An earlier version of the song appeared on the band's self-titled EP, under the name 'Billion Day Funeral'. The heavy subject meaning behind the song's lyrics relate to the multiple abortions that various girlfriends of singer Ben Bridwell had to receive during his years living in Seattle.
The Music Video for The Funeral seems to tell the story of a man whose dog has died, and saddened by this he drowns his sorrow in alcohol. Afterwards he drives under the influence and the end of the music video seems to suggest he crashes head on into another vehicle. Based on the style other cars and the elevated railroad overhead, the video appears to be set in 1970s New York or Chicago (more likely the latter as one scene in the video shows a sign for the Galway Bay Bar, an Irish pub located in the Lincoln Park neighbourhood).
The Funeral
Band of Horses Lyrics
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I'm coming up only to show you wrong
And to know you is hard and we wonder
To know you all wrong, we were
OhhhhhOhhhhhhOhhhhh
OhhhhhOhhhhhhOhhhhh
Really too late to call, so we wait for
Morning to wake you; it's all we got
To know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they were
At every occasion I'll be ready for a funeral
At every occasion once more it's called a funeral
Every occasion oh I'm ready for the funeral
At every occasion of one brilliant day funeral
I'm coming up only to show you down for
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
To the outside, the dead leaves, they all belong
For they died, had trees to hang their hope
OhhhhhOhhhhhhOhhhhh
OhhhhhOhhhhhhOhhhhh
At every occasion I'll be ready for the funeral
At every occasion once more it's called the funeral
At every occasion oh I'm ready for the funeral
At every occasion of one brilliant day funeral
The lyrics to Band of Horses’s song The Funeral are cryptic and contemplative, evoking a sense of longing and melancholy. The song starts with the line “I’m comin’ up only to hold you under”, which can be interpreted as the singer’s desire to be close to someone they care about or perhaps even to smother them, leading them to say “and comin’ up only to show you’re wrong”. The next line expresses the singer’s difficulty in understanding the person they are addressing- “to know you is hard, we wonder / to know you all wrong, we won”. It’s possible that this line is about the interpersonal struggles involved in getting to know someone closely.
The song shifts in tone in the second verse, with the apologetic line “Really too late to call, so we wait for / morning to wake you, is all we got”. The singer reveals that they themselves are hard to understand and that they are not the perfect person their admirer might have thought they were with the line “to know me as hardly golden / is to know me all wrong, they warn”. The chorus of the song repeats the lines “At every occasion, I’ll be ready for the funeral / once more, it’s called the funeral” which can be taken to mean that the singer is always ready for the inevitable end of a relationship, perhaps because they are someone who struggles to connect deeply with others.
Overall, the lyrics of The Funeral are introspective and moody, with a focus on the difficulties of intimacy and the inevitability of endings.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm comin' up only to hold you under
I'm only coming to you to keep you subdued
And comin' up only to show you're wrong
My visits to you are strictly to show that you are mistaken
And to know you is hard, we wonder
Getting to know you is challenging and we are curious
To know you all wrong, we won
We have misunderstood you completely and failed to understand you
Really too late to call, so we wait for
It is beyond the appropriate time to contact you, so we wait
Morning to wake you, is all we got
Our only chance is to wake you up in the morning
And to know me as hardly golden
Perceiving me as a person of little value
Is to know me all wrong, they warn
Others warn that having that perception of me is inaccurate
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
No matter the event, I am prepared for the worst
At every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral
The sad outcome of everything taints every celebration
At every occasion, oh, I'm ready for the funeral
I am always ready for tragedy to strike
At every occasion, oh, one billion day funeral
A sense of hopelessness and sadness akin to a billion day funeral
I'm comin' up only to show you down for
I am only coming to you to prove you wrong once again
To the outside, the dead leaves lay on the lawn
On the outdoor, lifeless leaves are scattered on the grass
For they don't have trees to hang upon
They fell from their source tree and can no longer hang on it
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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@amangoyal923
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These moments and these songs:
•Sit And Wait (Inside of Love)
•Thanksgiving in November. Weird (You Belong to Me)
•Ted sees Victoria (Soul Meets Body)
•Ted kisses Victoria (Spit on a stranger)
•It's not really a MISTAKE. (Mother of Pearl)
•I made it RAIN (This Modern Love)
•Only thing that can heal a broken heart, is time (Boys Don't Cry)
•You Stole a Blue French Horn for me (No One Here)
•The Platinum Rule (Black Tears)
•The Yellow Umbrella (Beautiful Beat)
•Two Minute Date (Thirteen)
•Never invite an ex to your wedding (Waiting for an Invitation)
•Perfect Ending to a Perfect Love Story (Better)
•The Fight (This Man He Weeps Tonight)
•Right Place Right Time (Glad Girls)
•As Fast as She can (Careful)
•Take the Leap (Prophets)
•Definations (Oxford Comma)
•You'll find your SHELLFISH lady (Rewind)
•Put a Baby in my belly (Lifesize)
•A Kid needs a Hoop (I'll Come For You)
•Challenge Accepted (Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp)
• We're having a Boy (Throwing Stones)
•I was about to be Remembered (Victoria)
•That day is just not good (Hey)
•Tick Tick Tick (Heavy Hours)
•Not Yet (Shake it out)
•Meet Marvin Eriksen (You Were Born)
•The Bride wants to see me (The Wind)
•Lebenslangerschicksalsschatz (The Funeral)
•I Really Hope You Get Her Someday (Low Rising)
•The Pit (If the Hudson Overflows)
•Step 16. Hope she says YES (Let Your Heart Hold Fast)
•Lucky doesn't even begin to describe it (Guiding Light)
•True power of the Ring (What Would I Do Without You)
•Something Old (How to Fight Loneliness)
•One Ticket to Farhampton please (Simple Song)
•I'll be right back. I'll be right here. (Souvenir)
•Bass Player Wanted (Forrest Whitaker)
•Challenge Completed (It's Only Time)
•I have to let you go now (Eternal Flame)
•Funny how sometimes you just find things (Downtown Train)
•OR... (Heaven)
•❤️
@MuffinSaver
This song played in:
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Criminal Minds - Season 2 - "Revelations"
Kyle XY - Season 2 - "Ghost in the Machine"
NUMB3RS - Season 4 - "Breaking Point"
Army Wives - Season 2 - "Mothers & Wives"
Criminal Minds - Season 4 - "The Angel Maker"
Criminal Minds - Season 2 - "Fear and Loathing"
CSI - Season 9 - "For Warrick"
90210 - Season 1 - "One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer"
Mercy - Season 1 - "I'm Fine"
FlashForward - Season 1 - "Future Shock"
Made In Chelsea - Season 2 - ""How Do They Find Flamingo Roadkill?""
Battleship
How I Met Your Mother - Season 8 - "Farhampton"
The Night Shift - Season 1 - "Second Chances"
Let's Be Cops
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@frankwestphal8532
Love this song! Here's the lyrics if anyone is wondering, like I was:
I'm coming up only to hold you under
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
And to know you is hard, we wonder
To know you all wrong, we warn
Ooh, ooh
Ooh...
Really too late to call, so we wait for
Morning to wake you, it's all we got
To know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they warn
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
Every occasion once more
It's called the funeral
Every occasion, oh, I'm ready for the funeral
At every occasion of one-billion day funeral
I'm coming up only to you show you down for
I'm coming up only to you show you wrong
To the outside, the dead leaves lay on the lawn
Before they died, they had trees to hang their hope
Ooh, ooh
Ooh...
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
At every occasion once more, it's called the funeral
At every occasion, oh, I'm ready for the funeral
Every occasion of one-billion day funeral
@ishamakwana5482
Lyrics
I'm coming up only to hold you under
And coming up only to show you're wrong
And to know you is hard, we wonder
To know you all wrong, we were
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Really too late to call, so we wait for
Morning to wake you is all we got
But to know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they were
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
At every occasion once more, it's called the funeral
At every occasion, oh, I'm ready for the funeral
At every occasion of one billion day funeral
I'm coming up only to you show you down for
And coming up only to you show you're wrong
To the outside, the dead leaves lay on the lawn
'Fore they died, and had trees to hang there upon
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
At every occasion once more, it's called the funeral
At every occasion, oh, I'm ready for the funeral
At every occasion of one billion day funeral
@slownreverb
Hi everyone from HIMYM
I'm coming up only to hold you under
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
And to know you is hard, we wonder
To know you, all wrong we were
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Really too late to call, so
We wait for
Morning to wake you, that's all we got
To know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they were
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
Every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral
Every occasion, know I'm ready for the funeral
Every occasion, oh, one billion-day funeral
I'm coming up only to show you down, for
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
To the outside the dead leaves, they're on the lawn
Before they died, had trees to hang their hope
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
Every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral
Every occasion, know I'm ready for the funeral
Every occasion, oh, one billion-day funeral
@bennyk2885
Lyrics
I'm coming up only to hold you under
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
And to know you is hard, we wonder
To know you, all wrong we were
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Really too late to call, so
We wait for
Morning to wake you, that's all we got
To know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they were
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
Every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral
Every occasion, know I'm ready for the funeral
Every occasion, oh, one billion-day funeral
I'm coming up only to show you down, for
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
To the outside the dead leaves, they're on the lawn
Before they died, had trees to hang their hope
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
Every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral
Every occasion, know I'm ready for the funeral
Every occasion, oh, one billion-day funeral
@EyeEagle22
I'm coming up only to hold you under
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
And to know you is hard, we wonder
To know you, all wrong we were
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Really too late to call, so
We wait for
Morning to wake you, that's all we got
To know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they were
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
Every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral
Every occasion, know I'm ready for the funeral
Every occasion, oh, one billion-day funeral
I'm coming up only to show you down, for
I'm coming up only to show you wrong
To the outside the dead leaves, they're on the lawn
Before they died, had trees to hang their hope
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
Every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral
Every occasion, know I'm ready for the funeral
Every occasion, oh, one billion-day funeral
@ronaldocastro2011
The Funeral
I'm coming up only
To hold you under
I'm coming up only
To show you wrong
To know you
Is hard we wonder
To know you all wrong
We were
Really too late to
Call so we wait for
Morning to wake you
It's all we got
To know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they Were
At every occasion
I'll be ready for a funeral
At Every occasion once more
It's called a funeral
Every occasion
Of i'm ready for the funeral
And every occastion
one brilliant day, funeral
I'm coming up only
To show you down for
I'm coming up only
To show you wrong
To the outside, the dead leaves
they all blow
Before they died
Had trees to hang their hope
And every occasion
I'll be ready for the funeral
And every occasion, once more
It's called "the funeral"
And every occasion
Of i'm ready for the funeral
Every occasion
Of one billion day... funeral
@Axel_lgn
LYRICS : (English/Français)
I'm coming up only to hold you under
And coming up only to show you're wrong
And to know you is hard, we wonder
To know you all wrong, we were
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Really too late to call, so we wait for
Morning to wake you is all we got
But to know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they were
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
At every occasion once more, it's called the funeral
At every occasion, oh, I'm ready for the funeral
At every occasion of one billion day funeral
I'm coming up only to you show you down for
And coming up only to you show you're wrong
To the outside, the dead leaves lay on the lawn
'Fore they died, and had trees to hang there upon
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
PAROLES FRANÇAIS :
Je viens seulement pour te mettre en terre
Je viens seulement pour te dénigrer
Et pour te connaître c'est dur et on demande
A savoir tout le mal qu'on t'a fait
Ooo Ooo
Ooo Ooo
Vraiment trop tard pour appeler alors on attend le
Matin pour te réveiller, c'est tout ce qu'on a
Pour me connaître un minimum
Il faut savoir tout le mal qu'ils m'ont fait
Et à chaque occasion je serai prêt pour les funérailles
Et chaque occasion, une fois de plus, est appelée les funérailles
A chaque occasion, je suis prêt pour les funérailles
Et à chaque occasion, un superbe jour de funérailles
Je viens seulement pour te montrer l'épreuve que c'est
Je viens seulement pour te montrer l'injustice
À l'extérieur
Les feuilles mortes, elles sont vivantes
Malgré qu'elles n'aient pas d'arbres pour
accrocher leur cœurs...
Ooo Ooo
Ooo Ooo
@gabimussack
My boyfriend had told me one day to play this song at his funeral while we were blasting music in the car as we always did. Never thought that time would come so soon. 20 years young. He passed away unexpectedly a 3 weeks ago. He was in the ICU for 4 days with no brain function. I sat with him all night and played music. Now I am making the video for his funeral and honoring him by putting this song in the video. Its hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember. Life is so fragile. Those moments together are irreplaceable.
@McMooker
I’m sorry for your loss. Stay strong, wish you the best in life stranger
@Miki129
Stay strong [*]
@vuckomarsenic2047
im really sorry, you made me cry. You shouldn't forget him.
@fahsihaytam1306
STAY STRONG
@deniseoo7
Oh I am so very sorry
@yonatanshafir859
" Lebenslanger schicksalsschatz is not something that develops over time. It is something that happens instantaneously. It courses through you like the water of a river after a storm, filling you and emptying you all at once. You feel it throughout your body, in your hands, in your heart, in your stomach, in your skin... Have you ever felt this way about someone...? "
@allisonsmith7235
yonatan shafir if you have to think about it you have not felt it.
@Predixy32
@@allisonsmith7235 Do you think you'll find it?
@martinkaradzhov3333
Everyone finds it eventually@@Predixy32