My Boy Builds Coffins
Florence + the Machine is a London, UK, art pop band led by singer-songwrit… Read Full Bio ↴Florence + the Machine is a London, UK, art pop band led by singer-songwriter Florence Welch and formed in 2007. The band consists of: Florence Welch (vocals), Robert Ackroyd (guitar), Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine - keyboards), Tom Monger (harp), Mark Saunders (bass, percussion), Christopher Lloyd Hayden (drums, backing vocals), Rusty Bradshaw (keyboard, backing vocals) and Sam White (backing vocals).

Lead singer, Florence Welch, was an art-college drop-out, from Camberwell (London), who was discovered singing Motown covers in a nightclub toilet, drunk. ”The Machine” name originated with an in-joke between Welch and Summers. Musically, Florence + The Machine's sound is sometimes referred to as soul-inspired indie rock. Welch grew up listening to The White Stripes and Kate Bush and says she writes metaphorical songs that are "stories with consequences and weird morality issues."

2008
Florence + The Machine's music has received praise across the British music media, especially from the BBC, who played a large part in their rise to prominence, by bringing them into the spotlight as part of "BBC Introducing" (a program to support unsigned artists) - firstly at South By South West (SXSW) in Austin, Texas in March 2008 and later that year (Sept 2008) the band recorded a full session for the BBC at their Maida Vale studios.

2009 - 2010 - first awards and first studio album - "Lungs"
At the Brit Awards 2009, Florence + The Machine received the Critics' Choice Award at the Brits in the UK. The award was introduced in 2008 (when it was awarded to Adele) and focuses on new and emerging British talent, voted for by a panel of music industry experts.

The band's début album was "Lungs" (Jul 2009, Universal), preceded by third single Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Jun 2009, Moshi Moshi). "Lungs" went on to become number one in the UK album charts in January 2010, and won the MasterCard British Album award at the 2010 Brits, where they performed a hugely popular collaboration, You've Got the Dirtee Love (live at The Brit Awards 2010) with Dizzee Rascal - a mix of You've Got the Love, the Candi Staton cover from "Dog Days Are Over" (Nov 2008, IAmSound), and Dizzee’s Dirtee Cash (Sept 2009, Dirtee Stank).

2011 - second studio album - "Ceremonials"
The second album "Ceremonials" (31 Oct 2011, Island) - with which Welch was inspired for the title and some themes from a '70s Super 8 film of an art installation, she recalls: "... this big procession of kind of coquette-style hippies and all these different coloured robes and masks, and it was all to do with colour, really saturated, brightly coloured pastas and balloons. I saw it a couple years ago, and it was called 'Ceremonials' and then, like, Roman numerals after it. And the word sort of stuck with me, and I think the whole idea of performance ...". The album is also influenced by hymns, poems and church bells.

2012 - MTV Unplugged album - "MTV Unplugged"
In 2012, the band released a live album - "MTV Unplugged" (Apr 2012, Universal) - as part of the MTV Unplugged series. It was filmed in December 2011 in New York’s oldest synagogue building, Angel Orensanz Center, with the band being backed by a ten-person choir.

2015 - third studio album - "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful"
The band's long awaited third studio album is called "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful". It was released on May 29, 2015 on Island Records.

2018 - fourth studio album - "High As Hope"
The band's fourth studio album is called "High As Hope". It was released on June 29, 2018 on Republic Records.

My Boy Builds Coffins
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Florenc and The Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
Florence The Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
Florence the Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
Florence & The Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
Florence + the Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
Florence and The Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
Florence And The Machine - Lungs My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
Florence and The Machine — Lungs My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
Florence And The Machine/The Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
Florence The Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
KITCHEN - Florence the Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
KITCHEN - Florence + the Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
♪ Florence And The Machine My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…


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Bedroom Hymns This is a good a place to fall as any We'll…
Breaking Down All alone It was always there you see And even on my…
Breath of Life Ohhh (oh, oh, oh, oh) Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Ohhh (oh,…
Caught It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do, To try…
Cosmic Love A falling star fell from your heart and landed in…
Delilah I'm drifting through the halls with the sunrise (Holding on…
Dog Days Are Over Happiness hit her like a train on a track Coming towards…
Drumming Song There's a drumming noise inside my head It starts when you'…
Hardest of Hearts There is love in your body but you can't hold…
Heartlines Oh, the river, oh, the river, it's running free And all…
Heavy In Your Arms I was a heavy heart to carry My beloved was weighed…
Hiding I think you hide, When all the world's asleep and tired, Y…
Howl If you could only see the beast you've made of…
Kiss with a Fist You hit me once, I hit you back You gave a…
Landscape She can't see the landscape anymore It's all painted in her…
Leave My Body I'm gonna be released from behind these lines And I don't…
Long & Lost Lost in the fog, these hollow hills, Blood running hot, nig…
Lover to Lover I've been losing sleep I've been keeping myself awake I've…
Mother Oh, lord, won't you leave me? Leave me on my knees. ‘Cause…
Never Let Me Go Looking up from underneath Fractured moonlight on the sea …
No Light No Light You are the hole in my head, you are the…
Only If For A Night And I had a dream About my old school And she was…
Queen of Peace Oh, the king, gone mad, Within his suffering, Called out f…
Rabbit Heart The looking glass, so shiny and new How quickly the glamour…
Remain Nameless I was born in a big grey cloud Screaming out a…
Shake It Out Regrets collect like old friends Here to relive your darkes…
Ship to Wreck Don't touch the sleeping pills, they mess with my head Dred…
Spectrum When we first came here We were cold and we were…
St Jude Another conversation with no destination Another battle nev…
Strangeness And Charm Hydrogen in our veins, it cannot hold itself, my blood…
Swimming Your songs remind me of swimming Which I forgot when I…
Third Eye That original lifeline, Original lifeline. That original l…
Various Storms & Saints And the air was full, Of various storms and saints, Prayin…
What Kind of Man I was on a heavy tip Trying to cross a canyon…
What the Water Gave Me Time it took us To where the water was That's what the…



You've Got the Love Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the…


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Verse 1]
My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
He doesn't make tables, dressers or chairs
He can't carve a whistle because he just doesn't care

My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor
Kings and queens, they've all knocked on his door
Beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves
They all come to him because he's so eager to please

[Chorus]
My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
One of these days he'll make one for you
For you, for you, for you

[Verse 2]
My boy builds coffins for better or worse
Some say its a blessing, some say its a curse
He fits them together in sunshine or rain
Each one is unique, no two are the same

My boy builds coffins and I think it's a shame
That when each one's been made, he can't see it again
He crafts everyone with love and with care
Then it's thrown in the ground, it just isn't fair

[Chorus]
My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
One of these days he'll make one for you
For you, for you, for you



@briannabush8354

My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
He doesn't make tables, dressers or chairs
He can't carve a whistle 'cause he just doesn't care

My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor
Kings and queens, they've all knocked on his door
Beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves
They all come to him 'cause he's so eager to please

My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
One of these days he'll make one for you
For you, for you, for you

My boy builds coffins for better or worse
Some say it's a blessing, some say it's a curse
He fits them together in sunshine or rain
Each one is unique, no two are the same

My boy builds coffins and I think it's a shame
That when each one's been made, he can't see it again
He crafts every one with love and with care
Then it's thrown in the ground, it just isn't fair

My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
One of these days he'll make one for you



All comments from YouTube:

@jorgojrg

She wrote this song after of her first love, a member of "The Ludes" band, the band who first played "girl with one eye". Her boy, did build coffins as a hobby in his spare time.

@CasuallyFeral

Yo... Year late but thank you! Been looking for this exact piece of info.

@sophiamacgregor2011

Oh wow

@jesserenfrow

Fucking eh!! I love this woman and the way she tells life and story thru her beautiful voice and lyrics and music. She is simply entrancing.

@antoneckhart4010

@@jesserenfrow if only you knew the truth

@TealAstronaut

@@antoneckhart4010 what does this ominous statement mean 🤔

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@pheenixgryphon7857

I love how deep and dark this song is.

@sophiamacgregor2011

Same

@gemstar7286

ikr it's like macabre and sad she's upset that his work gets buried , but that's what happens to coffins.

@dreamof_me

This song reminds of how everyone suffers and grieves when their loved ones die, no matter how horrible, rich, or poor you are. It also reminds me of how people focus on arbitrary things instead of enjoying being with loved ones until it's too late.

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