There's a drumming noise inside my head
That starts when you're around
I swear that you could hear it
It makes such an all mighty sound

There's a drumming noise inside my head
That throws me to the ground
I swear that you should hear it
It makes such an all mighty sound

Louder than sirens
Louder than bells
Sweeter than heaven
And hotter than hell

I ran to a tower where the church bells chime
I hoped that they would clear my mind
They left a ringing in my ear
But that drum's still beating loud and clear

Louder than sirens
Louder than bells
Sweeter than heaven
And hotter than hell

Louder than sirens
Louder than bells
Sweeter than heaven
And hotter than hell

Louder than sirens
Louder than bells
Sweeter than heaven
And hotter than hell

As I move my feet towards your body
I can hear this beat it fills my head up
And gets louder and louder
It fills my head up and gets louder and louder

I run to the river and dive straight in
I pray that the water will drown out the din
But as the water fills my mouth
It couldn't wash the echoes out
But as the water fills my mouth
It couldn't wash the echoes out

I swallow the sound and it swallows me whole
'Til there's nothing left inside my soul
I'm as empty as that beating drum
But the sound has just begun

As I move my feet towards your body
I can hear this beat it fills my head up
And gets louder and louder
It fills my head up and gets louder and louder

There's a drumming noise inside my head
That starts when you're around
I swear that you could hear it
It makes such an all mighty sound

There's a drumming noise inside my head
That starts when you're around
I swear that you could hear it
It makes such an all mighty sound

Louder than sirens
Louder than bells
Sweeter than heaven
And hotter than hell

Louder than sirens
Louder than bells
Sweeter than heaven
And hotter than hell

As I move my feet towards your body
I can hear this beat it fills my head up
And gets louder and louder
It fills my head up and gets louder and louder



Lyrics submitted by jamie60509

Track duration: 03:43

"Drumming Song" as written by Florence Leontine Mary Welch, James Ellis Ford, Crispin Macmichael Sandys Hunt

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • +1
    My Interpretation:This song is fairly special to me, because I can relate it to my own life. "There's a drumming noise inside my head and it starts when you're around." That's that feeling I'd get around this girl I liked, like there was all this noise in my head and I couldn't think straight enough to form coherent sentences. "I swear that you could hear it, it makes such an almighty sound." The way I was afraid that she or someone else would realize that I like her. It was especially hard when I first started liking her, because it was the first time I'd liked someone of the same gender as me, which was kind of weird and scary at the time.

    This doesn't really relate to me, but the line "I ran to a tower where the church bells chimed, I hoped that they could clear my mind" reminds me of someone who is religious and attracted to someone of the same gender and doesn't think it's right, and is trying to block out their feelings through religion. Then the line, "I run to the river and dive straight in, I pray that the water will drown out the din" is like trying to make yourself not be attracted to someone, but you can't "wash the echoes out."

    "I swallow this sound and it swallows me whole
    Till there's nothing left inside my soul,
    I'm empty as that beating drum
    But the sound has just begun."

    Those lines pretty much describe how once I accepted that I liked this girl, it totally consumed me. She was all I thought about, until I wasn't even myself anymore. I was just a vessel, if that makes sense.

    Well, that's just what the song means to me specifically. I hope someone else can relate :)
    Flag candysushion April 26, 2013   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation:I'm of the opinion that this is indeed a song about romantic and/or sexual attraction, rather than the murderer theory.

    I just wanted to point out that Flo is too skilled of a songwriter for the very easy link of "louder than sirens" to sirens from Greek mythology not to have been intentional.
    Flag 8DStanceon September 20, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I interpreted this to be the way you feel when you're around a crush or romantic interest.
    "I swear that you should hear it
    It makes such an all mighty sound"
    Your heart is beating so loudly you're shocked the other person can't hear it.
    Or I guess it could be taken like the "Tell-Tale Heart", like guiltiness is eating her up and she swears others know her secret. Paranoia.
    Flag Machineyon July 26, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Whenever I hear the bit where she says 'it fills my head up and gets louder, gets louder and gets louder' I can hear her in the background breaking off halfway through and saying 'it fills my head, I think it's looo-' which would obviously end as love. Anyone else picked up on that? Could prove the fact it's a love song where the person she has a crush on makes her involuntary go a bit crazy every time she sees him.

    The guilty-murderer theory is still very interesting though.

    And the thing about the Master is just legendary :)
    Flag manic4manicson May 23, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:Vote Saxon
    Flag cyberchondriacon January 01, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:I like how ever song has to "obviously" be about sex now. We can no longer take in account the artistes creative ability, its all about sex. It maybe it may not be. Bt i feel like she is a little more creative then to just write songs about sex.
    Flagged Shekka24on December 24, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:It's about The Master on Doctor Who.
    Flag DoctorWhoAndParamoreon December 16, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:I always heard it as "harder than hell" but it might just be me
    Flag artemisrockson November 22, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:the "drumming" i think mean that she cant stop thinking about him. and even though she wants to stop thinking about him, she cant.
    Flag aerosmith4evaon June 05, 2011   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:Raw sex appeal
    Flagged wilde_femmeon May 27, 2011   Link

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