Florence + The Machine - Blinding Lyrics






Seems that I have been held, in some dreaming state
A tourist in the waking world, never quite awake
No kiss, no gentle word could wake me from this slumber
Until I realize that it was you who held me under

Felt it in my fists, in my feet, in the hollows of my eyelids
Shaking through my skull, through my spine and down through my ribs

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
No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

And I could hear the thunder and see the lightning crack
All around the world was waking, I never could go back
Cause all the walls of dreaming, they were torn wide open
And finally it seemed that the spell was broken

And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open
And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open

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
No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

Snow White's stitching up your circuit-boards
Synapse slipping through the hidden door
Snow White's stitching up your circuit-board

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
No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

Snow White's stitching up your circuit-boards
Synapse slipping through the hidden door
Snow White's stitching up your circuit-board
Synapse slipping through the hidden door





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  1. B.... B....

    Seems that I have been held, in some dreaming state
    A tourist in the waking world, never quite awake
    No kiss, no gentle word could wake me from this slumber
    Until I realize that it was you who held me under

    Felt it in my fists, in my feet, in the hollows of my eyelids
    Shaking through my skull, through my spine and down through my ribs

    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
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

    And I could hear the thunder and see the lightning crack
    All around the world was waking, I never could go back
    Cause all the walls of dreaming, they were torn wide open
    And finally it seemed that the spell was broken

    And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open
    And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open

    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
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

    Snow White's stitching up your circuit-boards
    Synapse slipping through the hidden door
    Snow White's stitching up your circuit-board

    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
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

    Snow White's stitching up your circuit-boards
    Synapse slipping through the hidden door
    Snow White's stitching up your circuit-board
    Synapse slipping through the hidden door

  2. M.... H....

    So in love with this song 💓

  3. L.... P....

    Seems that I have been held in some dreaming state
    Sembra che sia stata trattenuta in un qualche stato sognante
    A tourist in the waking world, never quite awake
    Una turista nel mondo in veglia, mai completamente desta
    No kiss, no gentle word could wake me from this slumber
    Nessun bacio, nessuna parola gentile poteva svegliarmi da questo sonno
    Until I realize that it was you who held me under
    Finché non ho realizzato che eri tu a trattenermi in profondità
    Felt it in my fist, in my feet, in the hollows of my eyelids
    L'ho sentito nelle mani, nei piedi, nell'incavo delle palpebre
    Shaking through my skull, through my spine
    Dimenarsi nel mio cranio, lungo la spina dorsale
    And down through my ribs
    E giù fino alle costole
    No more dreaming of the dead as if death itself was undone
    Basta sognare i morti, come se la morte stessa fosse stata disfatta
    No more calling like a crow for a boy, for a body in the garden
    Niente più grida come di corvo per un bambino, per un corpo nel giardino
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    Basta sognare come una ragazzina così innamorata, così innamorata
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    Basta sognare come una ragazzina così innamorata, così innamorata
    No more dreaming like a girl, so in love with the wrong world
    Basta sognare come una ragazzina, così innamorata del mondo sbagliato
    And I could hear the thunder and see the lightning crack
    E ho potuto sentire il tuono e vedere il fulmine
    And all around the world was waking, I never could go back
    E tutt'intorno il mondo si svegliava, non avrei mai potuto tornare indietro
    'Cause all the walls of dreaming, they were torn wide open
    Perché tutti i muri del sogno sono stati sventrati
    And finally it seemed that the spell was broken
    E finalmente è parso che l'incantesimo fosse stato spezzato
    And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open
    E tutte le mie ossa cominciarono ad agitarsi, I miei occhi si splancarono
    And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open
    E tutte le mie ossa cominciarono ad agitarsi, I miei occhi si splancarono
    No more dreaming of the dead as if death itself was undone
    Basta sognare i morti, come se la morte stessa fosse stata disfatta
    No more calling like a crow for a boy, for a body in the garden
    Niente più grida come di corvo per un bambino, per un corpo nel giardino
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    Basta sognare come una ragazzina così innamorata, così innamorata
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    Basta sognare come una ragazzina così innamorata, così innamorata
    No more dreaming like a girl, so in love with the wrong world
    Basta sognare come una ragazzina, così innamorata del mondo sbagliato
    Snow White is stitching up your circuit boards
    Biancaneve sta ricucendo I tuoi circuiti
    Synapse slipping through the hidden doors
    Le sinapsi scivolano tra porte nascoste
    Snow White's stitching up the circuit board
    Biancaneve sta ricucendo il pannello dei circuiti
    No more dreaming of the dead as if death itself was undone
    Basta sognare i morti, come se la morte stessa fosse stata disfatta
    No more calling like a crow for a boy, for a body in the garden
    Niente più grida come di corvo per un bambino, per un corpo nel giardino
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    Basta sognare come una ragazzina così innamorata, così innamorata
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    Basta sognare come una ragazzina così innamorata, così innamorata
    No more dreaming like a girl, so in love with the wrong world
    Basta sognare come una ragazzina, così innamorata del mondo sbagliato
    Snow White's stitching up your circuit boards
    Biancaneve sta ricucendo I tuoi circuiti
    Synapse slipping through the hidden door
    Le sinapsi scivolano nella porta nascosta
    Snow White's stitching up your circuit board
    Biancaneve sta ricucendo il tuo pannello di circuiti
    Synapse slipping through the hidden door
    Le sinapsi scivolano nella porta nascosta

  4. G.... L....

    "And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open"

  5. C.... R....

    This video is 4:44 minutes long... Jhin aproves this. SUBLIME

  6. a.... \....

    I'm a metalhead that's in love with her music.

  7. L.... M....

    Still in love in 2019

  8. D.... 2....

    Who is still here after TEN YEARS?
    Me: 🙋

  9. D.... B....

    This is the single most amazing song I've ever heard, deliberated and decided whilst altered

  10. s.... ....

    there's such a deep, surreal sort of "half-awake-but-still-dreaming" unreality feeling to this song that's so easy to get lost in...
    does anyone know any other songs with this sort of vibe? the only other songs i can think of that pulls me into that sort of foggy nothing's-quite-real state are Scatterbrained by Lemon Demon and Something, Everything is Wrong from the Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Rebellion Story ost... and it's such a weird and unique feeling that i can't help but want more!

  11. J.... C....

    Just commrnted so it will be 666 coments hehe

  12. K.... M....

    When people ask what it was like. This song comes to mind. 10 yrs!

  13. T.... ....

    Maybe it's because I'm currently caught in the middle of a depressive funk, but I can't help but feel like this song can be interpreted to be about dissociation.

    T.... ....

    Since this is basically what narcissists do to you, I would agree.

  14. S.... L....

    love the song

  15. A.... A....

    Waking up from the demiurge's dream...

  16. M.... D....

    This song is about the loss of innocence; the breaking of the romance and stepping into a cold reality of the world being a cruel place.

    M.... D....

    It's about falling in love with a narcissist.

    M.... D....

    @ptanyuh Not every song is about falling in love with a narcissist, though if you have had that experience you might interpret it as such. Florence talked about this song and explained that it is about the loss of innocence caused by the pain of love and heartbreak during youth. I find "No light, no light" to be closer to the true essence of narcissism.

  17. F.... D....

    respirar e melhor que sussurrar

  18. G.... J....

    Honestly don't recall commenting all those years ago about this...

    But this song right here stays as my favorite one. Even after almost a decade later. So glad that she hadn't faded into obscurity. She deserves to shine just as bright.

  19. R.... E....

    I think of this as "Sansa's Song" #queeninthenorth

  20. R.... R....

    Timeless.

  21. B.... D....

    2018 im still here

  22. c.... p....

    I remember first listening to this and instantly had a connection to the lyrics.. She's so amazing

  23. N.... M....

    OMFG this song is so good!!! Seriously I live for this

  24. L.... K....

    I'm here because I have a great fucking taste in music!

  25. K.... C....

    This song kinda reminds me of the movie Coraline for some reason...

  26. P.... S....

    I don't think it's about a person. I think it's about addiction, and breaking free from it.

    P.... S....

    Then you've obviously never been in an abusive relationship. Count yourself lucky.

  27. U.... D....

    This song can never be loud enough. You want the drums to literally rattle your bones.

    U.... D....

    yes!!! this song makes me so happy!!

  28. R.... M....

    This song for me, is about someone who recovered from depression and suicidal thinking.

  29. G.... M....

    Heaven echoes!

  30. L.... G....

    2018. Still gold for me

  31. L.... G....

    2018. Still gold for me

  32. S.... E....

    This perfectly captures the moment when you realize your own power and walk away from a toxic relationship.

  33. T.... G....

    That little sound of something rocking at the end always makes me think of the squirrel of a violin and the bending of wood, the creak of mysticism 🍃

  34. G.... J....

    Almost a decade later and I still listen to this song. It just speaks to me on so many levels.

  35. a.... ....

    Talented, Brilliant, incredible, Amazing, Show stopping, spectacular, never be the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.

  36. F.... T....

    One of her all time BEST!!! Can't get enough of it!!!💞💞💞💞💞

  37. S.... S....

    Just waiting for next tour announcement...

  38. J.... M....

    ............until i realized that it was you who held me under

  39. L.... L....

    I had to find a song that described Blanche Dubois from the play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" and this song fit her character perfectly! It's such a gorgeous song.

  40. N.... B....

    Still Here :)

  41. s.... ....

    This song really reminds me of the story of Echo & Narcissus...

  42. K.... C....

    This is the first I song I ever heard from her

  43. R.... ....

    Like honestly she can't have a better album. This whole album was so POWERFUL and haunting like...I've listened to her other albums and this one remains the best

  44. H.... P....

    The good thing about songs like this is that it means what you want or what you personally need it to mean. Which is beautiful. Don’t let anyone else tell you what it means.

  45. J.... ....

    this will always be my fav song out of a stellar discography

  46. T.... B....

    This shit slapping at 1.25 speed

  47. N.... B....

    Damn It, Where Are You Florence ?!?!

  48. Y.... A....

    Aquí no hay alguien que hable español?

  49. R.... B....

    For anyone wondering, the meaning of this song (I think) is that she's young and innocent and in love and she's in this dreamlike world but then her love dies and she's snapped into reality and she's forced to accept that he'll never come back and her innocence is gone

  50. S.... F....

    So in love so in love

  51. S.... F....

    I want to order lungs......



    Edit: I ordered it!!!!

  52. T.... T....

    This song reminds me of Romeo and Juliet. Maybe because I've been reading about it in my English class. But this song is so deep yet beautiful just like the play. And the lyrics remind me of it which is kinda hard to explain but if you listen to the lyrics, you'll know what I'm talking about

  53. W.... ....

    been listening to this album since i was really young

  54. S.... O....

    This song broke my heart when I was 15, because I couldn't sing or write songs yet I felt like I was "so in love with the wrong world". Now I'm 21 and can do both well, but I haven't put it to action yet.

  55. M.... A....

    i'm not exactly a fan, but then after being pushed long enough by a friend i gave it a try and once i heard the lyrics, whoa, that was me falling in love !!

  56. O.... ....

    Seems that I have been held, in some dreaming state
    A tourist in the waking world, never quite awake
    No kiss, no gentle word could wake me from this slumber
    Until I realize that it was you who held me under

    Felt it in my fist, in my feet, in the hollows of my eyelids
    Shaking through my skull, through my spine and down through my ribs

    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
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

    And I could hear the thunder and see the lightning crack
    All around the world was waking, I never could go back
    Cause all the walls of dreaming, they were torn wide open
    And finally it seemed that the spell was broken

    And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open
    And all my bones began to shake, my eyes flew open

    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
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

    Snow White's stitching up your circuit-boards
    Synapse slipping through the hidden door
    Snow White's stitching up your circuit-board

    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
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love, so in love
    No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world

    Snow White's stitching up your circuit-boards
    Synapse slipping through the hidden door
    Snow White's stitching up your circuit-board
    Synapse slipping through the hidden door

    O.... ....

    Ochrogaster

  57. s.... ....

    Where's Between Two Lungs?

  58. s.... ....

    3 electric cars die under a child. 3 year olds drive in Gong gong China, but electric cars hit the apple big, their socks surrendered when the police from electric station called the FBI. The spot was clean today, no signs of electricity. Recently, Jiangsu Suqian a sister for the purchase of 10 yuan of food to his brother, but was beaten by his father's violence, the father will be the girl's legs, but also to the father of the children's legs, Picked up and threw himself on the ground, a, An electric 3007 car drove a truck full with spots was an accident then in gonhuan, xin xon province killed a truck by accidents, accidentally, on the spot!! Today!!.1 electric body found flooded by 200 floods mudslides, some were not electric because the 200 bodies flooded the scene of the crime then an electric car ran them over, explosions everywhere! On the spot and ran for president. Sierra Leone has mud. Fact!!!!!

  59. v.... ....

    Love that laughing at the start, and all the voice background noises, so haunting and beautiful

  60. s.... g....

    "no more dreaming like a girl so in love" hits me real hard

  61. S.... ....

    After so many years, this song still never fails to give me goosebumps.

  62. A.... B....

    8 years later just can't stop listening to the entire album.. Reminds me a loooot of memories. Just wonderful.

  63. M.... D....

    Melhor música da vida, quase infarto com essa música <3

  64. C.... L....

    I feel this song is about heart wrenchingly missing someone you love. She yearns so much to be with that person again she's living in the past, not truly living in the present. Having just lost my dad, I can tell you it seems as though the shock is so intense, the world keeps spinning while I'm left stuck at a stand still. ...She's grieving for him deeply, his death has "held her under" and "so in love with the wrong world".

  65. J.... C....

    "Like a girl so in love with the wrong world"..... Sounds like depression and suicidal thoughts. "No more dreaming of the dead/as if death itself was undone..."

  66. p.... ....

    hope she makes another album similar to this, absolutely breathtaking.

  67. R.... R....

    if you've ever loved a narcissist then this song makes sense. the gaslighting... it's like you live in a fog and they're guiding you, you don't trust reality, only what they say is real and you're insane. they push you to a very localized insanity. you don't recognize yourself, your family doesn't recognize you. it happens so slowly you don't realize it. and if you begin to come up for air they'll shove you right back down and connect a respirator from their mouth to yours. it's an insidious hell.

    R.... R....

    Jesus. This explains my whole experience with said ex. Whew.

    R.... R....

    i listened to this song really often when i was younger and pretty much surrounded with manipulative people, and it was only just before i clicked on this song today that i realized how well it fit that experience. reading this comment moments later felt like a sign. i hope everyone dealing with that kind of thing is able to get out and heal again

    R.... R....

    Its the same living with narcissistic family, sigh...

    R.... R....

    This couldn't have been said better! You're exactly right and I've tried to figure out how this song relates and you've nailed it..

    R.... R....

    Yes... n the spell is broken like the song says...no more dreaming like a girl so in love.. it is as if one is in a dream n u still can't believe it happened, n why...

  68. K.... E....

    I'd give everything I have to go back to 2009. Junior year of high school, still an innocent kid. Army changed that.

    K.... E....

    i hope you're okay, or that you will be.

    K.... E....

    I felt this omgg

    K.... E....

    Im curious, what dyou mean by army?

  69. E.... B....

    ONE OF HER BEST SONGS EVER

  70. S.... ....

    i miss this florence. so haunting and eerie, but captivating with an amazing build up

    S.... ....

    Shammers I do as well. I generally prefer artist's original vibes. Flo is always perfect but I miss the ethereal majesty of Lungs and Ceremonials.

    S.... ....

    Shammers you realize that that description perfectly fits Various Storms and Saints

    S.... ....

    She is working on a 4th album but I do get what you mean, I miss the darker tones and the harp but artists need to evolve.

    S.... ....

    I like her better now than the old sound, honestly. And that's saying _a lot._

  71. C.... H....

    does anyone else think this song is about mind control? I know everyone has their own take on the lyrics but I can't be the only one who picks up on the hints. "Until I realize that it was you who held me under" under mind control and she didn't even know it, and when she realized this "All around the world was waking, I never could go back. Cause all the walls of dreaming, they were torn wide open" she came out of the mind control. I still LOVE this song, even though i feel like it has a much darker meaning.

    C.... H....

    Sometimes bad relationships are like this. But that's not the only take it could have.

    C.... H....

    redemption from the culprits of addiction & co-enabling. the blinders are off. it's actually a poem of brightness & rebirth. strength found from the darkness. lovely. breaking out of an illusion... brilliant.

    C.... H....

    I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT THOUGHT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  72. M.... K....

    The second the drums come in, I'm floored... like every single time I listen to this song.

    M.... K....

    never heard this song before and now I'm like 😍... btw your cute Michael

  73. M.... Y....

    adoroooo! Perfect <333

  74. R.... J....

    how I love thee

  75. C.... W....

    I love the sound of this. It is both beautiful and unique. I've heard nothing else like it.

  76. Z.... J....

    I love it! its a little weird, but I love it!

    Z.... J....

    Zaydra Jones why is it weird? :/

    Z.... J....

    amanda likes big fat sexy books its just kind of strange. but it works!

  77. f.... ....

    anyone know a song which has the same vibe as this? REALLY love it.

    f.... ....

    I think also her song - Drumming song (love it)

    f.... ....

    maybe the Garlands album by Cocteau Twins

    f.... ....

    Bat For Lashes - Daniel

    f.... ....

    Lana del rey -lolita

  78. r.... ....

    This is still the best song she's ever had. I don't think she'll top this one. Lungs was full of so many great songs like Blinding, Drumming Song, Rabbit Heart, Cosmic Love, Hurricane Drunk... Blinding is such a massive sounding song. It's so strong.

    r.... ....

    @rose donna nope

    r.... ....

    razrv3lc... she's a goddess damn near everything is the best song ever from her! Listen to no light no light so freaking powerful! <3

    r.... ....

    I don't think it's her best song, but it's still amazing. I'm not calling you a liar, Swimming, Girl with one eye, Dog Days are over, and Between two Lungs are amazing too.

    r.... ....

    Big God is my main F+M jam.

  79. D.... A....

    amo essa banda e esta musica é minha favorita e muito especial para mim

    D.... A....

    +Damiana Abdias Tbmmmm amo mt ela <3 <3 <3

    D.... A....

    <3 melhor música

    D.... A....

    A dança das bruxas,fadas e feiticeiras. O vento nesse movimento. A letra que se transforma em letra e depois na estrela da magia.

  80. C.... M....

    My Fav Florence and The Machine song!!!! I love this song, and I love Florence+The Machine. Can't wait for HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL.

  81. d.... ....

    I wanna fuck to this song on a cool beautiful night on the hood of a car...

    d.... ....

    me too :)

    d.... ....

    +Polygurl916 Damn same.

    d.... ....

    Poly/Victoria: I have a car and a dick. And I love this song too. Look me up :-)

  82. C.... C....

    Is it weird that this song pumps me up?

    C.... C....

    +Drew not at all i love her and her voice is just magical

  83. T.... D....

    this is so amazing. I love f+tm

  84. T.... ....

    This is magic.

  85. S.... ....

    This song reminds me of some sort of dark fantasy world. Like Edgar Allen Poe meets fantasy.

  86. B.... ....

    I love the Art Rock influence here. One of my favorite from "Lungs"

  87. F.... ....

    dat rhythm.

  88. j.... k....

    I'm nearly positive everybody who disliked it, did it on accident. 

    j.... k....

    Either that or they hate life.

  89. T.... M....

    The progression and build up of this song is unsurpassed. So deep, dark and ethereal. I love this.

  90. w.... E....

    Strong song <3

  91. a.... ....

    I still think this song is about letting go of the memory of a person you love who has died, in the case of this song probably a lover.
    The bit that confuses me though is "Snow White's stitching up the circuit board, synapse slipping through the hidden door". Some people have said that this may represent cocaine use as a result of grief, but it's hard to tell.
    Really awesome song though. I love when lyrics are open to interpretation.

    a.... ....

    I think it's about "waking up" to the realization that your lover doesn't love you anymore. That the person you loved has moved on, and you are just now realizing it's over. Sort of a reversal of the Snow White story, where instead of waking up from a kiss... it was the kiss that was keeping you asleep. And she has now herself moved on from the dead relationship and is now escaping.

    a.... ....

    @Froggy711 i really felt that two years ago.

  92. H.... ....

    Those Drums,...
    - L -- O -- V -- E --- I -- T -

    H.... ....

    +Mathute06 yeah she loves using them in her songs they make them so epic

  93. L.... D....

    So many females can relate in this song. It's almost giving gumption of being able to move on past your demons and leaving them far behind. 

    L.... D....

    I think everyone can relate to that lmao?
    Don’t categorise feelings based on gender.

  94. J.... ....

    The music reminds me of getting lost in the woods in the dark. Could just listen to the song all day long and still want more!!! ^_^

  95. A.... R....

    Love love love......

  96. m.... ....

    breathtaking