Florence + The Machine - King Lyrics

Florence + The Machine Lyrics

"King"

We argue in the kitchen about whether to have children
About the world ending and the scale of my ambition
And how much is art really worth?
The very thing you're best at
Is the thing that hurts the most
But you need your rotten heart
Your dazzling pain like diamond rings
You need to go to war to find material to sing

I am no mother
I am no bride
I am king

I need my golden crown of sorrow
My bloody sword to swing
My empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology

I am no mother
I am no bride
I am king

I am no mother
I am no bride
I am king

But a woman is a changeling
Always shifting shape
Just when you think you have it figured out
Something new begins to take
What strange claws are these
Scratching at my skin?
I never knew my killer would be coming from within

I am no mother
I am no bride
I am king

I am no mother
I am no bride
I am king

I need my golden crown of sorrow
My bloody sword to swing
I need my empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology

'Cause I am no mother
I am no bride
I am king

I am no mother
I am no bride
I am king

I am no mother
I am no bride
I am king

I am no mother
I am no bride
I am king

Oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ooh
Oh-oh-oh-oh

And I was never as good
As I always thought I was
But I knew how to dress it up
I was never satisfied, it never let me go
Just dragged me by my hair
And back on with the show

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Writer(s): Florence Leontine Mary Welch, Jack Michael Antonoff

"King" is the first single from Florence + The Machine's fifth studio album. The song was premiered on February 24, 2022, accompanied by a music video directed by Autumn de Wilde. The song was co-written and co-produced by Jack Antonoff.

Florence Welch told about the inspiration behind "King", "As an artist, I never actually thought about my gender that much, I just got on with it. I was as good as the men and I just went out there and matched them every time. But now, thinking about being a woman in my 30s and the future, I suddenly feel this tearing of my identity and my desires. That to be a performer, but also to want a family might not be as simple for me as it is for my male counterparts. I had modelled myself almost exclusively on male performers, and for the first time I felt a wall come down between me and my idols as I have to make decisions they did not."

album: "Dance Fever" (2022)

Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever album cover

(Complete Edition Bonus Track)

Morning Elvis

Search And Destroy

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

King (Poem Version)

(Complete Edition Bonus Track)

My Love (Poem Version)

(Complete Edition Bonus Track)

Cassandra (Poem Version)

(Complete Edition Bonus Track)

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"King" lyrics

Florence + The Machine Lyrics