Found Mumford & Sons by way of the impeccable Johnny Flynn. Ah, so much talent..
Anyway, since M&S are drawing from Much Ado About Nothing, I think a few lyric corrections are in order. This first line should read, "Serve God, love me and mend," as it is a direct quote. The missing line after "Sigh no more" is "One foot in sea, one on shore," a line that is also in Shakespeare's "Sigh no more, ladies..." song.
That said, I think that this song is about the inconstancy of man (in terms of both the individual and humanity), and how we all desire to be profoundly and selflessly loved despite our tendency to perpetuate the opposite. On one level, I think this is about someone who wants to break a pattern of hurt and is trying to convince the other person that he is able to love purely and unconditionally. On another level, and this is what spoke to me, is the idea that God is love, and he is the answer to our brokenness. He is able to love us in ways beyond what we cannot fathom, and through him, we can learn to love as he loves.
I agree that this song, and many on this record, are religous in nature. I think common Christian themes of ressurection, forgiveness, confession, etc. show up on almost every track (Awake My Soul features "In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die, where you invest your love, you invest your life; White Blank Page features "Can you kneel before the king, and say 'I'm clean, I'm clean'").
I agree that this song, and many on this record, are religous in nature. I think common Christian themes of ressurection, forgiveness, confession, etc. show up on almost every track (Awake My Soul features "In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die, where you invest your love, you invest your life; White Blank Page features "Can you kneel before the king, and say 'I'm clean, I'm clean'").
This is one artful band. Along with contemporaries like Augie March, Mumfor & Sons is elevating the pop something to something worthy of critical analysis. As a cohesive album, "Sigh No More" is in the company of The The's "Dusk" and Gillian Welch's "Time the Revelator" in terms of cohesion, beauty and importance. I want more...
Found Mumford & Sons by way of the impeccable Johnny Flynn. Ah, so much talent..
Anyway, since M&S are drawing from Much Ado About Nothing, I think a few lyric corrections are in order. This first line should read, "Serve God, love me and mend," as it is a direct quote. The missing line after "Sigh no more" is "One foot in sea, one on shore," a line that is also in Shakespeare's "Sigh no more, ladies..." song.
That said, I think that this song is about the inconstancy of man (in terms of both the individual and humanity), and how we all desire to be profoundly and selflessly loved despite our tendency to perpetuate the opposite. On one level, I think this is about someone who wants to break a pattern of hurt and is trying to convince the other person that he is able to love purely and unconditionally. On another level, and this is what spoke to me, is the idea that God is love, and he is the answer to our brokenness. He is able to love us in ways beyond what we cannot fathom, and through him, we can learn to love as he loves.
I agree that this song, and many on this record, are religous in nature. I think common Christian themes of ressurection, forgiveness, confession, etc. show up on almost every track (Awake My Soul features "In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die, where you invest your love, you invest your life; White Blank Page features "Can you kneel before the king, and say 'I'm clean, I'm clean'").
I agree that this song, and many on this record, are religous in nature. I think common Christian themes of ressurection, forgiveness, confession, etc. show up on almost every track (Awake My Soul features "In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die, where you invest your love, you invest your life; White Blank Page features "Can you kneel before the king, and say 'I'm clean, I'm clean'").
This is one artful band. Along with contemporaries like Augie March, Mumfor & Sons is elevating the pop something to something worthy of critical analysis. As a cohesive album, "Sigh No More" is in the company of The The's "Dusk" and Gillian Welch's "Time the Revelator" in terms of cohesion, beauty and importance. I want more...