We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining Little Lion Man's connections to L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, John Steinbeck's East of Eden, and the book of Genesis.

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Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons

East of Eden - The First Page

“Little Lion Man” Lyrics:

Weep for yourself my man

You’ll never be what is in your heart

Weep little lion man

You’re not as brave as you were at the start

Rate yourself and rake yourself

Take all the courage you have left

Waste it on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head

But it was not your fault but mine

It was your heart on the line

I really “effed” it up this time

Didn’t I, my dear

Tremble for yourself my man

You know that you have seen this all before

Tremble little lion man

You’ll never settle any of your scores

Your grace is wasted in your face

Your boldness stands alone among the wreck

Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck

But it was not your fault but mine

It was your heart on the line

I really “effed” it up this time

Didn’t I, my dear