Florence + the Machine/WMG
The song "Drumming Song" contains a metaphor within a metaphor.
According to this last.fm journal the song is a metaphor for the internal struggle between a woman's libido and her strict moral code disguised as an external struggle between paganism and christianity respectively.
- Jossed. Florence said it's only about being really attracted to someone. Also in many interviews she has stated that she is very inspired by the gothic movement (not the 80s post punk one but the art movement) so the use of religious imagery is to be expected.
Florence is of Italian descent.
Her middle name is Leontine.
The dog days are, in fact, not over.
The horses are just in her mind.
- And the bullet too.
- This could turn the entire song into a Sanity Slippage Song- she's been through some really terrible times, and she goes insane believing things are better because she can't take it any more.
- Actually, it always came off as that to me.
Dog Days Are Over is about the apocolypse.
Why else would it sound so chaotic? It's like a modern day version 'It's the End Of The World As We Know It'.
The video for 'Drumming Song' is influenced by the video for 'Single Ladies'.
Dog Days Are Over is about a woman who falls in love (or lust) and ends up giving up her entire career and friendships to build her life around this relationship. It makes her happy in the short-term, but it destroys her whole life.
Florence is an Airbender.
How else do you explain her voice?
Rage Against the Machine are mad at Florence.
Drumming Song wants you to Vote Saxon.
That, or it's paging Rassilon...
"Breaking Down" is about Slender Man.
Take some of the lyrics for example:
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I can see it coming from the edge of the room, |
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Even when I was a child, I've always known, |
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