This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Maybe an affair even. It definitely sounds as if someone specific is encouraging him to take a path that he doesn’t want to (“And in this twilight, how dare you speak of grace”). I have listened to this song,I could be wrong but it just seems that there has been some betrayal. I’ll never wear your broken crown”. Think it is great how people can relate to the songs in different ways without putting to much thought in it. Because He loves you. My OpinionThis is such a wonderful song in oh so many ways. In the Odyssey, however, Odysseus' being tied up gives him a new freedom, as he allows himself to listen to the song without letting it kill him, and thus tempting but ultimately foiling fate. I agree with ''Trust This Interpretation'' to me the song has a huge biblical meaning . I am glad Christians and non-Christians alike enjoy the song. It almost seems to be that Marcus is singing that he knows his call, despite his fears, and he won't be kept from it. In my interporation, he may be comparing himself to the character of Jesus in that film who was struggling to accept his calling. Marcus Mumford has a book club and says he has read Chesterton-a prominent Catholic theologian, philosopher, journalist, poet. After a few times of listening to the whole albums the angry lyrics of one song in particular captivated me. It is all about a love relationship with Jesus Christ. I see where people are getting how it's about a relationship, but I also totally understand this connection as well. By vague i do not mean any disrespect i mean to say that there are a many different interpretations that may be garnered from these lyrics. I get the allegory of the cave, but I think there is more to it then that. Ultimately church shouldn’t be a retail shop, it’s a repair shop full of broken people needing Jesus to fix and heal them. He wants to know us, and there is nothing we can do to make him love us more or less. It seems a good portion of their lyrics are inspired by literature - so this wouldn't exactly be a stretch. I believe the song to be about a destruct relationship, the relationship is over and the narrativor is trying to prevent the other from offing themselves. ), but I couldn't pass this one up b/c it was just glaring to me pretty much in every verse. God loves you. “The pull on my flesh was just too strong. I think of Steely Dan's song "Home at Last" which says "Still I remain tied to the mast." Not in the version of scripture that they refer to but in the emotion of the person who felt them and spoke the words. Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. The song also implies a certain inheritance factor (“I’ll never wear your broken crown – I took the road and I f*cked it all away”), perhaps stating that he tried to do what he was encouraged to do but he threw it away. The beginning sounds much like the person “tempting” him is someone he knows personally (“touch my lips and hold my tongue”). Think of it from this perspective like a man talking to himself and his fears and insecurities: I think the great thing about this song is that it can be interpreted in SO many different ways, and is very easily related to. Awesome that you could relate so well to a marvelous piece of music. The whole transition of how he lost everything but just kept pushing until he made it through his trials. :-) is just repeating to myself my desire to change that one part. it means to me that sometimes you think your whole life is one way, and one little thing can totally change your perspective on everything. So therefore it is futile to attempt to group the lyrics of poets by religion because they all speak of the strong emotions felt by the author and that is where their inherent value lies. I dunno, I might be completely off, but that's what I got out of it. God is righteous and holy and does have standards, but he’s also a loving God. Which in this case? The line "I can see widows and orphans through my tears" is a direct reference to James 1, where the author states that true religion is to care for the widows and orphans. I advise you to find the raw emotion which with this song was written and enjoy how it helps you strengthen your faith but do not bind it solely to one belief because once it is bound to a religion others will disregard it and believe that it solely applies to followers of another faith. This could mean that he may have died and gone to Heaven. Perhaps he was chosen to perpetuate a broken religious system. I think that’s definitely possible too. Odysseus is held captive in Polyphemus the cyclops' cave. The fall of Troy is symbolic of the fall of man, the lotas flowers is the initial state of a man who has just fallen, a period of time where a man has lost all sense of himself( hence why men have been known to loose themselves forever in the flowers ie -thinking- instead of moving forward). Powered by  - Designed with the Hueman theme, “Spicy” by Ty Dolla $ign (ft. Post Malone). Babel by Mumford and sons raced past albums by long time stars like Justin Bieber to make it the best selling album in 2012. In the end, the song is nothing but a broken piece. ... Song MeaningI met Marcus Mumford in March 2010, when they played at Hoxton Square. Lyrics to 'The Boxer' by Mumford & Sons. “I took the road and I f*cked it all away. Know that He loves you. hahaha. I think that in vague poetry such as this the capability to find links to the religion are possible it does not mean that this piece is bound to christian thought and reference. Now I will add that my beliefs do not influence this because I personally am a person who does not follow any religion. Too much ado about nothing: A broken song justifying the broken acts of broken people in a broken society believing in a “broken truth” of liberal messages propagated by its broken journalism. DEFINITELY! Great interpretation, when you look at the song that follows though I think it’s important to note that it’s written, “When I was told by Jesus all was well/So all must be well.” :). Whether you’re Christian or Atheist, religious or spiritual, when it gets down to it we’re all pretty rotten creatures, whether from our arrogance, our spite, our selfishness, or what have you. The one eyed cyclopes is the all seeing eye of God- cherubim wings meeting over the mercy seat form a pyramid shape with the eye of God in the middle like the dollar bill( I encourage you to look it up).. Could it be about the devil? I could go even deeper…. Secondly, it is taken nearly directly from Chapter V of GK Chesterton's biography of St. Francis of Assisi, about Francis' conversion to being radically Catholic. Fucking away gods plan ? But this prayer is not enough for his own darkness drives him away. acidicbassiston April 15, 2010 Link. Keep doing it and before you know it, you believe it! It almost sounds as if the person he is addressing has some form of control over him and his upbringing. I am a Christian but sometimes I don’t like to call myself that because Christians have made that term a hated term to others by meaning “selfish, unloving to people who are different and other negative things” You can be a good person…there is such thing..you can accept all people and love all people and still Believe In God and know him as the one who saved you from sin. I’ve listened to this album for years and it still never gets old. The entrance is blocked by a boulder so large only Polyphemus can move it. Odysseus and his men escape by gouging out Polyphemus' eye. except i think it's also referencing Homer's the Odyssey because there's the part about the sirens and there's a cave in that too. That’s where the doctrine of original sin comes from. It’s super easy, we promise! I think a true follower of Christ isn’t a religious person by nature because Jesus himself condemned that… “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! He states this person or system has completely wrong values, but they cannot even see this in the mirror. could also just be a generic reference to a change in perspective that comes with any change in a person's life and the challenge in knowing what you are looking at when it is upside down. Learn more about Christianity. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It's funny you say this, I heard this for the first time and thought immediately of the book of Job. I think Marcus is admitting religiosity doesn’t work and refuses to wear its “broken crown.” He then bares his soul and admits that his way was full of weakness and ruin as well. Also the feeling of setting yourself free comes across in this song, much like in plato's cave. Nobody-special, edited by 1770, dodgerblue, "The Cave" as written by Edward James Milton Dwane Benjamin Walter David Lovett, Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group. This sets up an interesting contrast -- with Plato, freedom comes from escaping the chains, and following the path that the others in the cave have not walked before. Yet today’s he doesn’t even want to call himself Christian, though he remains “spiritual.” Being a pastors kid and a fundamentalist church exile myself, I can understand this quite well, and I find some truths in the song. "So come out of your cave walking on your hands / And see the world hanging upside down.". Its a three forked road ;-D not sure if that is what you were getting that but those are my two cents lol. “So crawl on my belly ’til the sun goes down. I go to a private Catholic high school and my best friend is the daughter of a Deacon, yet she was turning away from Catholicism and faith. There is a path to follow the “broken crown” The way of the church right now of the hypocrites and “fake” Christians….and also the path of the sinner…..But there is a third path, a path that does not go either way. Are you sure? But in this twilight our choices seal our fate.”. As soon as Christians forget that they’re sinners, that’s where you get hypocrisy. This is basically what I was going to say, except you were a lot more intelligent about it :P Yup, I agree wit you completely. He covers us. It was that last bit of the chorus that really hit me "I'll know my name as it's called again."