I lent down to kiss you, then erased my name
And I'll be a whisper on the wind
My hands are shakin' from holdin' so tight for so long Mumford & Sons – Just Smoke
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The shadow of a flame is the most transparent of the shadow and once he kisses her again, it will be for the last time before he’s caught and gone with the wind. He’s leaving after trying to hold on to the relationship that he’s tried to salvage.
Young love would keep us young
I thought we were done
And young love would keep us young Mumford & Sons – Just Smoke
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Those who fall in love at a young age tend to think it’ll stay that way forever but forget to account for the changes they’ll live through as people. This tends to end relationships later on as the people grow apart from one another; ending the young love.
Feel my hand wrapped in yours
And when you feel the world wrappin' round your neck
Don't succumb Mumford & Sons – Broad-Shouldered Beasts
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In an endless love
But I thought we believed
In an endless love Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind
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Notice the change in language from “I” and “you” to “we”. The last line is the thoughts of the jilted lover left behind, not the same “voice” that has been singing the rest of the song.
The belief in endless love is something that is echoed in holy matrimony, “In sickness and in health…til death do us apart”.
Such was not the case this time.
Just a little itty-bitty grain of sand Trampled by Turtles – Wait So Long
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Both of these are insignificant when with others like it, this could be yet another allusion to sex work as the women he speaks of probably has other partners.
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More specifically: Los Angeles, where the Raiders were a team from 1982-1994.
Other teams to have played in LA:
San Diego Chargers
St. Louis Rams
All of these teams are in recent conversation of moving to LA, along with some whispers that the Jacksonville Jaguars may move to LA.
May we never find the cure
You can handle my best easy
I can try to handle yours Twin Forks – Can't Be Broken
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They have fallen sickly in love for one another, and don’t want that to change. As both can truly understand and handle each other with no issues whatsoever.
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The song ends on a more somber note as Marcus questions why he keeps falling in love with her if the result is the same.
The line “why do I keep falling” appears in the Mumford and Sons' song There will be Time from their album Johannesburg