4:11
Lungs, 2009
Written by Florence Welch and Isabella Summers
Florence Welch's powerhouse vocals are primary in this palatial art-rock song. Her voice goes from ferocious and aggressive to quiet and reflective before roaring back. Handclaps, percussion, piano, and guitar all swirl together into an epic crescendo. It's a song that crashes around you like a tempest, the impressionistic lyrics about running, hiding, leaving everything behind coming between the ominous chorus like flashes of lightning. "And I never wanted anything from you / Except everything you had and what was left after that too," Welch sings sweetly, before fairly screaming, "Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back." It's a song that leaves you whiplash in the best way.
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