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The Cave
Mumford & Sons Lyrics

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

'Cause I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's hand

So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say

'Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be

And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BENJAMIN WALTER DAVID LOVETT, EDWARD JAMES MILTON DWANE, MARCUS OLIVER JOHNSTONE MUMFORD, WINSTON AUBREY ALADAR MARSHALL

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

mcm6807

7y↑1.7K

It's empty in the valley of your heart
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind

The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

‘Cause I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's land

So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say

‘Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be

And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

rk nanda

33w

mumford & Sons - The Cave

It's empty in the valley of your heart
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind

The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

‘Cause I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's land

So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say

‘Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be

And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

onehotgossip

6y↑85

Mumford & Sons - The Cave

It's empty in the valley of your heart
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind

The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

‘Cause I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's land

So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say

‘Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be

And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

Nicholas Kolod

3y↑49

This song makes me cry

To me this song means a lot, I am a survivor, a survivor of anxiety, depression..

And cancer.
I hide all my feelings and I need to come out of MY cave. When I was little I told my dad I took a depression test and had 98% (Severe Depression) and because I hid my feelings for a while actually, he said “No, your to happy” I ran to my room and started crying and saying to myself “This is what you get for not telling him sooner, you deserve this” I ran away from home and ran into the woods, I found someone doing suicide and they tied themselves on a rope, and died, it had been the worst day of my life, I ran back home and my dad found me running in, of corse he got mad and started yelling, he didn’t listen to what I said, he just yelled. At the time I had no friends but the next day at school, there was someone new in the class, we got to know each other and up to this day, we are still best friends, and we sing this song to each other when we’re feeling down ever since we were little, it sounds childish to others but when you do something for a while, you stick to it. We actually live together in an apartment and I’m at my first year in collage, I’m stressed about it, but it’s working out, and she has a part time job at McDonald’s.

I hope whoever is reading this has a great day!

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Amanda Dube

3y↑4K

When this song was on the radio I was living alone with my alcoholic mother. When we finally got evicted she lied to me and told me we had to move in with her boyfriend (who I barely knew) because she had a stalker, and that we'd have to empty my bank account to do it. I was working for barely more than minimum wage at the time. I knew she was lying because that's just what she did. I packed my stuff into my car, ignored her screaming the whole time, and drove off and that was the last time I saw her for 2 years. This song came on just as I was getting on the highway.

Today I'm doing very well: I have a good job and a nice apartment and I'm learning how to cultivate healthy relationships. And to this day I still can't hear this song without breaking down in tears: for me it commemorates the single biggest turning point in my life.

Leslie VanHollebeke

Wish I could hug you in real life! Congrats on having the will power to get outta that situation and live your well deserved life. Music can help with so much!

Yashshri Tare

More power to you

liam

awesome

Natasha Montalban

💕💕💕 I'm very proud of you!

Katie Levy

11w

❤

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Joren

3y↑1.4K

One of the most underrated songs and bands ever. Unbelievable

Doofing Cookies

15w

These men need to be in the radio

Beth Rasmussen

23w

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Gefilte Fist

24w

@Chumlan Patton not to mention it’s a secondhand opinion. I can make my own decisions about the music I listen to.

Ryan Williams

25w

They were huge I agree with you to some extent they haven't been as well remembered as id imagined, it could be down to the album when they switched to guitars that wasn't well received seemed like they faded away as appose to burning out. Kings Of Leon feel like another band that are fading away one of the greatest songs they ever made a song called Pyro heartbreaking masterpiece <3 worth a listen if you like these.

David K.

31w

*overrated

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Sara P.Juniper

2y↑621

This song gave me hope when I was around 15,I'm 26 now and I'm crying as I'm reunited with it.

ธนกฤต ดิศโยธิน

This song gave me hope when I was 25 bro. Now I'm 32 and doing well.

Christine Hoolihan

12w

@Jennifer Louis Thrive on sister, thrive on.

Christine Hoolihan

12w

THrive on Sister, thrive on.

Anthony Ehling

13w

Same exact age gap, to a tee, and I feel you

Phantom Dancer

21w

Hey little lion man... you grew up

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Erica Robinson

1y↑246

Mumford and Sons represents the era of folk pop that I miss terribly. Such a feeling of bittersweet nostalgia. I can only hope that another similar era of music is upon us soon!

Susan Elmer

19w↑1

Check out The Hunts. They have a similar sound.

Shelby Rosenburg

19w↑1

Yeah you don’t hear bands like this, Guster, Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire anymore… at least not in the mainstream. Really gotta dig. We call it an era because a lot of people liked those sorts of bands and there was a lot to choose from. I also wish for a revival of Folk/folk pop. I think some people decided it was “hipster” music and was cringe or something and the demand went down, but bands like Fleet Foxes and others in that genre are SO underrated. ❤

Cato

27w↑2

I’m approaching the age of 30 and I feel this comment so deeply. This era of music was riding the crest of the wave just as I was becoming a young adult, and I have so many beautiful and exiting and powerful memories to it.

Bittersweet nostalgia is the perfect descriptor.

T Man

40w↑2

Stomp, clap, and say “hey!”. Congrats. You revived this era of music

DTXSpeaks

44w↑5

Yup. I think the folk pop and EDM pop of 2009-2011 and the experimental rock pop of 2012-2015 were some interesting eras

mcm6807

7y↑1.7K

Brian M

11w

I view the song as a powerful piece about Plato’s allegory, The Cave. That Cave is epic and I like to think that - if this song is connected to Plato’s allegory - this song is sort of like an “awakening” (from the matrix or what have you) song.

Petar Marjanović

38w↑1

@Des So, my theory is that the cave is a metaphore for addiction you get deep into and you see no way out, no light at the end. When the chorus comes, its the addict talking to himself, saying he has to keep hoping, he mustn't go deeper, let the addiction win over him, he won't chocke on the noose. He reassures himself that through pain he can change his ways and clean his name, live his life as its meant to be. At the end, lyrics say you can sing all you want, I won't hear you, I need freedom, etc. which refer to him ignoring the brain which wants him to keep going with the negative addictive behaviour.
If you listen carefully, every verse can be seen through this methaphore.
Like, it's empty in the valley of your heart, the first line, mentions how there is nothing in his heart anymore, he only does brainless activities that fulfil his addictive needs. Later in the second verse, he says he has no food so he turns cannibal, literally craving for more and more until passing all the healthy and moral boundaries, but he knows the shame in his defeat, as in, he knows he tried to resist many times. All verses have that theme of slowly recovering from a deep addiction, later coming out of the cave walking on his arms, getting freedom. That's just my theory, I found the song relatable in that way. It may not be a real meaning behind it but I like to think its that message.

Des

1y↑1

@HypersPeak I noticed the parallels when he was speaking about the sirens calls.. but I think it was being used as a metaphor here for drug addiction whether that be for one of the members or someone one of the members was taking care of.

Audrey Riley

Thank You For The Lyrics

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Annalia K

2y↑378

Funny how songs have a new meaning after you go through and experience life.

Rayko Penate

23w

Life has a new meaning after i see you Angel.

nalusa falaya

23w↑2

Omg yes, this song has always been such a gem to me, I feel free when I listen to this, I feel so strong and the hellish pit I crawled out of saved my life and I wake up to this song every morning!!

Rayko Penate

25w↑1

Live my life as its ment to be

Humanii

26w↑2

I imagine a baby listening to this song when you said that

Alasdair Green

30w↑1

I got "To Live My Life As It's Meant To Be" tattooed on my back after going through a certain life experience!

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Tessa Collins

9y↑123

"It's empty in the valley of your heart, the sun it rises while you slowly as you walk away from all the fears and all the faults you've left behind" I think this is about the clarity you get after you find closure

Harrison Kane

17w

love 8

Amanda Dube

52w

I believe the "you" in this song is an abuser. In my opinion you have to look at the next line to make sense of the first one: "the harvest left no fruit for you to eat, you cannibal, you meat-eater." In other words, they have nothing that belongs to them because of their self-destructive tendencies and they have to become predators to the fruits of labor to those around them.

Bennu

2y↑5

Someone emptied your heart so there’s nothing there to harvest. Left you nothing. Then it’s like this ah ha moment where you realize this and get your closure. The sun still rises and you walk away from the pain you left behind

Erin McNair

6w↑1

I recited these lyrics in a speech class after going through a very traumatic divorce on my parents’ end. There were girls who made fun of me, but the men actually stood up for me. I will forever be thankful.

Jonah Barrus

2y↑95

I joined the Mumford and Sons fan group way to late. I only discovered them about 6 months ago. They deserved so much more fame then they got. They put so much passion into their music. They don’t sing terrible lyrics like the current pop singers do. They made deep lyrics like Simon and Garfunkel used to. Their current music just isn’t the same. There are some good ones like forever, but it is missing the vibe these old songs have. I don’t know if there are many people like me, just wishing they could have been around to hear them play their old songs like where are you now or there will be time. I doubt there will ever be a band quite like them again.

Prícia Carvalho

1y↑2

Search for "The Wedding Band" songs! Enjoy ;)

Isranuel

3y↑123

Long time no listen. I'm laying here in my bed listening to it exactly 10 years after it was released. Epic

Lisa D.

11w↑1

@G Lightheart12* ♥️

G Lightheart

2y↑2

Now 11 years?

suzanne clayton

3y↑2

Me to I love it

Maurious B.

1y↑51

I still get so happy every time I hear this song...it's impossible (even with a broken heart right now) to not smile and sing along with good spirits 🥲

Doofing Cookies

30w↑2

Aye. I feel the same

Fart Zerelli

32w↑33

I've been dealing with an abusive a-hole boss for the last 15 months and have been tolerating it out of pure fear of the unknown. Hearing this song has given my the courage to walk in and resign tomorrow. I have no idea where I'm going but I will find strength in pain, change my ways, and know my name as it's called again if it kills me!

Rockette

24w↑1

It’s been a month since you commented. How are you holding up? Hopefully the resignation went well and you’re off to bigger and better things now!

Hkdarthcadeus

26w

Hope all is well. I see this comment a month after it was posted. Good luck and keep charging forward.

Jennifer Zoller

1y↑84

I was with a very abusive man during Covid 2019- 2021. I was so stuck and this song was the only thing that made me feel free and understood. I'm just reuniting with it now and I am full of tears, strength and love. I hope artists like this know the power they have to help those who feel so alone during hard times. 💓

T Man

40w

Just leave lol. Duh

Rabidfox 1990

50w↑2

This song was my anthem as I left my ex. She was abusive on all fronts.. I even quoted this song as I delivered the final blow while breaking up with her with the Siren's Call part of the song.

I'm in a healthy relationship with a fellow autistic girl and my ex sits at her friend's house smoking dabs and drinking like the unemployed and unemployable loser she is. Like I drink moderately and I think the green stuff should be legal in all 50, but damn if you don't work, then you don't need to be getting fucked up all of the time.

Jennifer Zoller

1y↑2

@Jesse THAT IS THE EXACT PART THAT MADE ME CRY! Thank you! 💓🌸💓

Jesse

1y↑5

so make your sirens call girl because it sounds like you needed freedom. <3

David O'Brien

1y↑1

Glad you're still here :)

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Raj Aryan Sharma

5y↑46

I can't thank Mumford and Sons enough for reviving true music. <3

Raj Aryan Sharma

31w

@David K. If you think calling them a hipster band is an insult, it isn't. Don't embarass yourself.

David K.

31w

rue music never went away, and certainly if it did some hipster band like this wouldnt be the ones to do it.

Devraj Chavan

10w↑10

its been 12 years and this song still hits

Necia Dubyak

2y↑57

This song came out the year I got sober. I found strength in pain. More importantly I found God!

Anthony Ehling

10w

Amen brother hope you're doing okay

Jesse

1y↑1

you find a new purpose sometimes spiritually it can come from growth but recognizing it happens its the first step foreword because now what else is possible if you were able to create this new door.

Dave Mason

2y↑4

Are you still alive?

Kiyo

2y↑23

I can't help but remember sitting in the car with my family, until my mom turns this on. I just sat in the back and listened as we drove in our van. Mumford and Sons was part of my childhood and always will be.

riley

we all share an identical piece of childhood experience and it feels amazing what can’t be taken away from us but to be reminded at any given time. even today, we continue to build new experiences… memories… treasures 🤍

Forceawakens4

2y↑1

I have a similar memory of slowly falling asleep to this album going to my grandparents's house a couple hours away.

Nikhil Manhas

7y↑48

Music will liberate you, music will take you out of your cave. Beautiful song.

John Lorr

Nikhil Manhas b

janjan2660

2y↑76

had this song playing in my headphones on repeat when i was waiting for my son to be born in the hospital. these words ill never forget ''come out your cave walking on your hands see the world hanging upside down'' cuz he wouldent come out for 2 days so he had to be taken c section

Ollie Smith

2y↑2

Welcome to fatherhood, only been here 2 years so far but been best 2 years of my life!.

Fair_Play 200

2y↑3

Aww man. Thank god for this song then. Glad you could stay strong

☁️Elle☁️

30w↑8

I was having a breakdown at like 4am in my room and this song came on and it makes me feel like there’s a chance and this song gives me so much hope to never give up

Mediocre Ape

29w↑1

Hang in there buddy.

Eduardo

20w↑2

This song, and specifically music video, got me through some tough situations back in the day. As time goes back almost a decade later, I'm just more and more grateful for this

Lisa D.

11w

"I'll find strength in pain, I will change my ways, I'll know my name as it's called again."

José Cruz

4y↑32

This song is so amazingly powerful, and touches the deepest of my souls.
Thank you Mumford for this piece of art, one of my favorite songs ever!

BlazingFest

13w↑5

What an amazing and timeless band! These songs give me such a strange sense of nostalgia and hope... I hope people will once again rediscover just how amazing this music genre is!

Max Joubert

3y↑35

Ever since I was 6 I loved Mumford and sons. And this remains as my all-time favourite song. It helped me through a rough point in my life (I got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and my dad played this for me in the hospital). And I will always love this song the same way.

Tommy Davies

🤔🤔

rk nanda

33w

Andy Lupin Black

2y↑3

My mum listened to this so much when I was little and when I was 7 I had a CD player and I played this SO many times a day. Me and my mum still listen to this, even though we dont have a good relationship, this band and these songs are everything to me. They are the biggest thing from my childhood and listening to this reminds me of everything. I'm so glad I'm still listening to this amazing band

DOC 95

Andy. Cherish your Mum, while you can. Life is never quite the same once they are gone.... voice of experience.

spoopy

1y↑2

first heard this song on the radio on thanksgiving day in 2011 and it's always stuck with me. i remember looking up the radio station's website later on in the day to figure out which songs they played and i finally found it. unlocked an entire rabbit hole for me. love mumford & sons.

pureshxme

why didn't you just look up the lyrics lol

Scott Flynn

7y↑5

I forgot about this song, but when in heard it live on the radio recently I was reminded how amazing it actually is.

Kelly Richards

I had the exact same thing happen to me :)

Saul Delgado

5y↑1

Me ENCANTA ESTE GRUPO. Siento mucha Paz con sus letras

Louis Martinez Jr

My aunt Trish played this album on repeat during her divorce. RIP aunt Trish...

Jefferson S Machado

2y↑11

em pleno 2021 e não consigo parar de escutar! obrigado Mumford&Sons pelo excelente trabalho!

Alay CBooks

gran canción

Tiki Link Stop Motions

12w↑2

I wish more music had lovely lyrics like this. It's so often that they have lyrics that are profain and putting bad thoughts in people's heads. This is so enlightening, thank you :)

ocgangster1

9y↑23

at first I didn't like folk music once I heard mumford and sons I got addicted they are an amazing band and trust me im a guy that like rap and hip hop but after hearing them im very lucky to hear about them

MUNITE

i'm a teenager that loves drum and bass/dubstep/hiphop... but strangely also this :p

Cornish chippy.

Simply brilliant.

J T.

5y↑12

This song is pure joy. Whenever I feel down, the energy of this song brings me back up.

Ano Nym

6y↑9

I don't know why, but the shot of the elderly man at around 3:40 is my favourite moment in the music video. Not necessarily the song itself, but the video. There's something with the energy in him.

Russell Barreto

5y↑5

Ano Nym his name's Albin, I think, owner of "Pedro Fernandes" Goa's oldest music store I think. I was born and raised there, he sold me a fender stratocaster, a couple of years ago, got an amazing deal on it.

Skeletor

2y↑14

a lot of their songs were the only thing that got me through my childhood, I'm coming to these about 7 years later and it still makes me so damn happy to listen to them play

indigo

this song makes me feel so nostalgic

yassin k

4y↑9

mumford and sons never makes bad songs this is one of my favourite songs ever made in my opinion

Daniel Ramos

40w

Siempre disfruté esta canción en diferentes situaciones de mi vida, hasta que entregué mi ser entero y más, después de acabar mi relación de cuatro años con la persona que yo había escogido para vivir mis días mi vida, pues esta canción me trae luz, alegría y paz a mi corazón que durante un tiempo no encontraba consuelo y calma, gracias Mumford por esta excelente canción.

SolarMane Tha Killa

7y↑234

one of the best bands of my generation

Brad Clayton

Itsthebest

jim mc

that says a lot about your generation

SoloPlay

5y↑1

SolarMane Tha Killa true

satanic cyanide69

SolarMane Tha Killa Slipknot

Wawawawa Wawaw

6y↑5

Shays ASMR I guess everything is..

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rev

2y↑23

i didnt even hear this song ever in my childhood but it just has that flare that makes it really nostalgic despite having only discovered it now

iuri alves

3y↑1

Essa música será eterna ❤

FrankN Stein

50w

I was 19, in college in conway SC and living with my then BF in his house. He was 28, and we went on a road trip back to NY to visit my family. This song reminds me of the night he was asleep and I was driving and kept getting lost but didn't want to wake him up 🤣 it also reminds me of driving around upstate NY and it was beautiful and foggy and lush and green and rainy. The air smelled so good, and it wasn't cold, or hot, it was the perfect temperature. I miss that.

Aline Cristina

4y↑3

que música boa!! Descobrindo só agora, em 2019

Zeke Pliskin

The greatest song they ever wrote. They will never top this. Everything I've heard them do since sounds like a rewrite. It's a powerful, life-affirming piece about redemption despite everything. It's amazing.

SOU MAIS GAMER !!!!

8y↑4

Esse grupo é Fantástico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Señor Alec Thompson

29w↑6

Amazing band, great songs. My 2-month backpacking trip through SE Asia was made complete by M&Sons. And I m 50 years old.

Alistair Nixon

Brilliant band.

Mr. JC

5y↑5

I wish I could tell these guys just how much this song meant to me. Got me through the roughest stage on my life.

Ernesto Aguilar

8y↑10

Call me crazy but I can listen to this song 50 times back to back and love MORE each time!!!!!!!!! Dammit it's perfect

yassin k

i listen this song more then a 100 times a day its so amazing and its one of my favourite songs ever

Henry Willis

This song reminds me of when I was on holiday it hits me hard now because of COVID

ccbchfl

I love this song

Akshobh Giridharadas

2y↑8

Mumford and Sons, every chord they strike, every lyric they sing, is simply melody personified

Parikshit Gurjar

39w↑1

Never gets old ❤️ 2022

Wayne Waldron

1y↑2

This and little lion man are probably there best songs

Riccardo Donno

8y↑457

It was released in 2010; I've discovered it this year in 2015...
Feeling like I threw 5 years of my life away
🔝🔝🔝❤

Not Today

Only discovered it now in 2018

Eurus Adventum

I felt the same thing when i found mahogany session cherry wine by hoizer and if you haven't heard it yet i say go give it a try

yuyiiaLee

5y↑3

2018 dude!

tristany tatauxa

2017...

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Andre Beluchi

This song will never get old!

Rheanna McAuley

6y↑3

One of the best songs in the world!

Anderson Felipe

5y↑1

Música maravilhosa 👏👏👏

onehotgossip

6y↑85

DJ AM

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videocpa

4y↑1

What a great band. Deep lyrics with great vocal and band accompaniment.

Claudia Blandon

9y↑5

How can people just not love this song. I don't think they understand it.

singedrac

9y↑4

It's so deep and subtle, isn't it?

judith schilcher

8y↑5

masterpiece!! one of their BEST!! this song is so MARVELLOUS 💝 can't stop listening to his song...love the lyrics, the brilliant voice..and THIS video!👍

Alyster John

Still a beautiful song.

oiyou

4y↑2

Im 15 now and ive been listening to mumford and sons since i was 7 or 8 i was introduced to them from a disney ad with winter winds playing on it, me and my dad loved the song so we looked it up and were introduced to mumford and sons, they have played such a large role in my life as alot of their songs carry with them valuable advice on life. Thank you Mumford And Sons

Simon Moses

this song just goes, and goes and goes......

Tech

2y↑2

After ten years, this song still makes me happy makes me think of my dad 💕

Atom Plays

2y↑8

I just remember being in a warm car on a cold, rainy, pitch black night and just listening to this masterpiece

Anneli Tedder

It was released 7 years ago😱 but I still listen to it on repeat even to this day, that's how you know it's a great song!

Matylda

5y↑2

Ta piosenka wywołuje u mnie silne emocje ! 💖😍💞😭

Deiona Marie Muhammad

2y↑1

I love this song so much. The lyrics are beautiful

Erica Cohen

This was simply the best video I have ever witnessed. The emotions oozed from soul. Like bleeding from an open wound. To the guys themselves, Mumford and Sons, bravo.

Rebecca Marrone

This is the kind of song that by just listening to it, you can tell that it means a lot to many people. It is the kind of song that makes me feel things that I’ve forgotten that I could.

Gary Mclean

2y↑3

One of the great things about these guys is that they have a sound that has remained very similar throughout. The singer is not your typical popstar ( but certainly more so than ed Sheeran) but he steps up to the plate nevertheless and the end result is always pretty highly emotional and always lots of banjo, good stuff!!!

Patrick Woods

14w

Best music 🎶 I've heard in a long time

muffin1955

I've listen to so much music and had so many favourite songs, but this will always be the one. This is legitimately the best song I've ever heard, and ever will hear. Fucking timeless. much love <3

Michelle Pozzini

5y↑5

I just wanted to thank you guys so much: I always listen to this song when I need encouragement. You are really helping me, thank you 💚

McLenny Face

7 years and 7 days later and still better than any other song!

Nicholas Kolod

3y↑49

PLAGUE RAT

36w

wish you all the best

Hiphopboy

Hope things are going good for you mate ❤️

M Stelios

Stay strong my man. Nothing can stop you!

Wikzum

you are a living miracle. <3

Karla S

3y↑15

I can’t believe this song is ten years old, I can still remember clearly when it came out.

MlOlvera

28w

I have a new found love for this band😭😭

Bonn F

2y↑15

This is not a happy song.
This is not a sad song.

This is a real song. A song able to bring people to tears in happiness or sadness, either one or the other depending on what's happening, or make people feel both at once.

A song about hardship and hope, rebirth and accepence of ones past. Able to make the depressed hope and it to actually mean something as the song resonates within them deeply, as though it was made specially for them.

This I say from personal experience.

vander monke

2y↑1

couldnt have said it better!

joe swalwell

I love it, defo happy song

XP_junkie

31w↑1

this song was the start of my journey with Mumford ans Sons. i still remember the moment this came on the tv when i was around 13-14. i'm so glad i gave it a chance. one of the best decisions ever.

Sam Hirst

3y↑2

This song is so deep. Time to wake up from the deep sleep we've all been put in and come out of that cave and take our freedom back. Always loved the is song but never really thought about its meaning.

Sam Hirst

@Slime_Space already know that story. It's about the shadows in the cave 😁

Slime_Space

You should read the Allegory of the Cave by Plato which the lyrics are about.

Kotapocalypse •

3y↑17

I know I’m way too late for this but I needed to say something, with is my favourite song, as it was my sister‘s, she isn’t here anymore so whenever I hear this song it brings her back for a little while and I feel like she’s singing it with me, and I cannot thank you guys enough for making such a song, thank you for bringing my best friend back to life, even if only for a few minutes, I would never be able to repay you for this debt.

Kotapocalypse •

@Vladitor-The-Vindictive Thank you, your words mean everything

Vladitor-The-Vindictive

I'm sorry about your sister Kota. But I'm sure she's happy that you found a way to constantly remember her, even in the afterlife.

Matthew Lamos

2y↑4

One of the best songs I’ve ever heard and I’ll never forget when I was in high school listening to Mumford and sons! I saw them two years ago in Buffalo and they were one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen!

Renee in Fort Myers FL

3y↑1

This song has been around for a decade and it still sounds fresh!! 💗

Rowan_Ark

So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say
Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be

That's the part that sticks with me the most. I love it so much and it really sings to something difficult I've been dealing with recently

Gloria Rojas

LOS AMO ENCERIO!!!

Jamie Beatty

it feels like yesterday this was released and now it's been 8 years... time really does fly

isaac hilton

9y↑6

A truly inspiring song

Mumford and sons if you guys are reading this THANK YOU.

Paulie Schnakenberg

18w

Love this song! Did Mumford free the nausea “around their neck”? No

Megan Wildner

5w↑1

He’s actually saying noose, which is what they hang people with

Roama Nunes

Perfeição independe do ano <3

HXD

3y↑1

The nostalgia is real😴 I had the 2012 Grammy nominees album when I was 9 and this was one of my favorite songs on it I would listen to this on my radio to fall asleep