We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining I Gave You All's connections to Shakespeare's King Lear.

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I Gave You All by Mumford and Sons

King Lear - The First Page

I Gave You All Lyrics: 

Rip the earth in two with your mind

Seal the urge which ensues with brass wires

I never meant you any harm

But your tears feel warm as they fall on my forearm

But close my eyes for a while

Force from the world a patient smile

How can you say that your truth is better than ours

Shoulder to shoulder, now brother, we carry no arms

The blind man sleeps in the doorway, his home

If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could have won

But I gave you all

Close my eyes for a while

Force from the world a patient smile

But I gave you all

But you rip it from my hands, and you swear it’s all gone

And you rip out all I have just to say that you’ve won

Well now you’ve won