50 Vulnerable Lyrics From Florence + the Machine to Use as Your Next Photo Caption
Today isn't just just Halloween—it also marks the arrival of Florence + the Machine's eagerly anticipated sixth album, Everybody Scream.
It really couldn't be a more appropriate release date for the indie rock band's new album, which sees frontwoman Florence Welch embrace witchcraft, magic and folklore as she tells tales of love and loss, life and rebirth, and defining her own place and value in the world at large. It's atmospheric and vulnerable yet powerful, centering Florence's infallibly soulful and resonant vocals, arriving head of a massive tour throughout Europe and North America in the new year. To commemorate the release, we've collected 50 of her most memorable and introspective lyrics from Everybody Scream and beyond to use as your next photo caption.
For when nothing else matters when you take the stage:
"She gives me everything, I feel no pain. I break down, get up, and do it all again."
-"Everybody Scream"
For when everyone seems to come alive:
"Everybody dance. Everybody sing. Everybody move. Everybody scream."
-"Everybody Scream"
For feeling like you can finally express your authentic truth:
"Here, I don't have to be quiet. Here, I don't have to be kind."
-"Everybody Scream"
For giving everyone the encore they demand:
"But how can I leave you when you're screaming my name? Screaming my name."
-"Everybody Scream"
For feeling as if you've been resurrected and reborn:
"I crawled up from under the earth, broken nails and coughing dirt."
-"One of the Greats"
For wondering if you're getting a good grade in life:
"Did I get it right? Do I win the prize?"
-"One of the Greats"
For when you have to work twice as hard because you're not a man:
"It must be nice to be a man and make boring music just because you can."
-"One of the Greats"
For examining the complexities of womanhood:
"Too feminine to function."
-"One of the Greats"
For choosing joy:
"I will let the light in, I will let some love in. I will be happy, it will be perfect."
-"One of the Greats"
For needing to know what it all means:
"Show me the way this feeling leads."
-"Witch Dance"
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For refusing to be frightened of what's to come:
"Your threats and your promises, they don't scare me. After all, there's nobody more monstrous than me."
-"Witch Dance"
For wishing for anonymity in an embarrassing moment:
"The vague humiliations of fame."
-"Sympathy Magic"
For not attempting to be anything but yourself:
"I do not find worthiness a virtue. I no longer try to be good."
-"Sympathy Magic"
For documenting the circular cycle of life:
"The falling leaves, the fallen fruit. The rot and the ruin, the earth and the worms. The seasons change, the world turns."
-"Perfume and Milk"
For the TBR pile that keeps getting bigger and bigger:
"Trying to read, but getting distracted."
-"Perfume and Milk"
For when growth doesn't look how you expected it:
"And I am changing, becoming something else."
-"Perfume and Milk"
(Photo credit: Autumn de Wilde)
For when getting better is anything but linear:
"Well, healing is slow, it comes and it goes."
-"Perfume and Milk"
For both being a little messed up:
"'Cause I'm stupid and I'm damaged, and you're a disaster."
-"Buckle"
For the relationship that's gone toxic:
"I blocked your number, but you didn't notice."
-"Buckle"
For still not acting your age:
"Oh, God, I thought I was too old for this."
-"Buckle"
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For not really listening to your vessel's natural signals:
"Sometimes my body seems so alien to me. I quiet it down by watching TV."
-"Kraken"
For defying expectations:
"You said I would be nothing, but look, I'm really something."
-"Kraken"
For feeling more than ready to let loose and leap to action:
"So tired of being careful, so tired of being still."
-"The Old Religion"
For finally being ready to embrace true love:
"I don't wanna be afraid anymore. I don't wanna run from love like I had before."
-"Music by Men"
For calling out someone's pride:
"You have a bigger ego than you think you do."
-"Music by Men"
For recognizing your tendency to fall hard:
"'Cause I know how to fall in love, I do it constantly."
-"Music by Men"
For realizing it's all a put-on:
"I always thought I was nice, I thought I was kind, 'til I tried to do something that was almost real life."
-"Music by Men"
For when always being a good person is hard work:
"It's not like what I've seen in TV shows. It's not like what I've read in books. It's so much harder than it looks."
-"Music by Men"
For just wanting a bit of peace and simplicity:
"Let there be love, let there be light. let there be a quiet day and an easy night."
-"Music by Men"
For when self-love is the best love:
"Running back to the only love I could ever control."
-"Music by Men"
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For discovering a new kind of grief:
"I used to think I knew what sadness was. I was wrong."
-"You Can Have It All"
For finding love in unexpected places:
"And love was not what I thought it was. It crept up on me despite myself."
-"And Love"
(Photo credit: Autumn de Wilde)
For learning that love and acceptance are intertwined:
"More like surrendering to something and more like resting than running."
-"And Love"
For reflecting on the less admirable parts of your past:
"Regrets collect like old friends."
-"Shake It Out"
For seeking something to fulfill you:
"We all have a hunger."
-"Hunger"
For figuring out your place in the world:
"A woman is a changeling, always shifting shape."
-"King"
For the person whose support has been everything:
"You've got the love I need to see me through."
-"You've Got the Love"
For knowing you're going to make it:
"I'm gonna be free and I'm gonna be fine."
-"Delilah"
For attempting to let go of past regrets:
"t's hard to dance with a devil on your back (shake him off)."
-"Shake It Out"
For deciding for yourself your role as a woman:
"I am no mother, I am no bride, I am king."
-"King"
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For letting go to your favorite song:
"I hear the music, I feel the beat, and for a moment, when I'm dancing, I am free."
-"Free"
For when bad weather follows you somewhere that's always mild and sunny:
"In a city without seasons, it keeps raining in L.A."
-"Sky Full of Song"
For that indescribable feeling:
"I feel nervous in a way that can't be named."
-"The End of Love"
For understanding your past will always be a part of you:
"I've been a fool and I've been blind. I can never leave the past behind."
-"Shake It Out"
For overcoming the most difficult period of your life:
"The dog days are over, the dog days are done."
-"Dog Days Are Over"
For feeling unstoppable:
"A thousand armies couldn't keep me out."
-"Seven Devils"
For wondering if the rest of the world is up late, too:
"How deeply are you sleeping, or are you still awake?"
-"Sky Full of Song"
For taking one step forward and two steps back:
"Sometimes I think it's getting better, and then it gets much worse."
-"Big God"
For evaluating the true price of making art:
"And how much is art really worth? The very thing you're best at is the thing that hurts the most."
-"King"
For that pure, unadulterated joy that comes out of nowhere:
"Happiness hit her like a train on a track, coming towards her, stuck still, no turning back."
-"Dog Days Are Over"
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