Mumford & Sons lyrics, Sigh No More edition
▸ this is not the end. ▸ we are friends and i'm sorry. ▸ my heart was never pure. you know me. ▸ man is a giddy thing. ▸ love, it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you. it will set you free. ▸ be more like the [man] you were made to be. ▸ there is a cry of my heart to see the beauty of love as it was made to be. ▸ it's empty in the valley of your heart. ▸ i have seen the same. i know the shame in your defeat. ▸ i will hold on hope. ▸ i won't let you choke on the noose around your neck. ▸ i'll find strength in pain and i will change my ways. ▸ you take what is yours and i'll take mine. ▸ now let me at the truth which will refresh my broken mind. ▸ i know my call despite my faults and despite my growing fears. ▸ i will not hear what you have to say 'cause i need freedom now. ▸ i need to know how to live my life as it's meant to be. ▸ the warmth in your eyes swept me into your arms. ▸ was it love or fear of the cold that led us through the night? ▸ for every kiss, your beauty trumped my doubt. ▸ my head told my heart 'let love grow' but my heart told my head 'this time, no.' ▸ let the memories be good for those who stay. ▸ the shame that sent me off from the god that i once loved was the same that sent me into your arms. ▸ no hope will overcome. ▸ remember spring swaps snow for leaves. you'll be happy and wholesome again when the city clears and sun ascends. ▸ don't leave me alone at this time for i am afraid of what i will discover inside. ▸ see, you told me that i would find a hole within the fragile substance of my soul and i have filled this void with things unreal ... and all the while my character it steals. ▸ it seems that all my bridges have been burned. ▸ it's not the long walk home that will change this heart but the welcome i receive with the restart. ▸ you ... you've gone too far this time. you have neither reason nor rhyme. ▸ but tell me now, where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart? ▸ you desired my attention but denied my affections. ▸ lead me to the truth and i will follow you with my whole life. ▸ how can you say that your truth is better than ours? ▸ if only i had an enemy bigger than my apathy i could have won. ▸ i gave you all and you rip it from my hands and you swear it's all gone. ▸ you rip out all i have just to say you've won. well, now you've won.
▸ weep for yourself, you'll never be what is in your heart. ▸ you're not as brave as you were at the start. rate yourself and rake yourself, take all the courage you have left. ▸ it was not your fault but mine and it was your heart on the line. ▸ i really fucked it up this time, didn't i, my dear? ▸ 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. ▸ death is at your doorstep and it will steal your innocence but it will not steal your substance. ▸ you are not alone in this. we will stand and we'll hold your hand. ▸ i will tell the night and whisper 'lose your sight' but i can't move mountains for you. ▸ spare me your judgements and spare me your dreams 'cause recently mine have been tearing my seams. ▸ it's getting dark, darling, too dark to see. ▸ i'm on my knees, and your faith is in shreds, it seems. ▸ plant your hope with good seeds. don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds. ▸ i struggle to find any truth in your lies. ▸ 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. ▸ in these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die. ▸ where you invest your love, you invest your life. ▸ i have no idea where else my heart could have been. ▸ i placed all my trust at the foot of this hill and now i am sure my heart could never be still. ▸ collect your courage and pray you never feel this same kind of remorse. ▸ seal my heart and break my pride. ▸ i've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide. ▸ align my heart, my body, my mind to face what i've done and do my time. ▸ your oppression reeks of your greed and disgrace. ▸ how can you love what it is you have got when you took it all from the weak hands of the poor? ▸ there will come a time i will look in your eye. you will pray to the god that you've always denied. ▸ you haven't met me, i am the only [son]. ▸ i know what i've done 'cause i know what i've seen. ▸ 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. ▸ well, i guess i'll just go home or god knows where. ▸ death is just so full and man so small. ▸ i'm scared of what's behind and what's before. ▸ i ... i can't promise you that i won't let you down. ▸ i ran away, i could not take the burden of both me and you. ▸ it was too fast, casting love on me as if it were a spell i could not break when it was a promise i could not make. ▸ what if i was wrong? ▸ hold on to what you believe. ▸ i'm not whole when you're not near.