Dog Days Are Over
Florens And The Machine Lyrics

Happiness hit her like a train on a track
She suddenly felt happy, as if hit by a train headed in one direction, with no way of stopping or turning back.

Coming towards her, stuck, still no turning back
The happiness was inevitable and could not be reversed or changed.

She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She tried to avoid happiness, as if it was something to be scared of, by hiding in unlikely places.

She killed it with kisses, and from it she fled
She tried to end the source of her happiness by loving it too much, then ran away from it.

With every bubble she sank with a drink
She drowned her sorrows and problems by drinking, as if each sip was a bubble that took her deeper.

And washed it away down the kitchen sink
She let her problems and worries go down the drain, hoping they would disappear.

The dog days are over
The difficult times are finally done.

The dog days are done
The hard times are over.

The horses are coming
Things are moving forward and life is changing, like a herd of horses coming towards you.

So you better run
You need to keep moving and not get left behind.

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
You need to run quickly and urgently, not just for yourself, but for the people you care about.

Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Your loved ones are counting on you, and you need to run for them too.

Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't hold onto past loves and yearnings if you want to survive and thrive in the future.

You can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The weight of the past will only hold you back from moving forward.

And I never wanted anything from you
She didn't want anything from a specific person or thing.

Except everything you had
Except for all that they had to offer.

And what was left after that too, oh
And even after that, she still wanted more.

Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Happiness came as a sudden and unexpected shock, as if she was shot in the back.

Struck from a great height
The source of her happiness came from a lofty place, as if from above.

By someone who should know better than that
The person or situation that brought her happiness should have known better than to do so.

Can you hear the horses?
The changes and challenges that are coming are imminent and you can sense them.

'Cause here they come
They're approaching quickly, so be ready to face them and keep moving.