I think it’s just speaking my language, and I want to tell you all about it, but I also want you to discover it by listening to it twice and I don’t want to spoil it for you.
The beginning of the album is broken-hearted, and it progresses through hope and on to happiness. And the final song begins a capella with the lines:
And it’s hard to write about being happy
‘Cause all that I get
I find that happiness is an extremely uneventful subjectAnd there would be no grand choirs to sing
No chorus could come in
About two people sitting doing nothing
And then I go back to the top of the album and begin again, and I hear:
You were broken-hearted and the world was, too
And I was beginning to lose my grip
And I always held it loosely
But this time I admit
I felt it really start to slipAnd choir singing in the street
And I will come to you
To watch the television screen
In your hotel room
I love albums that tell a story, where every song is related, and listening to the album altogether is the best way to hear it.
Florence + The Machine isn’t Christian, but I love her spiritual songs.
Sometimes I think it’s gettin’ better
And then it gets much worse
Is it just part of the process?
Well, Jesus Christ, it hurts
Though I know I should know better
Well, I can make this work
Is it just part of the process?
Well, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, it hurts
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, it hurtsYou need a big god
Big enough to hold your love
You need a big god
Big enough to fill you upShower your affection, let it rain on me
And pull down the mountain, drag your cities to the sea, yeah
Shower your affection, let it rain on me
Don’t leave me on this white cliff
Let it slide down to the, slide down to the sea
Slide down to the, slide down to the sea
Listen to it on Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Bigmsii2zedk5egwpbb2wkrsroa?t=High_As_Hope_-_Florence__The_Machine