We continue our discussion of the album Sigh No More by examining Little Lion Man's connections to L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, John Steinbeck's East of Eden, and the book of Genesis.
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Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons
“Little Lion Man” Lyrics:
Weep for yourself my man
You’ll never be what is in your heart
Weep little lion man
You’re not as brave as you were at the start
Rate yourself and rake yourself
Take all the courage you have left
Waste it on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head
But it was not your fault but mine
It was your heart on the line
I really “effed” it up this time
Didn’t I, my dear
Tremble for yourself my man
You know that you have seen this all before
Tremble little lion man
You’ll never settle any of your scores
Your grace is wasted in your face
Your boldness stands alone among the wreck
Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck
But it was not your fault but mine
It was your heart on the line
I really “effed” it up this time
Didn’t I, my dear