According to the Dog Days Are Over Songfacts, this paean to the inevitability of happiness was inspired by a giant text installation titled "Dog Days Are Over" by artist Ugo Rondinone, which Florence used to see every day riding her bike over Waterloo Bridge.
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Dog Days Are Over
by Florence + the Machine
Happiness, hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with a drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming so you better run
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind you
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can't you hear the horses
'Cause here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had
And what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height
By someone who should know better than that
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses
'Cause here they come
Run fast for your mother and fast for your father
Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your loving behind you
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses
'Cause here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses
'Cause here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Florence Leontine Mary Welch, Isabella Janet Florentina Summers
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
by Florence + the Machine
Happiness, hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with a drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming so you better run
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind you
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can't you hear the horses
'Cause here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had
And what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height
By someone who should know better than that
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses
'Cause here they come
Run fast for your mother and fast for your father
Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your loving behind you
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses
'Cause here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses
'Cause here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Florence Leontine Mary Welch, Isabella Janet Florentina Summers
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Opan Mustafa
When Corona pandemic is over, I will play this song while running wild and free to the outside world
özlem_ kof
:)
Jeremy C. Bishop
Opan Mustafa this song is about the destruction of mankind. This is a perspective of Lilith/sheva fleeing eden by tricking samael and getting the name of God and acending but then being stuck there/here for eons, now the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse ( cant you hear them?) nope cause they dont have "ears to hear"... dog days are over is her happiness at death. Released from being the original adulterous and released from her prison/reality. Leave all your family and leave love behind if you wanna survive , its a direct agitation to hebrew scriptures and teaches. Whole thing is.... she telling you something. Listen.
Oscar 21
I say the same,a few days later
Jonathan Lloret
I will
Star Sun
Let's all meet up
Jon Quist
I was addicted to heroin for about 8 years. It started when I was 18, shortly after my dad died. I ruined my education, finances, credit, reputation & the trust of my family. By the time I got clean I had no idea how to be an adult who didn't use drugs. I slowly started figuring it out & getting my life back in order. I have been clean for about 9 years now. I'm now 35, married & have a 4yo son. I still have trouble with things like depression & anxiety, but I'm doing ok.
Hassaan Ahmed
health and blessing to you and your family!
Jodi C
Keep going. You are so, so strong. You got this.
Flora Elizabeth
I was NOT going to cry. And then I read this