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Artist: florence the machine
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 - Dog Days Are Over Lyrics & Meanings
Dog Days Are Over Lyrics & Meanings: 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't 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 some man who should know better than that / / The dog days are over / The dog days are done / Can you hear the hors
Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over [Demo Version] Lyrics & Meanings
Dog Days Are Over [Demo Version] Lyrics & Meanings: 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
Florence + the Machine - Conductor Lyrics & Meanings
Conductor Lyrics & Meanings: I tried to control my shaking / With just one sound / I tried to warm the ocean / By writing it down / I tried to tame my nightmare / Line by line / If I write a song about you / Does that make you mine? / / The conductor caught in slow motion / The orchestra plays on / Over and over, the same motion / This work is never done / / The only thing that's certain / Is your indecision / I guess it must be working / Cause you hit me with such precision / Now the strings are breaking / Their fingers run with blood / But they keep on playing / The cycle never stops / / Who's in control? / Who's playing who? / / She wants to be amongst them / Conducting them too / She knows the song won't save her / But what else can she do? / She weeps just like a willow / She's playing for you / She's fragile and she's ferocious / As the current flows through / / She's a conductor caught in slow motion / The orchestra plays loud / Over and over, the same motion / This work is never done / / Now he
Florence + the Machine - Jenny of Oldstones Lyrics & Meanings
Jenny of Oldstones Lyrics & Meanings: [Intro] / High in the halls of the kings who are gone / Jenny would dance with her ghosts / The ones she had lost and the ones she had found / And the ones who had loved her the most / / [Verse 1] / The ones who'd been gone for so very long / She couldn't remember their names / They spun her around on the damp old stone / Spun away all her sorrow and pain / / [Chorus] / And she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave / Never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave / / [Verse 2] / They danced through the day / And into the night through the snow that swept through the hall / From winter to summer and winter again / 'Til the walls did crumble and fall / / [Chorus] / And she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave / Never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave / And she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave / Never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave / / [Outro] / High in the halls of the kings who are gone / Jenny would dance with her ghosts / The on
Florence + the Machine - South London Forever Lyrics & Meanings
South London Forever Lyrics & Meanings: And I go home alone / I drive past the place that I was born / And the places that I used to drink / Young and drunk and stumbling in the street / Outside the Joiners Arms like foals unsteady on their feet / With the art students and the boys in bands / High [?] and holding hands with someone that I just met / / I thought it doesn't get better than this / Better than this / There can be nothing better than this / Better than this / And we climbed onto the roof, the museum / And someone made love in the glass / And I'd forgot my name / And the way back to my mother's house / With your black cool eyes and your bitten lips / The world is at your fingertips / It doesn't get better than this / What else could be better than this? / / Oh, don't you know I have seen / I have seen the fields aflame / And everything I ever did / Was just another way to scream your name / / Over and over and over and over again / Over and over and over and over again / / And we're just childr
Florence + the Machine - King Lyrics & Meanings
King Lyrics & Meanings: We argue in the kitchen about whether to have children / About the world ending and the scale of my ambition / And how much is art really worth? / The very thing you're best at / Is the thing that hurts the most / But you need your rotten heart / Your dazzling pain like diamond rings / You need to go to war to find material to sing / / I am no mother / I am no bride / I am king / / I need my golden crown of sorrow / My bloody sword to swing / My empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology / / I am no mother / I am no bride / I am king / / I am no mother / I am no bride / I am king / / But a woman is a changeling / Always shifting shape / Just when you think you have it figured out / Something new begins to take / What strange claws are these / Scratching at my skin? / I never knew my killer would be coming from within / / I am no mother / I am no bride / I am king / / I am no mother / I am no bride / I am king / / I need my golden crown of sorrow / My bloody sword to swing /
Florence + the Machine - Morning Elvis Lyrics & Meanings
Morning Elvis Lyrics & Meanings: When they dressed me and they put me on a plane to Memphis, well / I never got to see Elvis / I just sweated it out in a hotel room / But I think the king would have understood / Why I never made it to Graceland / The bathroom towels were cool against my head / I pressed my forehead to the floor and prayed for a trapdoor / I've been here many times before / But I've never made it to Graceland / / And if I make it to the mornin' / I should've come with a warnin' / And if I make it to the stage / I'll show you what it means / To be sad / / Well, pick me up in New Orleans / Pinned in a bathroom stall / Pick me up above my body / Press my corpse against the wall / I told the band to leave without me / I'll get the next flight / And I'll see you all with Elvis / If I don't survive the night / / If I make it to the mornin' / I should've come with a warnin' / And if I make it to the stage / I'll show you what it means / To be sad / / And if they'd ever tore us where I quit / It's
Florence + the Machine - Call Me Cruella Lyrics & Meanings
Call Me Cruella Lyrics & Meanings: Cruella de Vil, Cruella de Vil / She's born to be bad, so run for the hills / Cruella de Vil, Cruella de Vil / The fear on your face, it gives me the thrill / / Who wants to be nice? / Who wants to be tame? / All of your good guys, they all seem the same / / Original, criminal, dressed to kill / Just call me Cruella de Vil / / Call me crazy, call me insane / But you're stuck in the past / And I'm ahead of the game / / A life lived in penance / It just seems a waste / And the devil has much better taste / / And I tried to be sweet / I tried to be kind / But I feel much better now that I'm / Out of my mind... / / Well, there's always a line to the gates of hell / But I go right to the front 'cause I dress this well / Rip it up, leave it all in tatters / Beauty is the only thing that matters / / The fabric of your little world is torn / Embrace the darkness / And be reborn / / Cruella de Vil, Cruella de Vil / The fear on your face, it gives me the thrill
Florence + the Machine - I Will Be Lyrics & Meanings
I Will Be Lyrics & Meanings: Oh / I will be / I will be / I will be / I will be / Silence will not cover me / / I will be / I will be / / Silence will not cover me / / I will be / I will be / I will be / I will be / / And silence will not cover me / And silence will not cover me / / I will be / I will be / / And silence will not cover me / / I will be / I will be / / And silence will not cover me / / I will be / I will be / I will be / I will be / / And silence will not cover me / And silence will not cover me / / I will be / I will be / I will be / I will be
Florence + the Machine - Paper Massacre Lyrics & Meanings
Paper Massacre Lyrics & Meanings: We’re paper dolls all joined together, / Walking arm in arm, / But we fall like feathers, / Shaken by the storm. / Everybody started tearing up and they pulled apart, / Everyone had broken arms and legs and broken hearts. / Everybody started tearing up and they pulled apart, / Everyone had broken arms and legs and broken hearts, / Like paper chains.
Florence + the Machine - Galaxy of the Lost Lyrics & Meanings
Galaxy of the Lost Lyrics & Meanings: Hate to think / what would happen if I started to drink like you / maybe I would / loosen up / so pour me another gin. / / Guzzle down / my neck will burn / and as we kiss / and I'm sick in your mouth / I know you want more / Lick my open wounds / and add some ice / and choke on my sick vice / Oh God, the lights are on. / / Trapped in bed / as the poison slowly creeps / and stops me dead. / I should have known / better than to cave / into such fantasies. / / Guzzle down / my neck will burn / and as we kiss / and I'm sick in your mouth / I know you want more / Lick my open wounds / and add some ice / and choke on my sick vice / Oh God, the lights are on. / / I feel better / now I've seen you / but deep inside / my bones feel like timber / And I am shaking at the tension / And I will shudder at the mention.
Florence + the Machine - Lungs Lyrics & Meanings
Lungs Lyrics & Meanings: Between two lungs it was released / The breath that captured me / The sigh that blew me forward / / Cause it was trapped / Trapped between two lungs / It was trapped between two lungs / It was trapped between two lungs / / And my running feet could fly / Each breath screaming /
Florence + the Machine - Choreomania Lyrics & Meanings
Choreomania Lyrics & Meanings: And I am freaking out in the middle of the street / With the complete conviction of someone who's never had anything actually really bad happen to them / But I am committed now to the feeling / / I don't know how it started / Don't know how to stop it / Suddenly, I'm dancin' / To imaginary music / / Something's coming, so out of breath / I just kept spinnin' and I danced myself to death / Something's coming, so out of breath / I just kept spinnin' and I danced myself to death / / And this is the end / And I'm thinking about her / Driving around in the backseat of the car / I'll be your demon daddy / And do they speak to you? / 'Cause they speak to me too / The pressure and the panic / You push your body through / / Something's coming, so out of breath / I just kept spinnin' and I danced myself to death / Something's coming, so out of breath / I just kept spinnin' and I danced myself to death / / You said that rock and roll is dead / But is that just because it has not been
Florence + the Machine - Jackson (Johnny Cash cover) Lyrics & Meanings
Jackson (Johnny Cash cover) Lyrics & Meanings: We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout / We've been talking about Jackson, ever since the fire went out / I'm going to Jackson, I'm going to mess around / Yeah, I'm going to Jackson / Look out Jackson town / / Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health / Go play your hand you big-talking man, make a big fool of yourself / Yeah, go to Jackson; go comb your hair! / Honey, I'm going to snowball Jackson / See if I care / / When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow (Ha!) / All them women going to make me, teach them what they don't know how / I'm going to Jackson, you turn loose my coat / Because I'm going to Jackson / Goodbye, that's all she wrote / / But they'll laugh at you in Jackson, and I'll be dancing on a Pony Keg / They'll lead you around town like a scalded hound / With your tail tucked between your legs / Yeah, go to Jackson, you big-talking man / And I'll be waiting in Jackson, behind my Jaypan Fan / / W
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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 – Dog Days Are Over (Demo)
[Verse 1] / 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
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over (Yeasayer Remix)
[Verse] / Happiness hit her / Leave all your love and your longing behind / She killed it with kisses and from it she fled / Run fast / Leave all your love and your longing behind
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over (Live at Madison Square Garden)
[Verse 1] / 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
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over - iTunes Live: London Festival / 2010
[Verse 1] / 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
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over (Optimo Espacio Mix)
[Instrumental Intro] / [Chorus] / The dog days are over / The dog days are done / Can you hear the horses? / 'Cause here they come / [Chorus] / The dog days are over / The dog days
Glee Cast – Dog Days Are Over
[TINA] / Happiness hit her / Like a train on a track / [MERCEDES] / Coming towards her / Stuck still, no turning back / [TINA] / She hid around corners / And she hid under beds / [
​chloe moriondo – ​dog days are over
“dog days are over” is Chloe’s cover of the hit track from indie rock band Florence + the Machine, “Dog Days Are Over.” Here, Chloe sings a gentler rendition of the song
Pentatonix – Dog days are over
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
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over Translations Versions
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Dubdogz, Brannco & Rodrigo Luca (Ft. Izabelle) – Dog Days
[Verse] / 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
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over - MTV Unplugged, 2012
[Verse 1] / 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
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
[Verse 1] / 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
Stick to Your Guns – Dog Days Are Over
[Verse 1] / 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
Orla Gartland – Dog Days Are Over
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
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over Samples
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FELLOW – Dog Days Are Over
[Verse 1] / 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
Florence + the Machine & Jules Buckley – Dog Days Are Over - Live BBC Proms at The Royal Albert Hall / 2024
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Ethel Cain – Dog Days
[Verse 1] / I think of you while you're at work / Out in the fields, tearing up the earth / But I like you best when you're at home / Giving it to me so nice and fucking slow / [
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over Covers
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Glee Cast – Dog Days Are Over (Glee Cast Concert Version)
Tina: Happiness hit her like a train on a track / Mercedes: Coming towards her, stuck still, no turning back / Tina: She hid around corners and she hid under beds / Mercedes: She
Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over Live Versions
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Drake (Ft. Sexyy Red & SZA) – Rich Baby Daddy
[Part I] / [Intro: Jessica Domingo] / Is it all / I could be enough / Is it all / I could be enough / Is it / [Chorus: Sexyy Red] / Bend that ass over (Baow), let that coochie
Genius Brasil Traduções – Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (Tradução em Português)
Dog Days Are Over é o segundo single de Lungs, álbum de estreia de Florence + The Machine. É considerado o primeiro grande sucesso da banda tanto no Reino Unido como nos Estados
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
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Dog Days Are Over by Florence + the Machine - Songfacts
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence + the Machine?
“Dog Days Are Over” by Florence + the Machine was written by Isabella Summers & Florence Welch.
Q:When did Florence + the Machine release “Dog Days Are Over”?
Florence + the Machine released “Dog Days Are Over” on December 1, 2008.
Q:When did Florence + the Machine release Dog Days Are Over EP ?
Florence + the Machine released Dog Days Are Over EP on December 1, 2008.
Q:When did Florence + the Machine release “Dog Days Are Over (Demo)”?
Florence + the Machine released “Dog Days Are Over (Demo)” on July 7, 2009.
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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
Florence + the Machine Songs
Florence + the Machine has 265 songs with the most popular being Florida!!!, Dog Days Are Over and Shake It Out.
Genius Albums
Dog Days Are Over EP by Florence + the Machine
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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
Lungs (10th Anniversary Edition) by Florence + the Machine
Originally released on 3rd July 2009, Florence + The Machine’s debut Lungs was re-released on 16th August 2019 as a 10th Anniversary Edition. This edition is a cloth bound deluxe