This song is a conversation with God (a more secular interpretation being : a conversation with a conflicted self)
This song will resonate with anyone who has had a religious upbringing and denounced their faith. Note that Mumford's 'rejection' of faith is not an atheistic rejection of faith - he clearly still acknowledges god's existence. It is more of an existential rejection where he has decided to abandon the ethereal 'other world' and instead decided to revel in the world he has been rightfully gifted.
The closing verses are particularly poignant for me :
But my heart
Was colder when you'd gone
I lost my head
But found the one that I loved
Under the sun
Under the sun
Here, the 'you' is God and Mumford's rejection of him is clear. Anyone who has done similar will be familiar with the existential dread that takes over the mind and body once you've rejected God. Indeed, I had a very similar experience where I became a 'cad' like Mumford - as I revelled more in existential, hedonistic pleasures, I treated women as means to my own satisfaction and not ends in themselves, all possible because the 'cold heart' I had developed.
But the line 'I found the one that I loved/Under this sun' is truly serene as he recognises the divine in the ephemeral.
This song is a conversation with God (a more secular interpretation being : a conversation with a conflicted self)
This song will resonate with anyone who has had a religious upbringing and denounced their faith. Note that Mumford's 'rejection' of faith is not an atheistic rejection of faith - he clearly still acknowledges god's existence. It is more of an existential rejection where he has decided to abandon the ethereal 'other world' and instead decided to revel in the world he has been rightfully gifted.
The closing verses are particularly poignant for me :
But my heart Was colder when you'd gone I lost my head But found the one that I loved Under the sun Under the sun
Here, the 'you' is God and Mumford's rejection of him is clear. Anyone who has done similar will be familiar with the existential dread that takes over the mind and body once you've rejected God. Indeed, I had a very similar experience where I became a 'cad' like Mumford - as I revelled more in existential, hedonistic pleasures, I treated women as means to my own satisfaction and not ends in themselves, all possible because the 'cold heart' I had developed.
But the line 'I found the one that I loved/Under this sun' is truly serene as he recognises the divine in the ephemeral.