Mumford and Other Observations

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"After the Storm" Lyrics

And after the storm

I run and run as the rains come

And I look up

On my knees and out of luck, I look up

Night has always pushed up day

You must know life to see decay

But I won’t rot, I won’t rot

Not this mind and not this heart, I won’t rot

And I took you by the hand,

And we stood tall

And remembered our own land

What we live for

But there will come a time you’ll see

With no more tears

And love will not break your heart

But dismiss your fears

Get over your hill and see, what you find there

With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair

Now I cling to what I knew

I saw exactly what was true, but oh no more

That’s why I hold

That’s why I hold with all I have

That’s why I hold

And I will die alone, and be left there

Well I guess I’ll just go home

Or God knows where

Because death is just so full, and man so small

I’m scared of what’s behind, and what’s before

But there will come a time you’ll see

With no more tears

And love will not break your heart

But dismiss your fears

Get over your hill and see, what you find there

With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair

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"Dust Bowl Dance" Lyrics

The young man stands on the edge of his porch

Everything starts to come together at the end of the album, starting with this song. Awake My Soul is so good and so jam-packed with awesomeness that we had to record a mega-episode in order to do it justice!

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Dennis Russell

Dennis From Scratch

“Awake My Soul” Lyrics

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes

I struggle to find any truth in your lies

And now my heart stumbles on things I don’t know

My weakness I feel I must finally show

Lend me your hand and we’ll conquer them all

But lend me your heart and I’ll just let you fall

Lend me your eyes, I can change what you see

But your soul you must keep totally free

Awake my soul, awake my soul

In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die

Where you invest your love, you invest your life

Awake my soul, awake my soul

For you were made to meet your maker

We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining Thistle and Weed's connections to Christ's parables.

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“Thistle and Weeds” Lyrics

Spare me your judgments and spare me your dreams

‘Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams

I sit alone in this winter clarity which clouds my mind

Alone in the wind and the rain you left me

It’s getting dark, darling, too dark to see

And I’m on my knees and your faith in shreds it seems

Corrupted by the simple sniff of riches blown

I know you have felt much more love than you’ve shown

I’m on my knees and the water creeps to my chest

But plant your hope with good seeds

Don’t cover yourself with thistle and weeds

Rain down, rain down on me

Look over your hills and be still

The sky above us shoots to kill

Rain down, rain down on me

I will hold on, I will hold on hope

I begged you to hear me, there’s more than flesh and bones

Let the dead bury the dead

They will come out in droves

But take the spade from my hand, and fill in the holes you’ve made

Plant your hope with good seeds

Don’t cover yourself with thistle and weeds

Rain down, rain down on me

We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining Timshel's connections to John Steinbeck's East of Eden and the book of Genesis. Featuring special guests Elizabeth Bernadette and Clare Fletcher.

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Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons

East of Eden - The First Page

Through the Deep, Dark Valley by the Oh Hellos

Sirens by the Gray Havens

Dante's Inferno - The First Page

“Timshel” Lyrics

Cold is the water, it freezes your already cold mind

Already cold, cold mind

And death is at your doorstep and it will steal your innocence

But it will not steal your substance

But you are not alone in this

You are not alone in this

As brothers we will stand

And we’ll hold your hand

You are the mother, the mother of your baby child

The one to whom you gave life

And you have your choices — these are what make man great

His ladder to the stars

But you are not alone in this

You are not alone in this

As brothers we will stand

And we’ll hold your hand

But I will tell the night

And whisper lose your sight

But I can’t move the mountains for you

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

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

We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining White Blank Page's connections to JPII's Theology of the Body and Shakespeare's Othello. Featuring special guest Elizabeth Bernadette

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White Blank Page by Mumford and Sons

Othello - The First Page

Theology of the Body - The First Page

Episode Four of Mumford and Other Observations podcast. We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining Roll Away Your Stone's connections to Dante's Divine Comedy and Shakespeare's Macbeth.

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Dante article mentioned in the episode

Roll Away Your Stone by Mumford and Sons

First Page of "INFERNO" by Dante Alighieri

First Page of "MACBETH" by William Shakespeare

Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan

We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining Winter Wind's connections to the Song of Songs and the classic theme of Memento Mori. Featuring special guest Andrew Russell.

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Winter Winds by Mumford and Sons

First Page of "THE SONG OF SONGS" from Holy Scripture

First Page of "THEOLOGY OF THE BODY" by John Paul II

First Page of "THE CANTERBURY TALES" by Geoffrey Chaucer

Unfinished Business by Mumford and Sons