So hold my hand, i can take the road and i can fuck it all away
Better not to breathe than to breathe a lie, so crawl on my belly til the sun goes down Broken, i ll never wear your broken crown
Now in this twilight, cause when i open my body i breathe a lie
I ll never wear your broken crown, i can take the road and i can fuck it all away Crown, how dare you speak of grace
But in this twilight, your values are all shot, i will not speak of your sin
I ll never wear your broken crown, so crawl on my belly til the sun goes down
Your values are all shot, but in this twilight
How dare you speak of grace, i ll never be your chosen one
you can t tempt me if i don t see the day
stifles the choice and the air in my lungs
there was a way out for him
I took the road and i fucked it all away, i ll never wear your broken crown, i ll never wear your broken crown
our choices seal our fate
stifles the choice and the air in my lungs
i ll be home
touch my mouth and hold my tongue
the mirror shows not
now in this twilight
There was a way out for him, i ll never wear your broken crown
your values are all shot
So crawl on my belly til the sun goes down, i ll never wear your broken crown
So crawl on my belly til the sun goes down, consign me not to darkness, my heart was flawed i knew my weakness
So crawl on my belly til the sun goes down, safe and tucked away Broken, i ll never wear your broken crown
But in this twilight, so crawl on my belly til the sun goes down Mumford, my heart was flawed i knew my weakness
our choices seal our fate
I ll be home, so hold my hand Broken, i ll never wear your broken crown
so crawl on my belly til the sun goes down
So hold my hand, but in this twilight Crown, safe and tucked away
My heart was flawed i knew my weakness, there was a way out for him
So crawl on my belly til the sun goes down, cause when i open my body i breathe a lie Crown, the pull on my flesh was just too strong
I took the road and i fucked it all away, how dare you speak of grace, i ll never wear your broken crown
Touch my mouth and hold my tongue
I'll never be your chosen one
I'll be home safe and tucked away
Well You can't tempt me if I don't see the day
The pull on my flesh was just too strong
Stifled the choice and the air in my lungs
Better not to breathe than to breathe a lie
'Cause when I opened my body I breathe in a lie
I will not speak of your sin
There was a way out for Him
The mirror shows not
Your values are all shot
But oh my heart, was flawed I knew my weakness
So hold my hand consign me not to darkness
So crawl on my belly 'til the sun goes down
I'll never wear your broken crown
I took the road and I fucked it all away
Now in this twilight, how dare you speak of grace
So crawl on my belly 'til the sun goes down
I'll never wear your broken crown
I took the road and I fucked it all away
Now in this twilight, how dare you speak of grace
So crawl on my belly 'til the sun goes down
I'll never wear your broken crown
I can take the road and I can fuck it all away
But in this twilight, our choices seal our fate
Never forsake your honour. Even when other people don't think you are deserving of it, even if you don't think you are deserving of it, wear it without demur or doubt. Be you a king or beggar, the importance of preserving one's honour is all the same.
So many people interpreting this as biblical or relationship-wise. Hell, they may as well be right, but to me this is a father/son song - the son in this metaphore being the "chosen one", the heir that must wear the crown the same way, his father forging him into a copy of himself and the son being against it. "The pull of the flesh was too strong" - he tried to get out, but was basically too much like him already. "He is my flesh and bone" is a common expression to refer to a child. So, I like the intepretation of this song being of a man who disagrees being forced to become what his father is, because he doesn't respect it as much and takes his own path.
This is one of those songs that affects me more than I really think makes sense. I think I have some... emotional baggage that I'm suppressing and when I hear certain songs I'm just like "I know, right?"
I believe Marcus Mumford wrote this song about how he, as a person, is broken and the crown that someone has tried to place on his head, figuratively, is also broken. There are a lot of Biblical references in it, probably because he was raised in a very religious home by two parents who may well have had aspirations for his future within the church/faith. He admits to his flaws, but points out that there are flaws in the other as well, "the mirror shows not, your values are all shot". He'd rather crawl on his belly like the serpent in the Bible - in the garden. Beautifully written. Anyone who grew up with religion being touted as riteous and all-knowing, yet full of judgements could understand where he is coming from. I think it's great that you are all finding parallels, honest, but I truly think that this is Marcus' "letter" of sorts to the church or faith he grew up with, but ultimately rejected in favor of an equally flawed existence he chose instead. Just an idea. Not trying to sound like a smarty-pants. I just love looking at lyrics to try to interpret their meaning, like I do with poetry.
