Florence & The Machine - "Blinding"

[ImCarrotsforBananas]

one day i decided to do an experiment. for an hour i listened to a pop station, by the end of the hour i felt like i was brain dead. then for an hour i listened to Florence, by the end of the hour i felt like getting on the roof and dancing...

[Windmagic444]

Snow White realizes it's not the lack of a prince that's keeping her in the crystal coffin, and decides to wake up and break free from her world of dreams

[awsome123138]

i have the album now!

[sorandomremix03]

@Etrajbe yes i agree

[Atrax2k8]

All of her songs make my skin crawl, the voice, the lyrics, the gospel in the background...unsettling, but in a good way.

It's hard to explain.

It's like it touches some part of your brain that has been dulled by all this pop garbage bombarding you from everywhere.

[Nyanmoondrop6]

Reminds me of myself. Dreams too big for reality.

[mariolmro]

This song makes my whole self vibrate, it's so perfect I get the chills everytime I hear this

[ericareginagoomail]

Embarco numa viagem ao mais profundo recanto da minha alma quando escuto esta música...Sua melodia é envolvente, misteriosa, com um toque sutil de sensualidade, sensualidade típica de tudo aquilo que é insólito...

[shasha739]

@ericareginagoomail ,what?

[SumikoMikazuki]

I love her songs a little bit more each time I hear them.

[cigaretteskinny21]

I've heard of them for a while now but I'm only just really discovering them right now. Don't you just LOVE that feeling of finding a new band and just falling in love? It's so mystical!

[socertiger13]

Thumbs up if you think Lungs beats Ceremonials..? Jw.

[filleofish83]

Listening to this song, makes me picture a better world. A world i would giva anything to go to...then the song ends and im like shitt...

[love4you72]

florence is in another world i wish i was in

[MrsBrainstitch]

Wonderful lyrics.

[sorandomremix03]

@StarkyWTF when everythings lost memories are there to cherish

[StarkyWTF]

@sorandomremix03 beautiful sentense, i hope it works for you but i'm not wise enough. I'm a tough guy, lonely, rather pesimistic, but true. To me, that wonderfull memory will always be there to feed my anger against myself and my regrets. I've spent time and kissed with many women. Howerver, this one was the only one i loved. If only you could know her. She was everything to me and i'll wait her to dance for me under the waterfall for the rest of my life. Farewell and thank you.

[kallin100]

beautiful song

[ZimmiRaid]

I feel as though I'm at my own funeral.

[moocow56788]

i imagine that I'm in my garden sitting and watching as life passes how things change in an instant, and the misery we have caused ourselves to go through, i feel sad now :(, i miss my dog who is up stairs right now. i feel like i see the future and I'm an old man all alone... knowing everything is gone in the future, makes me want to change that future to no end up like that old man. (moment of realization)

[sorandomremix03]

@WokOne171 lol i guess i over exagerated

[RealBonnieBennett]

I love this woman's voice! She's like a singing angel! :D I envy her in a good way.

[RomanRoyale]

if you want to feel like you are in heaven play this song and open another window and start the other one about half way at the same time...its like...nothing ive ever heard before

[kungfumaster52]

@RomanRoyale Which other one? Same song?

[RomanRoyale]

@kungfumaster52 yes the same song maybe start it at the second chorus but its basically echoing itself it sounds so haunting

[teavacuum]

@RomanRoyale that was awesome



[RomanRoyale]

@teavacuum I KNOW!!!!!lol It takes me on a trip every time

[azzzz305]

i get so lost in her songs it sometimes feels that am actually being drifted away by her songs so amazing

[natfuckmother]

AHHHHHHH this album is AMAZING!!! <3<3<3

[feffytoons]

florence has the soul of a cosmic love child

[TMSreptiles]

i love every single song on the album, but this one simply describes my current situation just as well as i could. every single word. florence is the real deal

[DevynLindsey123]

her music puts me in another world <3

[DollHeadProductions]

why does this song make me weep?

<3

[jazzphoo709]

this song is so beautiful i do feel as if it tkaes me away and gives me peace

[GoldenOuranExileFan]

Love this, it's lyrics ae great!! I love her lower songs like this.

[PoeLuvR2345]

Her lyrics are so lovely.

[monchichi159]

@HereComesTheSol I heard no more dreaming like a ghost so in love with the wrong world.....

[jamesedwardtheobald]

this music really touches something inside me!

[deke2323]

still a metalhead but i love this shit

[starlightbrightful]

the percussion<3

[FuchsiasAttic1847]

Her voice and the drumming in her music give me goosebumps.

[AllThingsGeek1]

I love it..... just simply love it no ifs, ands or buts :)

[StripedStockings759]

This is just a magnificent song. It's heartfelt, it's imaginative, it's relatable, and it's just beautiful to listen to. Also, I just realized yesterday that she laughs at 0:08, which makes me love it even more.

[PegasonBloom]

freakin' love<3

[NayahReidWhumperxD]

Nanowrimo inspiration... <333

[kraziielamaa]

i love this so much........looked up this song coz it was on the back of my book silence<3

[jreg2007]

thumbs up if you think she sounds like la roux

[arinross523]

@jreg2007 she sounds most like Natalie Merchant from 10,000 Maniacs, but she's much better

[TheViva11]

I had no idea about her. I happen to stumble upon this song yesterday and I'm glad I did.

[jamesedwardtheobald]

@TheViva11 just discovered her yesterday too, and am addicted - my favs - 'strangeness and charm', 'cosmic love', 'the drumming song', 'what the water gave me', 'hurricane drunk', 'swimming' and this... beware those first two i listed, they seriously get lodged in yer mind

[MsBrowniesRule]

@TheViva11 The same exact thing with me, yesterday i stumbled upon this video, by watching Awkward stuff.. and now i can't stop listening to this song.

[SSSTwiPotter]

Best. Song. Ever.

[bend945678]

After listening to more songs, I now know I was wrong. At first I thought she made good songs, but now I know the truth, which is that she is unable to make songs that bad. This album is now in my top 10 of ALL time, ALL genres.

[TheAerochick13]

I'd say the whole meaning of this song is waking up to reality after surrounding yourself with your dreams and imagination. Realizing that you have to grow up and put a lot of the things you felt secure with behind you.

[rvm3rd1]

@TheAerochick13 thumbs up x10

[rvm3rd1]

@TheAerochick13 fuck how the fuck did you nail that so good

[TheAerochick13]

@rvm3rd1 Geeze, I didn't know so many people agreed until now, haha.

[rvm3rd1]

@TheAerochick13 lol

[ImCarrotsforBananas]

@TheAerochick13 dude, that is how i feel every morning and night...

[DollHeadProductions]

This song is so beautiful it makes me want to cry

[CreampuffQueen]

she's a great artist. it's a shame she's not at the top charts right up there with Adele.

[Musicandpolitics7]

@CreampuffQueen She would have been up there with Adele, because she was going to record her new album Ceremonials with American producers, which MOST likely would have made her more famous. But she wanted to stay true to her music, and make Ceremonials a "better version" of Lungs.

[awsome123138]

this song would be awsome in a slow motion moment in a kung fu movie..

[TatianaBazan]

@awsome123138 what a imaginacion . That was awesome! :p

[IceBlueHuskyClub]

For me this song is about being so in love with someone, yet them letting you down constantly, but you love them so much you dont just give up, to the point where yyour so unhappy and empty that you finally break and no longer recognise yourself, and the realisation of this eventually leading to you deciding you wanna move on and regain some of the person you lost.

[PunchKickLipstick]

Listening to this, I just have this beautiful image of Florence dancing as a marionette...

That would actually make a pretty awesome music video. Especially since the song (to me) is about being tied to and controlled by someone else.

I wish that I was a music video director.

[XxXxlicaxXxX]

I absolutely love them. Their music is so relaxing.

[werdcheerleader]

Love her and her music. It just takes you away...

[sorandomremix03]

when i listen to this i feel like im in a dark forest a night walking beside a river

her music is so creative it takes you away from

this crappy world

[FuchsiasAttic1847]

@sorandomremix03 I can't agree with you enough.

[DollHeadProductions]

@sorandomremix03 i'm glad someone else said it too

[WokOne171]

@sorandomremix03 She made this music from this crappy world. it can't be that bad :D Kee

[StarkyWTF]

@sorandomremix03 What the hell. Before reading your comment i was closing my eyes to remember some stuff listening to it. I have never listened to it with my ex girlfriend but i remember when i was with her at night in a park, she danced next to the waterfall and i was taking videos and pictures of her. It's my most magical and precisous memory. It was years ago and now i realize i definately lost her for nothing at all, because of me. Why the fuc* do we feel the same ?

[Etrajbe]

@sorandomremix03 The world is not crappy at all, the world is beautiful, the origin of this creativity, which leads to understanding and insight. Society is crappy, yes. But no the world :)

[SydtheKiddy]

Makes me feel like Im floating throught the fucking clouds

[MissRosieRed]

something about her voice makes me feel like a small child....but also an adult, that sensation alone makes me unable to stop listening <3

[sunsmasher2012]

just heard florence and the machine!!! luvvvvvv it!!!!!!!

[Qpenguin98]

this song is like my life. i keep on chasing this boy at school but he'll never love me back so ive gotta let go and just sway withe the music. "sways sways sways":)

[clamzcoolio]

Something about the tune of this song reminds me of another song I heard once...anyone have any ideas?

[MissGazmo123]

@clamzcoolio this song? :L xx

[Emmmma2703]

I'm using this for my dance solo at school :D

[musicmama888]

@Emmmma2703 upload please

[Emmmma2703]

@musicmama888 haha i will see, i haven't finished it yet and i have my exam next spring, i can get my dance teacher to record me when it's finished though :)

[LittleMissTigerlily]

@Emmmma2703

Coool. :D

[jealousjello]

This song has gone from 6 listens... to 64. In two days. Best. Song. EVERR!!!

[lauralovesvintage]

For me, I would say that this is about fairy tales being believed in until ou realise what a lie they are. For example, "no kiss, no gentle word to wake me from this slumber", the opposite of the Snow White story. "No more wishing for a body in the garden", again a reference to Snow White. Finally, the circuit board is another word for the brain, and in England, to "stitch up" is to give someone/thing false information. So essentially, Fairytales are messing with your brain.

[sylviahXXdayum]

This Song Touches My Soul !! So BEAUTIFUL <3

[swimmingtaco]

i keep trying to go to bed but then i see a link to another one of her songs... yeah im not going to bed anytime soon this is to good lol

[ToryMae]

This. Is just brilliant. Oh my goodness~

[rdeckelman415]

@ToryMae

true dat

[Love89571]

This is my favorite song by them. It gives me this warm feeling on the inside. :)

[sistasizzle]

To me this a story of a person discovering that a messed up person whom they deeply love, ultimately is holding them back from a good life.

[heythurr1235]

It takes me out of where I am in the world and puts me in a whole other area. Like the woods where green fog is all around<33

[2010ManHunter]

thumps down if you have an janes addiction ad on your right..............

[roseinthebrush]

wow. i dont even care what the frickin technical meaning or message behind the song is. awesome lyrics and awesome beat and awesome everything!!! i am listening to it and it makes me wanna jump out of my seat and just sing and dance. XD

[JinxedHearts]

Simply epic

[TheDanceAndAll]

I love this !

It reminds me of Luciano Di Natale and workshops:)

[cosmiclove18]

WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE?! :O

Its awesome! :)

[FaraCajou]

I don't think telling what the song is about, 'ruins' it. Of course you can interpret a song however you want, but I also like to know the real meaning behind it.

[oddlysplendidaudrey]

You know what? I don't need a person to explain to me what the song is about. This song is up for your inspiration and your own story as is every song and piece of art. Don't ruin a song by telling everyone what it is 'technically' about.

[angelbooky2255]

i really am blind for not seeing how beautiful this song was a long time ago

[DarkAngelNear]

every single on of her songs are amazing! i can't stop listening!!.

[bleepgoesbl00p]

I heard this song on a commercial and went on a manhunt to look who made it.

I couldn't believe it was Flo cause I love her so much. I should've knew better. lol.

[M3iscool]

Yesterday my friend introduced me to this, I freaking love all her music! I bought the album on amazon, I posted an expression of my love on facebook; I've also been listening to her non-stop throughout the day ever since. AnNNNnnnd I find her to be VERY ATTRACTIVE. Lol

[TrillianS8]

@M3iscool That declaration of love gets you a thumbs up from me. ;)

[M3iscool]

@TrillianS8 Thank you! Heh

[FaraCajou]

This makes my heart beat faster.

[M3iscool]

@FaraCajou What song of hers doesn't? : D

[FaraCajou]

@M3iscool Haha true : D

[sunshinegirl800688]

if you like florence and the machine you should definently check out lykke li because they are along the same lines of music

[sweetvaronica]

this is beyond amazing.

[alexixxxo]

Maybe it's just me, but I can't see the dislike bar. Maybe they made a mistake.

[SuPeRxVi3t]

If they say love is blind then I cannot see because I am in love with this song

[hiniko2]

it's almost 11:00 pm here lol. I love listening to her before falling asleep

[MainxStreamxDaydream]

What other music?

[syra15Willow]

hahah look at all you people trying so hard to figure out what the song means...

[nnbellann]

Hahhaha only 9 dislikes. win.

[bethanyturon]

Actually I think this song is about finding her true love. That all her life before then had seemed like nothing, that she had been spending her time thinking of and dreaming of past, dead loves --- until she met her true love.

[Supertrooper697]

"Hence, "Snow White's sticthing up your circuitboard". False hope of the resurrection of your lover.

She finally wakes up to the sunlight behind the door. Metaphorically, Hope is beyond the door.

"In love with the wrong world" strongly signifies her affection towards her lover in the underworld.

"No more dreaming of the dead as if death itself was undone" shows her imploring for her lover to come back from the dead."

[MummyHelloThere]

I want a music video for this.

[ChiaroscuroxX]

I wonder why VEVO just ignored most of the lungs album....

[shockrocker2009]

Her music is TRUE art. There is no sound or band like them at all.

[AgentDoubleS]

@mjkittredge , Nonsense? I think you meant lyrical genuis! It means whatever you want it to mean. Thats the beauty of it (;

[psychd]

eight people have their ears on backwards!

[mjkittredge]

Snow White stitching up your circuit board? Can anyone interpret this nonsense? I wasn't aware circuit boards needed to be stitched up... Did snow white take night classes on electrical engineering?

[ChaoticSerenity]

The underlying notion of the song is of a sudden wakefulness after a long, empty dreaming - possibly a woman recognizing the meaninglessness of a sorry love affair. A circuit board is a series of active connections - in this case a metaphor for herself, except that hers is dormant. It needs "stitched up." Snow White is famous for having been in an endless sleep until the kiss of a prince awoke her. The song's "snow white" is a woman who reconnects the circuits of her broken life and moves on.

[FromWishingDreams]

@ChaoticSerenity That's a perfect explanation.

[knya1]

@ChaoticSerenity you could've just said EPIPHANY

[ChaoticSerenity]

@knya1

I agree, but my original comment was directed at another visitor's reference to a specific set of lines. The reply title was removed due to character constraints.

On an aside, I was surprised to reload this video and see that my comment at the top. Thank you for thumbs up, everyone.

[amorekristall]

@ChaoticSerenity I like your interpretion much better. here's another view I found based on definitions:She lost her beloved and lives on a delusion where he is still alive,which keeps her from living in reality."stitching a circuit board" CONNECTScomponents using SIGNAL traces.A "synapse" is a CONNECTION, a junction that permits a neuron to pass an electrical or chemical SIGNAL to another cell.Snow white is another name for cocaine.Seems like she keeps "connected" to him while on drugs. o_O

[ChaoticSerenity]

@amorekristall

That's a really nifty idea. I would add that the song seems to imply the singer has left the delusion.  Lyrics like "It was you that held me under" and "so in love with the wrong world" seem to imply a sort of epiphany toward her incognizant state. Despite being infiltrated by a lingering pain, it seems sternly hopeful.

[noteverlookingback]

@ChaoticSerenity I think that "her beloved" is most definitely dead. With these lines, "No more dreaming of the dead as if death itself was undone

No more calling like a crow for a boy, for a body in the garden" It seems that she couldn't come to terms with his death.

[lovewreckdotcom]

@noteverlookingback I agree 100%. This has been my "theme song" since my fiance died. The worst thing ever is when you're dreaming that you are with them, and then you realize in the dream that they are dead. You no longer have a world you can escape to with them, because the reality of their death has caught up to you even in your sleep.

[ChaoticSerenity]

@noteverlookingback

Oh wow, I completely misheard that second line. Yeah, I can definitely see where it could have been a death that separated them based on that. I was trying to be slightly ambiguous about what caused the singer's state of mind (hence the hypothetical), but I may have failed. :)

[CrownedWithLaurels]

@mjkittredge You know what? Maybe it doesn't mean anything in a simple "x is a metaphor for y" way. I once woke from a dream I couldn't remember with the phrase "I cut the daisy out of her throat" running through my mind. Maybe she woke with it, or it just strung together in her head. It's an interesting image, so what does it matter? Stop trying to tie everything down into easy patterns. There doesn't always need to be a conventional meaning.

[mjkittredge]

@CrownedWithLaurels I think you'd be underestimating this artist if you thought there wasn't a meaning to her lyrics. To characterize it as simply vague is a cop out. It's a riddle, for us to interpret. ChaoticSerenity took a stab at it, and I enjoyed their perspective.

[CrownedWithLaurels]

@mjkittredge I don't think you've quite seen my point. What I'm saying is that even if the lyrics didn't have a specific meaning (though in this case they probably do), they would not be worth less for it. A line of a poem or song can be beautiful and interesting and thought-provoking without having a definite meaning. Would you look at an abstract painting and say "I think it's supposed to be a face"? Basically, I'm just pointing out that something can be intrinsically beautiful.

[EpikHater]

@CrownedWithLaurels @"Maybe she woke with it, or it just strung together in her head." That reminds me that the song "Cosmic Love" was made in 20 minutes and it started out as a joke between them. And they were drunk.

[CrownedWithLaurels]

@EpikHater Haha I didn't know that! That's pretty cool. Florence rocks even more if she can just throw such a good song together.

[lizat55]

@EpikHater She got her record deal by following a man into the men's bathroom drunk and singing :D Gotta love Florence.

[bazzingaification]

@lizat55 waittt...what??????? hahahaha srsss???wthhh thatss funny!!LOLLL

[stuknietastrzyga]

<3



[Msindymation]

her music should be the theme song of Avatar.

[goldenrosecomet]

@Msindymation YESSSHH :D

[Msindymation]

her music should be the theme song of Avatar.

[iFlute4life]

no other singer is like her...DX so jealous...

[ChiaroscuroxX]

I found these songs like 2 hours ago around 2:00AM... it is now 4:00AM and I am still enthralled by the sound

[LovesVeritas]

This song makes me feel torn, as if looking back at something I'm better off without; something that hurt to be around, yet yearning for it in a moment of weakness. Not exactly a loss... But a somewhat "masochistic" desire for a memory... Like growing out of a bad relationship.

[nebrazka13]

Does this remind anyone else of The Cure?

[goldenrosecomet]

@nebrazka13 is it a song?

[nebrazka13]

@goldenrosecomet  It's a band.

[4kiriaki]

just wonderfull ! <3

[merinm11]

today i started listening to florence and the machine......im never going back :)

[MyUltimateReality]

@merinm11 Same here! I've already listened to this song and Cosmic Love about 10 times each!

[pianist724]

@merinm11 Hell yeah!



[princejamie1]

this song is amazing this girl is amazing and kills gaga and all the others go team florence

[LynnStrifeTsubame]

Right! "intense" was the word I was looking for to describe the mood of this song! :D It's truly amazing~

[musicmama888]

I don't know if I've ever heard a sadder song in my life. The loss and desperation is so palpable; it's almost like I can taste it. Top 10 songs ever.

[blueowlover]

<3 her voice, i could listen to her c.d. over and over. i put in a different c.d. in my car and I don't even get half way through and she's already back in the player! Wish I had half of her talent!

[sk81028]

The intensity is overwhelming...

[MsTaz98]

Mother Nature is my God,My mother.I want to cherish her with my heart and hope darkness doesn't destroy her.I want dance and sing for all eternity hoping it will heal her.My Mother Nature is kind and nurturing and hope the demons won't hurt her again.

[SwiftyGirl98]

sends shivers up my back when the drums start.

[Amberbymoonlight1]

The tears we weep are, as yet, unheard. The soft patter of drops is lost, forgotten in the heady rush for beauty and glory, the hard cold world of now. Florence is my escape.

[missypoo8]

Reminds me of Bellatrix.