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  • First Florence song I ever heard and I am still in love with it so much.

  • It's a mix between Alice in Wonderland, and the story of King Midas. I think talks about being the girl who King Midas unintentionally turns into a gold statue.

  • Te amo, Florence. Espero que mais gente no Brasil possa gostar de você também <3<3

  • This generation's Kate Bush.

  • i need to check myself into rehab, because i'm addicted to florence :)

  • Is this song about Alice in Wonderland? xD Sounds like it.

  • @pixxynyx It sounds like a slightly different narrative, though. Inspired by Lewis Carroll but not a carbon copy of it.

    I don't remember any Midas figures in his story...

  • anyone know why they skip the 'but will it ever be enough' line?

  • The guy in the top hat is acting like a drunk

  • "This is a gift, it comes with a price. Who is the lamb and who is the knife? Midas is king and he holds me so tight. And he turns me to gold in the sunlight." Best part of this sing! Love you Florence!!!

  • awesome video!

  • i prefer this band than Adele :D because the songs of this band are not depressive at all ¡¡¡¡

  • finally, some real talent!!!

  • goddess.

  • She one of the only singers that make their music meaningful like Skylar Grey too

  • Florence's videos give me the same sensation of living in a sort of wonderland

  • love being british <3

  • @dragonflie668 IKR! Even closer English & from London :D

  • waaay to many things going on. this is some heart attack music, hope in the future she will keep it more minimal

  • @mishabaikal shut up, you dont know what ur talking about, shes an artist, you cant tell her she cant use her paint, ur a dip wad

  • @missadorableize i literally said nothing about paint. hmmm, enlighten me as what is it exactly u're talking about?

  • Aww they cut out the best part! D:

  • Switzerland boiii!!! Eye trip again? HELL YEAHHH

  • Approved.

  • Is it weird that I am a guy and I like this song? Lol

  • @DonyaC21 nope

  • @peoniesfleur yeah I'm sorry too bitch, that you can't just enjoy and support your favorite artist but instead have to bitch on everysingle video that has more hits than Van der Graaf Generator. please go the hell away Marisa, you are trash.

  • ginger minge?

  • @gooner2000woman And I thought I was being original when I thought of ginger minge. I am sorely disappointed.

  • @Galdur21 ???

  • she looks beautiful in this video

  • With my teenage mind, that could have so easilly become a porno...

  • zajebiste....

  • keep calm and raise it up!

  • FLORENCE IS A GOD

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  • @Rizzlerz Who cares?

  • does she believe in god?

    

  • this isnt the whole song...they skipped parts

  • Am I the only one who wants to slap that guy with grapes, he makes watching this video annoying!

  • everything in that 3:39 seconds was beautiful....

  • Woooowww, fantastic video and good singer, great job!

  • florence you are BEAUTIFUL! i love this video so so much, its so creative and pretty! :) definitely one of my favorite music videos.

  • Love it!!!

  • she's so beautiful! I'd do her

  • I loved her since three years ago. O_O I still love her. I hope fame and popularity doesn't taint her or her unique and beautiful style... like so many before her. >_>

  • @Danyhg569 you mean 2 of her songs are mainstream. most of the people who love dog days are over do not know this song or any others that arent played on the radio. her name is mainstream her music isnt

  • i must become a lion hearted girl <3

  • i love this song!!!

  • AWSOME!!!!!!!!!

    I love this song!!!!!!

  • @runol36 Oh! look is an triangle is illuminati!11!!!!11! ¬¬ fuck illuminati and those retarded shits!

  • Florence whipped her hair before it was cool.

  • such beautifull people! :o

  • Florence's voice is so beautiful. I love this song.

  • 0:23 look to earring . ILLUMINATI WAS HERE O.O

  • @runol36 I love her hidden & not-so-hidden messages.

  • very understandable

    

  • it has been determined there is no cure for the florence addiction ,i,m happy to be hooked , hello my fellow addicts !+_+

  • I think the greek boy is a son of Dionysus.

  • lf i could pluck a harp that well i'd b n a band somewhere!!

  • Barcelona Summer 2009 :)

  • 477 people don't have a rabbit heart.

  • this is the proof that there is stil hope for music.

    No Bieber, No Gaga and all of that bull.

    The good music is on his way back.

  • @Manta78 UK music has always been a million times better than American music. The Yanks just don't realise it.

  • @MynameisElliott that's because we're too busy slashing our music, art, and theater programs in schools and universities for no good reason at all. if we funded them properly, we'd have much better artists.

  • she's why everyone loves gingers.

  • PRE-RAPHAELITE ORGY.

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  • Pyramid earrings... We are watching...

  • this is so creative. awesome on so many levels. it's refreshing to know that some people still hold on to originality and creativity!

  • 0:29-0:47= godlike!!!!

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  • @SuperPhilobeddoe Die, then.

  • @SuperPhilobeddoe then why did u spend time watching it? do u have friends?

  • love it the her voice is angelic and the harp puts it over the edge

  • i hate when people hav her songs on their ipods etc and they dont know who sings the song!

  • Florence is a maenad.

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  • Wait... here her eyes are blue? I thought she had green eyes? Whatever. Her music is still great xD

  • I think that's a bacchant ritual.

  • the way she dances with her hands. its the best

  • Lungs will never ever get old

  • "This is a gif, and it comes with a prize, groovy as lime and groove as an eye"

  • @WMDxCLuTCH this really made me laugh xD

  • I think this is about the king with the golden thumb. She is in a coffin because she is cursed dead as the daughter of the king who hugs her tight and turns her to gold in the sunlight, thus killing her. And then "the shedding skin" is when the curse is lifted. This is a gift it comes with a price. I would say it's called "rabbit heart" because she dies early, quick, and a rabbit's heart beats quick, dying quick. My interpretation. I wonder if I can e-mail Florence and ask her if I'm right.

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  • My wish listening to that song is to dance. And scream as loud as I can!

  • they have the best choreography out there. lol

  • I wish my hair were like that guy! :|

  • The boy with the curly afro is the most beautiful person I have ever seen. I wish I could meet him in person. Or maybe not, better to keep the spell unbroken.

  • How quickly the glamour fades

  • Oh.

    My.

    God.

  • this song is giving me wings... i love your voice F.

  • listen to her live version listed as fatm live on kexp... nothing but pure excellence...it's my favorite...drumming song live on kexp is GREAT too!!!

  • i dont understand why people who dont like fatm come to her videos and make hater comments... if you dont like her then why are you listening to her stuff?

  • what happened to "we raise it up this offering we raise it up"?!

  • @DillonYap the buggers cut it :/

  • This tune is about the Illuminati-plain & simple.

    I personally don't like FATM, because the tunes are always over produced, as to almost hide her voice. I've heard her sing live before, and she has an amazing voice, so i've no idea why they over produce it... They usually do that to people who aren't the best singers...

  • orgiastic bastards

    

  • That guy in dark blue suit and hat is pretty fuckin' annoying.

  • this song reminds me "house jam" by gang gang dance but i don't know why O_______O

  • hermosa!!!

  • & in the Spring, I shed my skin & it blows away with the changing winds, the waters turn from blue to red, as towards the sky I offer it(?)

    Chorus [this is a gift etc...] repeated 3 times,

    This is a gift.

    hope that helps :-)

    I adore this song, love the lyrics & the video is magical, like Florence herself, superb!

  • Cont'd...[still chorus] Who is the lamb & who is the knife? & Midas is king & he holds me so tight, & turns me to gold in the sunlight [end of chorus] I look around but i can't find you Raise it up If only I could see your face I start rushing towards the skyline, I wish that I could just be brave, I must become a lion-hearted girl, ready for a fight, before I make the final sacrifice We raise it up Chorus [This is a gift etc..] Raise it up [repeated 3 times] (continued...)
  • The looking glass so shiny & new, how quickly the glamour fades, I start spinning slipping out of time, Was that the wrong pill to take?

    Raise it up

    You made a deal & now you have to offer up, but will it ever be enough?

    Raise it up [repeat]

    Here I am, a rabbit-hearted girl, frozen in the lights,

    it seems I made the final sacrifice

    We raise it up

    Chorus: This is a gift, it comes with a price....continued

  • I agree with most critical posts here --- it's a Bad video.

    Sounds interesting, but what are the lyrics? I can't hear them first listen. If they're of some account, I will listen again :) Could post them here please?

  • Bad video. What are the lyrics, can't hear them first try. Could post them here please?

  • Okay, the dude in the black suit is creepin me out.

  • Throwing that food on the ground must be an amazing feeling, haha. I love Florence + The Machine.

  • I just heard this for the first time...it was so beautiful it made me cry. This girl's voice is amazing

  • roohi's the noise then? 

  • thumbs up if you noticed the rest of the band in the background! :)

  • Florence makes me think mainstream pop music still has the chance to get better. Same goes for Adele and a few others.

  • @Danyhg92 FLORENCE IS NOT MAINSTREAM POP. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.

  • @AwesomlyMe Well, she's quite famous. I wouldn't call her alternative.

  • I love the girl at 3:12. I want dresses like the ones in this video so badly!!

  • This is a crap version with heavy editing. There's a longer version out there that's so much better.

  • I just love her! I only discovered her today but I'm totally besotted.

  • I wish I could dress like that in public and not get looked at like i'm crazy.

  • @VicciXandra17 Fuck it. Do it anyway :)

  • @VicciXandra17 I think that's a mindset in which you care too much of what other people think.

  • @VicciXandra17 do it anyway, i would. besides crazy people are alot more fun to talk to :P

  • @VicciXandra17 Me too. Me too.

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  • Classic. And may I say thank you for saving me from the weird side of youtube. I got lost in mothman. I don't know how I got there.

  • Love this song :))

  • I wonder if anyone smacked their heads together shaking it by the table... lol.

  • Faery!!

  • Weed

  • angelic sparkly pop rock. i think i love her

  • I love the harp :)

  • She's so beautiful!

  • It's Alice in Wonderland with the Lady of Shallot thrown in! Amazing!

  • @givemetimeandacrayon do you know Emilie Autumn? u should listen to Shallot by her <3 it kinda reminds me of this u might like it

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    No, I don't, but I'll check it out! Sounds good.

  • guy to the right of her is hot <3 :P

    and c'mon people no fighting :) Florence would be really disappointed XD

  • here i ammm

  • Think video, at end, references a painting of the Pre-Raphaelite era 'The Lady of Shallot', by Burne-Jones? Painting based on poem of that name by Lord Tennyson. The nymphs and the two-dimensional 'medieval tableau' layout of the video - both Pre-Raphaelite features. She's deciding, IMO, fearfully, whether to love, knowing the 'feast of joy' may turn to soul-destroying sacrifice. The rabbit/lionheart line maybe references Kate Bush 'Lionheart', Good portrayal of risks of love.

  • the album version is 10 times better, yes, just because this 30 seconds, but this video is amazing.

  • I just love Florence & The Machine. Every album off Lungs is just amazing. I hear the new album is amazing as well. I need to hear it asap!

  • how can someone dislike this???? :-O

  • spotify has the extended version of this! it sounds strange in the shorter versoin

  • my comment reveived too many negative comments? too many 6ry olds go on youtube and dislike comments

  • lovers of Florence some people say that the Florence is Freemason can you believe this :( ????!!! dont know the reason for me, I dont believe such talk what about you perhaps Lady Gaga Freemason but Florence dont do a single eye movement such as Lady Gaga does not wear clothes stupid and not understood like Lady Gaga

    lovers of Florence what do you say?????:(

  • @TheBlackrose1948 I say you find a friend who has a better grasp of the English language to translate for you, because I don't even understand what you're asking. :S

  • @TheBlackrose1948

    whats up with free masons? o.o

    they have set up plenty of charitys so they aint bad. . .

  • @TheBlackrose1948 No. No one is Free Mason, and even if they are, so what. There is no worldwide evil cult that plans to kill Christians through mainstream radio. I am seriously so tired of these baseless accusations against good artists, Gaga and Florence alike, when there is never any evidence that such orgs like FM or the Illuminati even exist, at least not on the level that Vigil Citizen claims. Drop the paranoia, its embarrassing.

  • There's something about the guy wearing the top hat that is so much fun to watch! He completely embodies the fun, cheerfulness of the video. Aside from Florence of course.

  • While looks like she’s going to kill and drown your soul with just one look, due to all that dark thoughts and feelings she seems to bear inside her, on the other hand she also nourishes your imagination and inspires you (me, at least) with her voice and melodies, and you can’t just turn away and ignore her.

  • I love how quirky this video is. Great son!

    

  • This SONG SUCKS!!!!! now ive got ur attention I love this song!!!!

  • @MrTdoylee hahahahah you scared me XD

  • I do enjoy the song a lot, but I wonder, what the heck where the people in the vid told to do. "Okay, everyone, act drunk."

  • @Brookings789 Everything is all ready choreographed. You can't do that.

  • @Brookings789 I would say that was the jist of it.

  • @Brookings789 I think they're maenads...not the guys

  • i love the boy with grapes in his afro <3

  • @yeahyeah123x yeah..............8D <3 <3 <3

  • I painted Ophelia as my end of term piece about 12 years ago and the ending of this reminds me of it :)

  • I can't even describe what I feel when I listen to Florence. Her music fills my body and all I can do is listen to her. The songs are like books to me, each one has a different story to tell, that's what's magic about her, because her stories aren't explicit, and all of them have that sensation of a mystery, like fairies and elves... I love that. Florence is very special to me. <3