They released further albums, Beneath The Skin in 2015 and Fever Dream in 2019.
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03 From Finner
Of Monsters and Men Lyrics
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And we caught your eye
The salty ocean wind
Made the seagulls cry
The rocking of his house
Had me holding on
But I knew that I was safe
From there on out
And the waves that hit his face
Marked the past
And the the farrows on his skin
Oh, how time goes fast
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
After every sunny day
Came a stormy night
That's when Finner would say
Keep your heads held high
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
The lyrics of Of Monsters and Men's "03 From Finner" tell a story of the singer's journey on the back of Finner, possibly a vessel sailing on the rough seas. The salty ocean wind and the cry of the seagulls set the scene, creating imagery of the vast, open sea. However, despite the roughness of the journey, the singer feels safe, holding on tight to Finner's house. The marks on Finner's face and skin, caused by the sea's waves, serve as reminders of the past and how fast time goes.
The chorus of the song emphasizes that the singer is far from home but still happy, possibly indicating that the journey is fulfilling or that they have a sense of freedom or purpose. The second verse adds more depth to the story, presenting the idea that after every happy moment, there is always the possibility of a storm to follow. However, Finner's words of encouragement, telling them to keep their heads held high, seem to lift their spirits and help them stay focused on the journey.
Line by Line Meaning
We came here on his back
We traveled to this place on a man's back
And we caught your eye
We captured your attention
The salty ocean wind
The briny ocean breeze
Made the seagulls cry
The wind caused the gulls to produce a high-pitch sound
The rocking of his house
The movements of the man's dwelling place
Had me holding on
For me to keep from falling, I had to clutch on
But I knew that I was safe
However, I was certain that I was out of danger
From there on out
From that moment, it continued like that
And the waves that hit his face
The water surges that struck him
Marked the past
Indicated previous difficulties
And the the farrows on his skin
The lines and wrinkles on his skin
Oh, how time goes fast
Oh, how swiftly time moves
After every sunny day
Once every bright day
Came a stormy night
Came a tempestuous night
That's when Finner would say
That was Finner's moment to speak
Keep your heads held high
Stay motivated, maintain a positive attitude
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
We are a long way from our native land, yet we're overjoyed
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
We are far away from our loved ones, yet still content
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
We are in a far-off location, but filled with happiness
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
We are remote, deprived of companionship, but ecstatic
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ARNAR ROSENKRANZ HILMARSSON, ARNI GUDJONSSON, BRYNJAR LEIFSSON, NANNA BRYNDIS HILMARSDOTTIR, RAGNAR THORHALLSSON
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@nicodifictional540
I know this is a lyrics video, but since it can be harder to sing along when you only get one word at a time:
We came here on his back
And we caught your eye
The salty ocean wind
Made the seagulls cry
The rocking of his house
Had me holding on
But I knew that I was safe
From there on out
And the waves that hit his face
Marked the past
And the the farrows on his skin
Oh, how time goes fast
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
After every sunny day
Came a stormy night
That's when Finner would say
Keep your heads held high
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
@meaninglesscommenter8457
wait i found something...
ClubHouseMusicMixes 1 year ago
its like a drug..
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Ilya “RusStarik” Konobeev 1 year ago
And I'm on it.
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Lavinia Ungureanu 1 year ago
I've been listening to it for the last hour. Just can't seem to stop.
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Joshua Silva 1 year ago
Agree
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Callum Watson 1 year ago
Dude, its not a simile... its not "like" a drug... It is a Drug!
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CompletelyNewguy 11 months ago
except no side effects.
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Nightfeather of ShadowClan 11 months ago
The side effects are uncontrollable happiness and singing for the rest of the day! :)+CompletelyNewguy
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lee loo 1 second ago
+ClubHouseMusicMixes but a drug is mostly bad.... so are you saying that itis bad?
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Brenton Rahm 11 months ago
"We are so far from home, but we're so happy!" - Jews worldwide
Jesse Akaike 8 months ago
Why do you guys have to accentuate the beat, chill out, you guys have it but you can't keep on doing the same beat, throw it away. You are doing the same song over and over. Little Talks is great. It is original is your best but the rest is just an echo, get the woman singer a little drunk or something and let it loose.
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Symbiotic Weapon 8 months ago
I'm sorry, what the actual hell are you on?
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Spiration -B 1 year ago
What the fuck did I just watch? What is that supposed to be??
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JANNIK | The world through my camera 1 year ago
Music?
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Callum Watson 1 year ago
A Whale with a colony of men on its back! DUH! xD
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russian potato 1 year ago
+Callum Watson xD
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Leonardo Santos 1 year ago
Creativity, art. Enjoy it.
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Torstein Vest 1 year ago
+Callum Watson Looks more like a plesiosaur of some kind to me.
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Callum Watson 1 year ago
+Can't choose a name so I'll just pick .Tor No i still think its whale... plesiosaur is not as fat as a whale and has a long neck... xD
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Torstein Vest 1 year ago
+Callum Watson "of some kind" The monster shown in this image has scales a more squared body shape and a reptile kind of head.
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Julien Ednalino 1 year ago
Thats a monster with a kingdom on his back. Theres a bunch of "monsters" in Of Monsters and Men thats why they have that name
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Julien Ednalino 1 year ago
Thats a monster with a kingdom on his back. Theres a bunch of "monsters" in Of Monsters and Men thats why they have that name
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user of names 1 year ago
It's a whale
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Julča Bezáková 1 year ago
+Julien Ednalino o rly?
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jim boberson 1 year ago
His name is Finner:)
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Izamar Ibarra 1 year ago
Its Lyngbakr a whale-like monster that lived in the sea and baited seafarers by pretending to be an island and then it drowned them. Its from Icelandic mythology
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Rowan Warwick 1 year ago
+Izamar Ibarra actually almost every civilization with Norse roots (Iceland was a colony) has a story with a fish/island that drowns you but this one is nice
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Dostojny Punk z laską 1 year ago
+Izamar Ibarra Monster? Gah, he's looking sweet. But, I wanted to say, that at the moment, he's bigger than biggest ship on Earth. And maybe Titanic didn't hit ice. May it could be a Lyngbakr. I like monsters and whales. And Whale-monsters.
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Sahbstar? 1 year ago
+Izamar Ibarra
cool !
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aleshita19foreva 1 year ago
+Julien Ednalino Love your answer!
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Sāberuraion (´・ω・`) 1 year ago
imaginations and creativity my friend... to me that is pretty cool.
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Julien Ednalino 1 year ago
+Julča Bezáková Yeah... have you ever seen a whale that big? Like WOW A BIG WHALE BIGGER THAN A WHOLE KINGDOM JUST WOW and also its not completely whale just study it
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aleshita19foreva 1 year ago
hahaha yep!
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S. Monson 1 year ago
Why is everyone so freaked out by anything slightly weird? If it's interesting, enjoy it!
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Alma “Ochi” J. 1 year ago
It's art, dude
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Norbury 54 1 year ago
I've heard the la la la melody from somewhere else but where?
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Laís A. Ramos 11 months ago
+Izamar Ibarra ,I didn't knew about this myth...Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us... :)
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Laís A. Ramos 11 months ago
+Queen Lionheart ,nice...One of the reasons why I love Of Monsters & Men is the fact that they seem proud of their Norse roots...It makes them stand out in the folk scene,because most of folk artists and bands follow ( or at least,try to) Bob Dylan's style,and paying tribute to their Norse roots gives to their songs an medieval and epic touch that the ones who follow the "modern troubadour" style -- that was Dylan's mark -- doesn't have...
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Informed Optimist 10 months ago
Does it matter? It looks incredibly cool, and that's the important thing.
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Emmett Nyce 9 months ago
That's finner. Cuz they came "from dinner"
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J Burko 8 months ago
The best bands are sometimes the weirdest; Radiohead, The National, Of monsters and men etc
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@OMaMaRMY
Ive been having LITTLE TALKS with myself BENEATH MY BED, waiting over SIX WEEKS for this song that I LOVE LOVE LOVE. This video deserves to be seen by well over a THOUSAND EYES... This is one of those songs you can feel deep in YOUR BONES. Weather it's a hike up BLUEBERRY MOUNTAIN, or a visit to your BACKYARD, this song will embed itself into your ORGANS, your heart, brain etc... This is my WINTER SOUND, my MOUNTAIN SOUND, my EMPIRE. This is my YELLOW LIGHT in an ocean of BLACK WATER, because I am only HUMAN, WE all SINK I am a SINKING MAN. It's a SLOW LIFE, and I move SLOW AND STEADY
a PHANTOM follows me as I stare at the SKELETONS covered with ice CRYSTALS near my LAKEHOUSE. I blaze my illegal NUMB BEARS to try and escape the pain as I enter a deep deep SLOOM. I want to be in HAWAII, I want to have this HAPPY SONG with me. I feel this HUNGER, like WOLVES WITHOUT TEETH do. Their DIRTY PAWS follow their KING AND LIONHEART, searching for the I OF THE STORM.
I picture SILHOUETTES of A BOY AND A BIRD, floating on PARTICLES. The boy, JOSIE, is playing with SUGAR IN A BOWL, sadly singing "WERE GETTING OLDER"
This is the power of this song...
--FROM FINNER
@gloomymilk7636
We came here on his back
And we caught your eye
The salty ocean wind
Made the seagulls cry
The rocking of his house
Had me holding on
But I knew that I was safe
From there on out
And the waves that hit his face
Marked the past
And the the farrows on his skin
Oh, how time goes fast
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
After every sunny day
Came a stormy night
That's when Finner would say
Keep your heads held high
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
And we are far from home, but we're so happy
Far from home, all alone, but we're so happy
@greenergrass4060
lakehouse- self explanatory title
sloom- swamp in the music video
yellow light- mentions of swimming sharks
sinking man- video of a man drownning
little talks- music video began on an airship/ the crew nearly drowned
love love love- minotaur and sea serpent fell inlove
your bones- music video has a ship sailing into the horizon
just a few examples :)
@nathaliamaria6188
Tradução:
Nós viemos em suas costas
E chamamos sua atenção
O vento salgado do oceano
Fez as gaivotas chorarem
O balanço desta casa
Fez com que eu me segurasse
Mas sabia que estava a salvo
Daquele momento em diante
As ondas que atingem seu rosto, marcaram o passado
E as rugas na sua pele, oh como o tempo passa rápido
E nós estamos longe de casa mas estamos tão felizes
Longe de casa, sozinhos, mas tão felizes
Depois de cada dia ensolarado
Vem uma noite tempestuosa
E era quando Finner diria
Mantenham suas cabeças erguidas
E nós estamos longe de casa mas estamos tão felizes
Longe de casa, sozinhos, mas tão felizes
@zxejoy5690
The thing that I love the most about this band, is that all of their songs are so diverse, and their videos are satisfyingly hypnotizing.
@beepbeepeddie8010
thats why I love them
@Loralis_
YOU'D LIKE CAGE THE ELEPHANT
@zxejoy5690
I do like them, actually!
@Loralis_
Zxe Joy bae
@emilytucker9927
omg yes : )
@rmdir
I don't know ifanyone will read this. But I just want to say when I was in the Navy I went on a 6 month deployment to the china sea on an aircraft carrier. It was a very stressful time and I felt like I would be trapped on that ship forever.
This song used to give me hope, I listened to it everyday. Knowing I would see a shore again, though I may not know which one. And I found peace and felt that though I was "far from home" in the "salty waves" with jets flying over my head, I was happy. Listening to it now, far from the Navy. I can look back with fondness and renewed strength, knowing I persevered through a difficult time. Thanks OMAM, for an oasis amidst chaos. <3
@caitlincagney4965
Grimes Golden I love scrolling through comments on any OMAM song and seeing beautiful stories like these.
@caydeofspaydes
I absolutely adore fighter jets. I think they're pretty cool -- I've always wanted to see them in an airshow.
@beezle5719
I'm glad you found hope my friend <3