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bucky egan // "free" by florence + the machine
the feeling comes so fast and i cannot control it i'm on fire, but i'm trying not to show it
Ok, ok, this might sound crazy but just listen.
Do you know a song “Bird song”
The moment I heard it I thought: holy, this song is perfect for Steven and Steven is perfect for this song!
https://youtu.be/Jno8dow48NY
SPOILER ALERT, THE BUTTER IS SPOILED
When Steven shattered our favorite piece of... Jasper, he must have felt really guilty and a lot loooot more. But he surpassed all his thoughts and feelings about it trying to ignore it and find some kind of compromise with his emotions (guess, didnt work)
And he also was afraid of what everyone else will think about it.
***
“Well I didn't tell anyone, but a bird flew by
Saw what I'd done he set up a nest outside,
And he sang about what I'd become
He sang so loud, sang so clear
I was afraid all the neighbours would hear,
So I invited him in, just to reason with him
I promised I wouldn't do it again”
***
But those thoughts, guilt, anger, pain, they won’t go away no matter what. He keeps projecting those memories and thoughts that bother him, it’s like his mind or subconsciousness try to make him find help, make this pain go away, but he doesn’t listen to it.
***
“But he sang louder and louder inside the house,
And no I couldn't get him out
So I trapped him under a cardboard box
Stood on it to make him stop
I picked up the bird and above the din I said
That's the last song you'll ever sing
Held him down, broke his neck,
Taught him a lesson he wouldn't forget”
***
Even when he says he’s fine, he pretends that nothing of this ever happened, but...
***
“But in my dreams began to creep
That old familiar tweet tweet tweet”
***
It did.. it really did happen, and he can’t deny it any longer.
Everything he tried to hide, to “shove under the bed” and pretend it doesn’t exist. It all now hits him at once, making him realize how messed up is a situation he’s in. He doesn’t know what to do. He can’t lie, can’t pretend, can’t “play a role”. So there’s only Steven. And for Steven there’s nothing but a monster he think he became.
***
“I opened my mouth to scream and shout,
I waved my arms and flapped about
But I couldn't scream and I couldn't shout,
Couldn't scream and I couldn't shout
I opened my mouth to scream and shout
Waved my arms and flapped about
But I couldn't scream I couldn't shout,
The song was coming from my mouth”
***
And those heavy days in June when love became an act of defiance.
In those heavy days in June when love became an act of defiance.
Remembering the 49 angels on the 4th anniversary of the tragedy in Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.
Florence Welch is the most beautiful and talented person to ever grace this earth with her presence and no one can say otherwise
When Florence Welch said 'But you need your rotten heart, your dazzling pain like diamond rings, You need to go to war to find material to sing' I felt that
WAKE UP EVERYONE FLORENCE + THE MACHINE JUST DROPPED 5 MIN OF GENDER ENVY
the gap; shifting mediums of yearning, yearning for the lines unknown. aching to break from the restrains. beauty undefined; beauty untamed. the in-between
straining the bonds of because, opening the page of why. do you hear the call? the call to question, to discover, to create. fallen light of musical reign, star beloved; a glowing image of the space within. the in-between.
I’m on fire, but I’m trying not to show it. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
Florence + Taylor
Two kings
Ruling the kingdom tonight (again)
🩷💜💙
We gotcha Taylor 🫶🫶🫶
Call the amateurs
Cut 'em from the team
Ditch the clowns, get the crown
Step into the daylight
And let it go
Let it go
Maybe I’ll see you in another life, if this one wasn’t enough.
Florence + the Machine / How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Florence Welch photographed by Matthew Stone for Clash Magazine (2011).
Florence and The Machine, from “Caught“
Lungs - Florence + the Machine, 2009🌹💚⚜️💜🫁💮
My little sister's first concert! ✨💖⚡ We're still levitating!
My Montage Of Lost Things…
Florence + the Machine “Prayer Factory”
‘How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful’ Best Lyric Quotes
So here I am, back again with a new ‘Best Lyric Quotes’ post, this time with the enchanting Florence + the Machine. I picked this album first, not only ‘cause it’s the last one out, but also because I think it is immensely gorgeous. So let’s get to it already!
1. Ship to Wreck
“Did I drink too much? Am I losing touch? Did I build a ship to wreck?”
“Good God, under starless skies We are lost”
“Don’t touch the sleeping pills, they mess with my head”
“I can’t help but pull the earth around me to make my bed”
2. What Kind of Man
“You were on the other side, like always Wondering what to do with life”
“I’d already had a sip So I’d reasoned I was drunk enough to deal with it”
“Sometimes you’re half in and then you’re half out But you never close the door”
“You do such damage, how do you manage? To have me crawling back for more”
“I think I’m through it Then I’m back against the wall What kind of man loves like this?”
3. How Big How Blue How Beautiful
“Tell me you see it too We opened our eyes and it’s changing the view Oh, what are we gonna do? We opened the door now, it’s all coming through”
“So much time on the other side Waiting for you to wake up Maybe I’ll see you in another life If this one wasn’t enough“
4. Queen of Peace
“Oh, what is it worth When all that’s left is hurt?”
“Like the stars chase the sun Over the glowing hill, I will conquer Blood is running deep Some things never sleep”
“Suddenly I’m overcome Dissolving like the setting sun Like a boat into oblivion Cause you’re driving me away”
“Always does her best to please But is it any use? Somebody’s gotta lose”
“And my love is no good Against the fortress that it made of you”
“To give yourself over to another body That’s all you want really To be out of your own and consumed by another To swim inside the skin of your lover Not to have to breathe, not to have to think But you can’t live on love; salt water’s no drink”
5. Various Storms & Saints
“But you took your toll on me So I gave myself over willingly You got a hold on me”
“Don’t make the mountain your enemy Get out, get up there instead”
“You saw the stars out in front of you Too tempting not to touch But even though it shocked you Something’s electric in your blood”
“Outside the world seems a violent place But you had to have him, and so you did Some things you let go in order to live”
“You sing it out loud, ‘who made us this way?’ I know you’re bleeding, but you’ll be okay Hold on to your heart, you’ll keep it safe Hold on to your heart, don’t give it away”
“You don’t need no edge to cling from Your heart is there, it’s in your hands”
“I know it seems like forever I know it seems like an age But one day this will be over I swear it’s not so far away”
Hold on to your heart…
6. Delilah
“Cause I’m gonna be free and I’m gonna be fine”
“Too fast for freedom Sometimes it all falls down These chains never leave me I keep dragging them around”
“Strung up, strung out for your love Hanging, hung up, it’s so rough I’m wrung and ringing out Why can’t you let me know?”
7. Long & Lost
“Without your love, I’ll be So long and lost, are you missing me?”
“Is it too late to come on home? Can the city forgive? I hear its sad song”
“You wonder why it is that I came home I figured out where I belong”
8. Caught
“It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do To try and keep from calling you Well, can my dreams keep coming true? How can they? Cause when I sleep, I never dream of you”
“As if the dream of you, it sleeps too But it never slips away It just gains its strength and digs its hooks To drag me through the day”
“I can’t keep calm, I can’t keep still Pulled apart against my will”
“it’s hard to see it when you’re in it Cause I went blind for you”
9. Third Eye
“Look up Don’t make a shadow of yourself Always shutting out the light”
“You don’t have to be a ghost Here amongst the living You are flesh and blood And you deserve to be loved And you deserve what you are given“
“But your pain is a tribute The only thing you let hold you”
“I am the same, I’m the same I’m trying to change“
10. St. Jude
“Another battle never won And each side is a loser So who cares who fired the gun?”
“And I’m learning, so I’m leaving And even though I’m grieving I’m trying to find the meaning Let loss reveal it”
“Maybe I’ve always been more comfortable in chaos”
11. Mother
“Can you protect me from what I want? The love that I let in left me so lost”
“No use wishing on the water It grants you no relief”
“Make me a big tall tree So I can shed my leaves and let it blow through me”
“Make me a big grey cloud So I can rain on you things I can’t say out loud”
“Make me a bird of prey So I can rise above this, let it fall away”
“Make me a song so sweet Heaven trembles, fallen at our feet”
12. Hiding
“Tell me I will be released Not sure I can deal with this Up all night again this week Breaking things that I should keep”
“I know that you’re hiding I know there’s a part of you that I just cannot reach You don’t have to let me in Just know that I’m still here I’m ready for you whenever, whenever you need”
“it’s your pride That’s keeping us still so far apart But if you give a little, so will I”
“I’m still here…”
13. Make Up Your Mind
“Every time I try to bring it down You always turn my hand around”
“Let me live or let me love you”
“While you’ve been saving your neck I’ve been breaking mine for you”
“Is it best to sip it slowly Or drink it down in one?”
“Make up your mind Before I make it up for you”
14. Which Witch
“I’m miles away, he’s on my mind I’m getting tired of crawling all the way”
“Been in the dark since the day we met Fire, help me to forget”
“And it’s an old scar Trying to bleach it out”
15. Pure Feeling
“Staring out the window I could see into the soul of every passer by So many lives So many pairs of eyes”
“Our bodies moving in the dark It takes the pain from me And then I am in love With everyone I see I keep on moving in the spaces where you used to be”
16. Conductor
“If I write a song about you Does that make you mine?”
“The notes were flying up Higher and higher But they never reach the top”
“I am the orchestra The conductor too My heart is a concert hall And I filled it with you”
17. As Far As I Could Get
“Because I am unloved I went as far as I could get”
“I went as far as I could get And I’m not far enough yet”
“I went as far as I could get Cause if I am unloved, I have unloved too”
