invest your life
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
And where you invest your love, you invest your life
Awake my soul, awake my soul
Awake my soul
You were made to meet your maker
Awake my soul, awake my soul
Awake my soul
You were made to meet your maker
You were made to meet your maker
Lyrics submitted by rozelemarijn, edited by gdaly
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"How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies"
It refers to the fact that we can't rely heavily just on what we see, because looks are deceiving, so we have to observe with a critical thinking to avoid being "lied" by our eyes.
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"And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
My weakness I feel I must finally show"
This eludes to the humbling experience of thoroughly reviewing our previous conclusions.
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"Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all
But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall
Lend me your eyes I can change what you see
But your soul you must keep, totally free"
All this part tells that there is no place in science to be driven by our emotions, we must be cautious and free of any prejudices of our own conceptions, and the desire of making them true instead of checking that they are, in fact, true.
If done right, though, science can get you very far.
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"Awake my soul" is the verse that worships science the most: its practice opens your eyes and expands your mind, it is truly an awakening experience.
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"In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
Where you invest your love, you invest your life
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
And where you invest your love, you invest your life"
I must be honest and say that I struggle to connect this part directly to science, other than when you choose to be a scientist you get to be it for your whole life; when you have developed the mindset of a scientist, there's no coming back to any other method.
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"You were made to meet your maker"
Clearly a reference to the constant back and forth between God "hiding" the laws of nature and scientists trying to uncover them, getting closer to The Maker.
Anyways, seeing all these interpretations made me giggle. It is so specific and yet so subtle that anybody can find a way in which it applies to their interpretations. It shows that Mumford & Sons did a good job here, as always :)
I agree that the interpretations are half the fun - especially with this band. The versatility of their songs' impacts is fascinating.
How fickle my heart and how woosy my eyes.
I struggle to find any truth in your lies.
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know.
My weakness I feel I must finally show.
(The weakness here is the fear to fully love someone. Despite the heart being weary, this time is different)
Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all.
But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall.
Lend me your eyes, I can change what you see.
But your soul you must keep totally free.
(I see this as a conversation with himself. Reassuring himself that this time, it seems worth it to fall in love)
Where you invest your love, you invest your life.
(Maybe the most poignant line in the song, it sums it all up beautifully).
He tells her that he's fickle, that he isn't stable.
He says that if she falls in love with him, he's only going to hurt her.
He asks for her hand and eyes--to be friends, etc.--but not her heart or soul, because he will just damage them.
He reminds her that her body is a temple and she can't just let him take advantage of her.
He really does like her though, and tries to save her and to change. He says "you were born to meet your maker"--he thinks she's a good girl who will go to heaven.
He is trying to awake his soul so he can go there too.
Obviously he is overestimating his terribleness, because he is holding himself back in order to keep her innocence and dignity. He is revealing his own fault, and is therefore being very humble. He's a good guy who just can't control himself.
Does that make any sense?
I struggle to find any truth in your lies"
My heart and eyes thought you didn't lie but now it's clear that you lied and I don't want to hear it
"And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
This weakness I feel I must finally show"
I didn't really know this before and I can't stand my feelings so I have to cry
"Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all
But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall"
Friendship is the best for us but I can't love you withoout hurting you so badly
"Lend me your eyes I can change what you see
But your soul you must keep, totally free"
I will show you the world but don't stick to me or I will get insane
"In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
Where you invest your love, you invest your life"
Live is short and we have to keep care of our bodys
"Awake my soul, you were made to meet your maker"
Bring me to life and show me what's life meant to be
"How fickle my heart" - I often can't make up my mind
"and how woozy my eyes," - I have been crying from the pain that has been inflicted upon me.
"I struggle to find any truth in your lies" - You have lied to me, and now I don't know what to trust.
"And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know, this weakness I feel I must finally show" - I'm struggling with the truth that has come out and do not know who or what to trust anymore. I can't hide that fact, and so must show my confusion and distrust.
"Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all, but lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall" (My favorite line) - As friends, we can do anything and conquer any doubt that we can't do what ever we set our minds to. But if you fall for me, I'll just let you down. I can't be trusted with your heart.
"Lend me your eyes I can change what you see, but your soul you must keep, totally free" - I can show you the world, I can show you things beyond your wildest imagination, but you have to keep yourself free from me. You have to remain independent because I don't know how to care for those who truly love and depend upon me.
"In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die, where you invest your love, you invest your life" - We have a short life, and who ever you love becomes your home and your life.
"awake my soul, you were made to meet your maker" - Make me come alive, because I feel like I'm dying.
I love this song so much! so beautiful (as all of their songs are) but this one just has so much meaning to me.
"How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes", recognizes everyones basic human weakness as we hunger for the fulfillment of our desires we are tempted to sin and we commit them, at times, almost blindly. One day we're on trying to be "good people" and then another day we may find ourselves lusting, lying, cheating, angry, hateful, vengeful, cold, etc etc. Ever hungry for another desire to be filled our eyes always ready to feast on the next thing that may fill us we turn in every direction at once looking, searching, to be complete, whole, fulfilled.
"I struggle to find any truth in your lies" We see hear that the narrator seems to be talking to the devil (The Father of Lies) who tempts us with half truths that seem like they'll satisfy us. They may momentarily suffice but after the deed is done emptiness sets in and thus the lies are seen for what they are, empty promises with know truth of fulfillment of any desire.
"And now my heart stumbles on things I dont know, this weakness I feel I must finally show" - When we come up empty after falling for lies and temptations we are tempted to hide our weaknesses, our imperfections. To be free and cleansed of our weaknesses we must first admit them and bring them to the light if we ever hope to change for the better. Why hide our weaknesses if we can just get rid of them? Getting rid of them means we have to admit them in the first place.
"Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all, But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall" --The devil speaks. After we decide to make a change for the better, away from the lies, the devil comes up with a better offer. He'll say: "Why admit your weaknesses and try to change? Who says they are weaknesses after all? Just keep on doing what I tell you and you'll surely win, come out on top, be the best, be honored, adored, glorified." He doesn't want our heart because deep down in our heart of hearts is true goodness. He doesn't want to fulfill the longings of our heart he just wants our hands and bodies, to do his work for his bad intentions (i.e. to cause pain, suffering, murder, death, genocide, hate, prejudice etc. etc.)
"Lend me your eyes I can change what you see, But your soul you must keep totally free, Har...." The devil continues. He wants to pull a cover over our eyes. He promises to "change what you see". He wants to change your perception so you believe that his lies are going to lead you to happiness. He wants to to change your perception so when you're really empty inside you can justify your emptiness and not see your enslaved to whatever created material thing or activity hass consumed your life (money, material, parties, sex, fame, drugs etc. etc.). He wants you to believe that this all there is and nothing more but at least you have more than, somebody else. Your soul we'll still seem like yours after all you will still have the choice, but you'll be so enslaved that you wont be free at all. It will be the mere appearance of freedom. To be able to choose to do whatever you want but your actually enslaved by your desires and errant attempts to fulfill them. "Har Har....." The devil laughs when we fall for the lie.
"In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die, And where you invest your love, you invest your life." Truth offered up. If we spend our lives "loving" the lies of the devil and the temptations he offers and seek comfort and happiness in temporary satisfactions that leave us empty in the end, THEN when we die thats what we'll have to look forward to, more emptiness supplied by the devil at our death. A pit, a void an empty heart that was never full. It only seemed full chasing after the lies.
"AWAKE MY SOUL..." The cry. The cry of the person of the song to be free'd from the lies. To be open and awakened to a new life, a new perception, a new meaning, a true happiness, a true fullness of heart, true beauty, true goodness, true peace, Truth. A cry to God, the true Creator of happiness, peace, love and truth that the devil tries to distort with his lies everyday. AWAKE MY SOUL. Awake. "For you were made to meet your Maker". Your Maker, your Creator, God. The one and only Truth to a fulfilling eternal happiness.
"How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes", recognizes everyones basic human weakness as we hunger for the fulfillment of our desires we are tempted to sin and we commit them, at times, almost blindly. One day we're on trying to be "good people" and then another day we may find ourselves lusting, lying, cheating, angry, hateful, vengeful, cold, etc etc. Ever hungry for another desire to be filled our eyes always ready to feast on the next thing that may fill us we turn in every direction at once looking, searching, to be complete, whole, fulfilled.
"I struggle to find any truth in your lies" We see hear that the narrator seems to be talking to the devil (The Father of Lies) who tempts us with half truths that seem like they'll satisfy us. They may momentarily suffice but after the deed is done emptiness sets in and thus the lies are seen for what they are, empty promises with know truth of fulfillment of any desire.
"And now my heart stumbles on things I dont know, this weakness I feel I must finally show" - When we come up empty after falling for lies and temptations we are tempted to hide our weaknesses, our imperfections. To be free and cleansed of our weaknesses we must first admit them and bring them to the light if we ever hope to change for the better. Why hide our weaknesses if we can just get rid of them? Getting rid of them means we have to admit them in the first place.
"Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all, But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall" --The devil speaks. After we decide to make a change for the better, away from the lies, the devil comes up with a better offer. He'll say: "Why admit your weaknesses and try to change? Who says they are weaknesses after all? Just keep on doing what I tell you and you'll surely win, come out on top, be the best, be honored, adored, glorified." He doesn't want our heart because deep down in our heart of hearts is true goodness. He doesn't want to fulfill the longings of our heart he just wants our hands and bodies, to do his work for his bad intentions (i.e. to cause pain, suffering, murder, death, genocide, hate, prejudice etc. etc.)
"Lend me your eyes I can change what you see, But your soul you must keep totally free, Har...." The devil continues. He wants to pull a cover over our eyes. He promises to "change what you see". He wants to change your perception so you believe that his lies are going to lead you to happiness. He wants to to change your perception so when you're really empty inside you can justify your emptiness and not see your enslaved to whatever created material thing or activity hass consumed your life (money, material, parties, sex, fame, drugs etc. etc.). He wants you to believe that this all there is and nothing more but at least you have more than, somebody else. Your soul we'll still seem like yours after all you will still have the choice, but you'll be so enslaved that you wont be free at all. It will be the mere appearance of freedom. To be able to choose to do whatever you want but your actually enslaved by your desires and errant attempts to fulfill them. "Har Har....." The devil laughs when we fall for the lie.
"In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die, And where you invest your love, you invest your life." Truth offered up. If we spend our lives "loving" the lies of the devil and the temptations he offers and seek comfort and happiness in temporary satisfactions that leave us empty in the end, THEN when we die thats what we'll have to look forward to, more emptiness supplied by the devil at our death. A pit, a void an empty heart that was never full. It only seemed full chasing after the lies.
"AWAKE MY SOUL..." The cry. The cry of the person of the song to be free'd from the lies. To be open and awakened to a new life, a new perception, a new meaning, a true happiness, a true fullness of heart, true beauty, true goodness, true peace, Truth. A cry to God, the true Creator of happiness, peace, love and truth that the devil tries to distort with his lies everyday. AWAKE MY SOUL. Awake. "For you were made to meet your Maker". Your Maker, your Creator, God. The one and only Truth to a fulfilling eternal happiness.
Anyone who has had this baffling love affair with alcohol may be able relate.
"How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies.. (finally seeing what alcohol has done to the spirit)
"And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
This weakness I feel I must finally show" (the not knowing is how to live sober. And the weakness shown is the vulnerability of this new life & honestly revealing & accepting who you became, what you lost, while drinking.)
"Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all
But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall..(this is the alcohol talking, reassuring you that it will indeed take away your inhibitions, your fears, loneliness, sadness, etc. But it is incapable of honoring your heart. Because alcohol is cunning.)
"Lend me your eyes I can change what you see
..(again the alcohol talking, making empty promises to change your state & make it all okay))
But your soul you must keep, totally free
har, har har, har har, har har." (I view this as a sarcastic joke- Har, Har, yeah right, Good luck keeping your soul free when you have already sold it to your addiction.)
"In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
Where you invest your love, you invest your life"...( For me, I took it as do I want alcoholism to define me- is this where I want investing my life? And one day the love for it could kill me, because I would have invested my whole life into it.)
"Awake my soul,
You were made to meet your maker"...(If any of you have ever done a 12 step program, you will understand that you cannot overcome something as powerful as addiction on your own. You must have a spiritual experience, connect with something bigger than yourself, and ask for guidance. Awake my soul, because this is who I was meant to be and I need help. I was meant to be full of love and light & connect with spirit. I was made to meet my maker."
Divinely, I discovered this song (or the song discovered me) exactly when I needed it, and for me it literally awoke my soul. :)