30 Songs: #11: A song from your fave band: "Broken Crown" by Mumford and Sons.
I don't adopt new bands into my collection lightly. I may like one or two songs, but to say I am a fan is a very different thing. Being the nerd that I am, I don't claim fandom unless I can fully commit. I like to be completely invested in the music, the writing, the message... The origin story and the journey have an impact on the music.
All of that being said, Mumford and Sons is the band that I have fallen in love with the most in the past 5 years. "Broken Crown" is a song that immediately struck a chord on many levels. Im going to post the lyrics altogether, because they speak volumes! It says so much about choice and free will vs fate and destination. We know what is technically right and wrong, but the heart wants what it wants... We see how things should go, but sometimes the bad choice gives that instant gratification we all can't help but yearn after. And worse, while we are all guilty of our own sin, the judgment and contempt... the SHADE that we throw to one another is despicable. This is the song that plays like my own personal testimony. I have no problem admitting my faults and missteps, but dont you dare stand as my judge and jury, because your closet is as full as mine...
http://www.2kmusic.com/en/webvideo/mumfordsons/1LBx2YjDtYg/broken-crown-by-mumford-and-sons-lyrics
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
