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Artist: Florence & The Machine
Suggested Track: Dog Days Are Over

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Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her, stuck, still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses, and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with a drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had
And what was left after that too, oh

Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height
By someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
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Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine is an English alternative band, co-founded by front-woman, Florence Welch, and keyboardist and producer, Isabella Summers. The band was initially managed by
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Florence + The Machine Lyrics
Florence + The Machine lyrics - 114 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Dog Days Are Over", "White Cliffs Of Dover", "Spectrum".
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Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over
“Dog Days Are Over” is a single off of Lungs, and is considered the band’s first big hit in both the US and the UK. This harp-based track is about suddenly finding happiness, and
Florence + the Machine – Howl
Howl is the fourth track from Florence + The Machine’s debut album, Lungs. The song uses metaphors from the Gothic horror to talk about the feelings and sensations provided by love
Read All The Lyrics To Florence + The Machine’s New Album ‘Dance Fever’
Frontwoman Florence Welch co-produced the LP with Jack Antanoff and Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley.
Florence + the Machine – Mermaids
“Mermaids” is the second single from Florence + the Machine in 2023. The song was initially cut from Dance Fever but was released as part of the Complete Edition on 21st April 2023
Florence + the Machine – Falling
[Verse 1] / I've fallen out of favor / And I've fallen from grace / Fallen out of trees / And I've fallen on my face / Fallen out of taxis / Out of windows too / Fell in your
Florence + the Machine – Ship to Wreck
“Ship to Wreck” is the second song released from Florence and the Machine’s album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. It premiered on on the BBC Radio program Annie Mac’s Hottest
Florence + the Machine – Drumming Song
“Drumming Song” is from Florence + the Machine’s debut album, Lungs (2009). It was later released as the album’s fourth single, two months after its release, in September 2009.
Florence + the Machine – Hunger
The lead single from High As Hope, “Hunger” follows “Sky Full of Song” and sees Florence exploring her vulnerability and search for love whilst comparing her teenage experience to
Florence + the Machine – Big God
Released prior to High As Hope, though not as an official single, “Big God” is about “obviously, an unfillable hole in the soul, but mainly about someone not replying to my text".
Florence + the Machine – What the Water Gave Me
The first promotional single from Florence + the Machine’s sophomore album Ceremonials (2011). The title comes from from a painting called “Lo que el agua me dio” (literally
Florence + the Machine – Hiding
[Verse 1] / I think you hide / When all the world's asleep and tired / You cry a little, so do I, so do I / I think you hide / And you don't have to tell me why / You cry a little
Florence + the Machine – Blinding
“Blinding” is track 12 on Florence + The Machine’s multi-platinum debut album “Lungs”. Florence uses fairytale flights of fantasy to tell her listeners about the love and pain in
Florence + the Machine – Conductor
“Conductor” is a song from the Deluxe edition of Florence and the Machine’s third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. The song describes a relationship with a lover using
Florence + the Machine – Delilah
“Delilah” was the 4th song to be released in advance of the 2015 album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. It premiered on BBC Radio 1 at the Hottest Record. It uses the biblical
Florence + the Machine – Times Like These
Florence and the Machine once covered this Foo Fighters classic in Glastonbury 2015 as a dedication to the Foos' lead singer/guitarist Dave Grohl, who was recovering from a leg
Florence + the Machine – Girl with One Eye
[Verse 1] / She told me not to step on the cracks / I told her not to fuss and relax / Well, her pretty little face stopped me in my tracks / [Pre-Chorus] / But now she sleeps with
Florence + the Machine – Sky Full of Song
“Sky Full Of Song” is the first track to be taken from Florence + the Machine’s fourth studio album, High As Hope. It will be included on a limited 7" vinyl single for Record Store
Florence + the Machine – You’ve Got The Love
Described as one of Florence Welch’s “favorite songs ever”, the 1986 single “You Got the Love” by the Source was covered by Florence and the Machine as “You’ve Got the Love.” The
Florence + the Machine – Grace
Talking to Annie Mac, Florence describes how this song is dedicated to her sister Grace. For her whole life, Florence has always felt like the little sister, despite being older
Florence + the Machine – Kiss with a Fist
“Kiss With a Fist” is Florence + the Machine’s debut single. The violence she sings about is not a case of domestic abuse – it’s a metaphor for the strength of her and her lover’s
Florence + the Machine – Caught
[Verse 1] / 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
Florence + the Machine – Breaking Down
The upbeat piano melody of “Breaking Down” is a juxtaposition against the sorrowful whispered vocals, which speak of Florence’s depression as a friend greeting her in the dead of
Florence + the Machine – Heavy In Your Arms
“Heavy In Your Arms” is a moody gothic love song written for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack. Compared to the existing material at the time off Lungs (2009), “Heavy In Your
Florence + the Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Although open to interpretation, the song is a description of what Florence felt whilst on the precipice of fame. I think it was just all about me about to jump into the limelight
Florence + the Machine – Heartlines
With encouraging and hopeful lyrics, “Heartlines” comes right before “Spectrum”, making the duo a silver lining combo in the middle of a sorrowful album, as Florence Welch stated
Florence + the Machine – Postcards From Italy (Demo)
Recorded by Florence and the Machine sometime around 2008, ‘Postcards from Italy’ is a cover of the Beirut song of the same name. It was performed live at London Calling in April
Florence + the Machine – Between Two Lungs
This is the almost-title track to Florence + The Machine’s debut album. Lungs was later re-released with a special Between Two Lungs edition, solidifying this. Welch told the
Florence + the Machine – St. Jude
“St. Jude” is a somber, low-key track. It relates both the patron saint of lost causes and the 2013 British storm of the same name as Florence contemplates her failing relationship
Florence + the Machine – Over the Love
This song is prominently featured on the second trailer for the 2013 film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. The central symbol of the green light is a
Florence + the Machine – Just a Girl
“Just a Girl” is a Florence + the Machine dramatic ethereal rock cover of No Doubt’s “Just a Girl” from their 1995 album Tragic Kingdom. The track was featured in the season two
Florence + the Machine – Back in Town
Back In Town is a “love song to New York”; the last song that Florence wrote before having to return to the UK after starting recording for Dance Fever in New York in March 2019.
Florence + the Machine – Patricia
“Patricia” is the seventh track from the Florence + the Machine album, High As Hope. It was written in homage to the American artist, Patti Smith, whom Welch calls her “North Star
Florence + the Machine – Breath of Life
“Breath of Life” was written and recorded by Florence and the Machine for the 2012 film, Snow White and the Huntsman. Florence Welch and Isabella Summers confirmed that the song is
Florence + the Machine – Make Up Your Mind
“Make Up Your Mind” is the 13th song from Florence + the Machine’s third studio album “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” and the second bonus track on the deluxe edition of the
Florence + the Machine – Prayer Factory
[Verse] / All the things that I ran from / I now bring as close to me as I can / Gripping hotel sheets with gritted teeth / My montage of lost things / My shining trinkets of grief
Florence + the Machine – 100 Years
“100 Years” is the eighth track from Florence + the Machine album, High As Hope. It was premiered live, just over two months before the album release, at the Victoria Theatre in
Florence + the Machine – Remain Nameless
[Verse 1] / I was born in a big grey cloud / Screaming out a love song / All the broken chords and unnamed cries / What a place to come from / I wish to remain nameless / And live
Florence + the Machine – Seven Devils
“Seven Devils” uses medieval demons as a metaphor for Florence’s rage against a wrongdoer. In a Track-By-Track interview given after the release of Ceremonials, Florence indicates
Florence + the Machine – Bedroom Hymns
“Bedroom Hymns” is an extended religious metaphor for sex with Florence comparing her love life to a religious experience. It is a bonus track from Ceremonials (Deluxe Edition).
Florence + the Machine – What Kind of Man
“What Kind of Man” is the lead single of Florence + the Machine’s third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, and was premiered on BBC Radio 1 with Zane Lowe on February 12
Florence + the Machine – Call Me Cruella
“Call Me Cruella” is a song created for the 2021 Disney movie Cruella. The track seems to pick up where the original film’s title song, Cruella De Vil, left off, with the intro
Florence + the Machine – Third Eye
In “Third Eye”, Florence encourages a fellow friend to come out of their shell and learn to love again, only to reveal that she’s going through the same problems also. They
Florence + the Machine – No Light, No Light
The second single from Ceremonials, “No Light, No Light” was the first song that Florence Welch wrote for the album. She penned the intro on her tour bus at four in the morning
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Genius Albums
Lungs by Florence + the Machine
Lungs was Florence + the Machine’s debut album. Largely recorded in a disused synagogue, it was produced by Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford, who helped shape the Klaxons' sound
Ceremonials by Florence + the Machine
Ceremonials is the second studio album by English indie rock band Florence + The Machine. The group started working on it in 2010 and finished it in the following year. The
Under Heaven Over Hell by Florence + the Machine
Under Heaven Over Hell is a compilation album released as a welcome to all new Florence + The Machine fans, and as a thank you to those who have been with the band for a while and
High As Hope by Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine’s fourth studio album, released on June 29th 2018. The album cover and official tracklist were announced along with the release of the album’s lead single
Dance Fever by Florence + the Machine
Dance Fever is the fifth studio album by Florence + the Machine, initially described by Florence Welch through her personal Instagram account as A fairytale in 14 songs. The
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