Florence + The Machine - My boy Builds coffins With Lyrics

[@CommanderDrift]

"He's made one for himself, one for me too. One of these days he'll make one for you." Damn, that hits hard.

[@PositiveWriterr]

+CommanderDrift Agreeed

[@ttttg5302]

Why? Did you never hear we're all mortals before? Lol

[@surewhatever966]

The song is about death being the great equalizer. Everyones going to die and then we shall all be in a coffin made by the same guy. Kings, queens, thieves, and beggars and even the coffin builder himself shall all end up in the same coffin in the same hole. We spend our whole lives trying to seperate ourselves and trying to put ourselves above others but in the end we all end up the very same. And the coffin builder knows this and thats why he only builds coffins, because he knows thats the only thing that he can give to everyone no matter who they are.

[@surewhatever966]

***** Thankyou, but the credit is not mine unfortunately: All credit goes to songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858743151/

[@venussgrl2977]

And the funniest things here it's that this song was made because of her first love (he built the coffins for his band, instead of taking Flo to the cinema) :)

[@iwasjustwondering7]

***** NIOCE !

[@kathyletton9322]

+HJosh Howard That is the best thoughts about this song ever. It is what it says to me as well.

[@minaweber7313]

Or, she is talking about god/jesus ? And the fairplay inbetween ?

[@sapphireruthgina]

Gave me a little chill when she sings "One of these days he'll make one for you"

[@gingerraven1]

**About to crush your theories** This song was inspired by an actual incident that happened when Florence Welch was going out with a member of the punk band, The Ludes. She explained: "This was a song we wrote as a band - most of the others were written by me with one other person. It's very literal. My boyfriend at the time, who was in The Ludes, was going to build a coffin for the cover of their EP, so he couldn't take me to the cinema."

[@CassetteGlitch]

At first I thought that if he doesn't make them for work, and not for play either, why does he makes coffins? Then it hit me. He makes coffins because someone has to.

[@omarxavierdominguez8398]

+Gabriel Spades OH MY GOD

[@chelsey4188]

TRIGGERED

[@lucyla26]

Rojira Spades I don't get it ;-;

[@CassetteGlitch]

A name Well, people die. All of them, at one point, will die, right? So when people die, they need to be buried, so they need a coffin. Basically, the boy in the song doesn't make coffins for fun, or because it's his job, but also because he knows that everyone dies, and everyone needs a coffin, so someone has to make some. Is this more clear? :3

[@unforgettablememories7309]

ACTUALLY What if you ashed yourself. So, yes this makes no sense. Good theory. :"3

[@lenaebrainard4258]

I used to listen to Florence + The Machine all the time about two years ago, but then just sort of quit. Yesterday I randomly got this song stuck in my head and had to look it up. It really is a beautiful song.

[@cassie7715]

As a kid I used to listen to this song and I never under stood why a king or queen or a liar and begger would knock on a coffin builders door to have on built for them and oh my god im just realizing now if you like compare it to the phrase "Knocking on deaths door" the boy isn't a boy it's death whoaaaaaa

[@culwin]

The point is everyone (in this story) needs coffins because everyone dies.

[@jannaneel1638]

Cass Does Things I agree people are saying he is just a boy but I king wouldn't go were a begger would

[@tinyalternate]

WAIT WHAAAAT

[@Yara-ht5oy]

In some sort of odd way...this reminds me of "Death" from the Book Thief. Loving the jolly song that is based on a depressing topic - only you Flo can take sadness and make me smile!

[@iMeatLoaf]

I think it's saying that we're all equal in Death; that we'll all die.

[@xNell13x]

Hera Ronegn your the only person who's right

[@katyspears58]

Am I the only one who thinks of The Book Thief when I listen to this song? Because this song perfectly fits the character of Death.

[@jennarose5071]

No, you are not, Perfect song for the book.

[@lavendercowboy2499]

Yes ! I loved that book so much omg now I want to re-read it again...

[@tala_icaronycteris]

I’m three years late to this comment but I first read that book last year? And it was so good and made me cry? I loved the characters and I love this song

[@lavendercowboy2499]

Tala2121 ahh it's so good i love it i very nearly did cry at it when i read it for the first time (like, 3/4 years ago wow)

[@elvishh8036]

I'm 6 years late (6 oh my god) but we had to read the book theif a few years back when I was at secondary school and when I say everybody in the class cried, I mean it. This song fits perfectly though.

[@singerstorm29]

I think of the Grave Digger from Hamlet. "Kings and Queens have all knocked on his door, beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves..."

[@ttttg5302]

santana wright Underrated comment You deserve more likes You're the only one who commented something clever below this video

[@iamjensencrackles4784]

I love this song so much, I was letting my family listen to it and my dad goes 'why does everyone always read into things the song is about a man being contracted to build coffins. He must be good at it if kings want his work.' Why dad. 😑

[@innerlightflip]

It's like a dark Dr. Seuss put to music.

[@andrewhammond5714]

Ahhh this song is so wonderfully poetic from the viewpoint of an artist. I'm not artist, so I cannot say whether they think this way or not, but I feel that the man sees each of his coffins as a work of art, beautiful and unique. It's his gift to the world, giving the person his last resting place. In some cases, this last resting place may have been the nicest place the deceased had ever stayed. Others, not so much. The coffin, the great equalizer and extension of the artist.

[@feralwitch9846]

I love this song so much. It's so beautiful and soothing.

[@PositiveWriterr]

This is definitely my favorite one from them..It's so symbolic..

[@paigeb3397]

Florence + the machine are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[@twihard4lif3]

i love this song so much!! florence has the most amazing songs ever!!

[@RockyVegaTV]

Such a beautiful song. I've gotten to the point where I only listen to it now when I lose someone close to me. It got me through my grandfather passing and my grandmother as well a year later. Something about her voice forces you to come to terms with a loss and just deal with it. It's hard but it helps get through mourning. I have tons of appreciation for Florence and the other bands members for all of their work. This song in particular, however, may be one of the most important they've ever made. At least for me.

[@HikageHachi8797]

You just made my day xD I love the Undertaker and i never thought of that before! Now i cant get his face out of my mind while listening to this! x3

[@emmastriker740]

This is really a beautiful song. I found it because if Broadway Aradia. I really love this band now.

[@GuessWhoTheDoctor799]

Woah. That was a pretty awesome interpretation! They both make perfect sense. I think I would go with yours though because it does seem as though the main message is death comes for everyone.

[@gabrielapetrillo6808]

Her lyrics are so right and uniques!💜

[@ziptree1612]

The grim reaper comes for everyone. Everyone is going to die. Rich, poor, me and you.

[@hipervision]

got this on my mp3 player and really have listened to it like a countless numebr of tmes!best piece out of the albm

[@PauStyles]

her voice is amazing, she's one of my favourite singers :)

[@sealessnlv]

nice mix...thanks I really enjoyed it! Listened while bbqing with neighbors they were digging it too....:)

[@The88azza88]

Almost every song of hers, somewhere in it, some part of it gives me chills.

[@Tacoflavoredkiss1]

This song is about how everyone can be different in life, and have such different views, but in the end we all just die. I really like this

[@TheClosetAstrologer]

he can't be death, he made one for himself...

[@sagehoff969]

One day, when everything is gone, Death will die too.

[@miiffyfy]

@@sagehoff969 life never dies and death is apart of life, so no

[@sagehoff969]

@@miiffyfy It has to end eventually. The Earth will end, and life most likely along with it.

[@SaltedTheluji]

To take nothing away from the song; the title of this video amuses me.... Always wondered how a coffin made out of lyrics would look.

[@Sniperprincess88]

Still one of my all time faves.

[@jakeguido1]

Poetry in Music, something that is long lost, and yet most lived in those that appreciate what music truly is, a form of interpretation that we relate to ourselves to make life a little better or easier to withstand.

[@MCRhasAFireInside]

wow. extremely good. her voice is amazing but i love the dark twist in this song in particular :).

[@Khelsey22]

I think the thing that amazed me the most about this song when I first heard it was the fact that the beat is just so upbeat. I actually thought I was listening to the wrong song because the of the beat. And yet it works so well for the song.

[@roxannehale6286]

my brain >>> *boom!* wow that is an awesome take on the song.

[@averyy25]

FLORENCE IS AMAZING!

[@lunajinx5257]

For some reason I think of the Undertaker from Black Butler. He he he all well, great song :3

[@sannekruger8957]

Sammmmeee

[@emmastriker740]

Same here.

[@browneyesblackdragon7999]

Luna Jinx haha yes

[@bee981]

I was gonna comment this lol

[@ElevenClouds]

I put the same comment above xD This is SO HIM ! Hee hee hee..... *creepy smile*

[@proinsiascassidy2888]

Since everyone else is commenting on how this beautiful song reminds them of some fictional character, I'll just add Sandor Clegane to the mix.

[@alexrodia553]

Fuuuck xD

[@sariakokiri3734]

i have been listening to florence and the machine songs for like, the past hour. i think i'm addicted.... :D

[@Bibimykitty]

just because it's about death, doesn't means it's sad. I really like how Florence's cheerful tone is remarkable in the song, it's pretty much it's essence - talking about something that most take it as "a curse" and make it feel peaceful.

[@SebastianZgirski]

I read that the meaning of the song was that a person can contribute so much to society but he is forgotten simply because what he does is taken for granted, all his life's work is put in a whole and forgotten. She got the idea of using the coffins in the song cuz her previous bf was in a punk band and he had to build a coffin for the cover of his bands album. I love F+TM their music is so metaphoric

[@ghostgirl135]

I love living in Britain and being able to be proud of such good singers!!!!

[@Eali84]

I think most of Florence Welch's songs have a deeper meaning...like some type of prophecy she's revealing; she always speaks in the supernatural...i love her music

[@roberthunker8957]

Echt gaaf Eirinn. Thnx :))

[@mac2monster2]

Think it's more about the body's the coffins house using coffin as a metaphor to represent the loss, and the fact that death's coming for us all.

[@TheAudience100]

I love reading everyones take on this song its so cool and its ideas I have thought of before... :)

[@Aimz2688]

i cant help but think of the undertaker whenever I listen to this song

[@faildyke]

*high five* that's what brought me here too :}

[@emmastriker740]

*high five* Same here!

[@SushiJoe]

No, it isn’t person commenting below me. It’s about burying your vampire safely in his coffin underground beneath moondust because the sun is too bright for him.

[@tinyalternate]

This has always reminded me if my mother and father. My father in an mortician. Doesn't make coffins anymore but he used to.

[@greenharnethornet]

Also like all the songs on the Lungs cd, this is one of them that stands out for me.

[@lemon82orange93]

The intro is everything

[@Blasiisamazing]

My favorite song by her

[@tyramcclendon1884]

she is my favorite artist!!! :D

[@jenat82]

if I have a say. This will play at my funeral lol

[@Daelyah]

I've been obsessing too much over Black Butler after Book of the Atlantic...because now I can't stop thinking of Undertaker and how I feel this song would be amusing to see put in a video for him...

[@defnai]

All I want to know... Is if anybody here has a boy that builds coffins. I love this song and that would be amazing, and it would totally make my day. (:

[@yoh999123]

Some say it's a blessing, he will never run out of work. Some say it's a curse, heavy feelings everytime he make one. He makes them with love and with care, because he respects death. Each coffin is unique as each life is unique. And it is really a shame, such work, such beautiful coffins and they can never be seen again. Well ... that's my take on the song.

[@paigeb3397]

The 13 people who don't like this song are crazy

13 people are deaf lol

[@lucymcdonald24]

Cristian Gómez 14 People are deaf actually !! :D

[@steampunk5123]

or you know they just don't like the song, don't be a dick.

[@giannarandazzle]

Paige Of Midgard nah I think the now 48 people are okay, it's the other 4K that are Mad. But I'll tell you a secret, all the best people are.😉

[@jer0th]

1) Shake It Out 2) Cosmic Love 3) Drumming 4) All This and Heaven Too 5) Never Let Me Go 6) Strangeness and Charm 7) Howl But I love all the songs too! Ü

[@cginter15]

I love this song......actually love anything she sings...

[@lene.m]

"Never ignore a coincidence. Unless you're busy. The always ignore a coincidence."

[@MsYanaGirl]

I adore this song! I love how 'her boy' represents death itself.

[@viajerosamigos1842]

@bleepgoesbl00p florence and the machine is pretty mainstram too lol. i see them performing on tv often enough and hear them on mainstream radio stations

[@davidmelolane95]

This could easily be a great poem when written down on paper! Love Florence ;L

[@KiKiAlUrAReIkAi]

@MrWaytoobored Thank you. You wouldn't happen to know where i could find the fast Karaoke would you?

[@groppolo1058]

So this song is great and all with the romantic implications (Boy to boyfriend) But can we just This song suddenly gains so much more depth if it's my boy with parental implications (Boy to son)

[@PauStyles]

looveeeeeeee it.

[@PandaBerry23]

first time listening to this song. It's good, different, but good. This song has nothing to do with me but somehow I still like it :)

[@talonmonroe408]

love this song

[@gilbertbeilschmidt8822]

This song is really awesome! Awesome but kind of haunting...

[@FaeGob]

@RadiantSereneChaos Thank you I'm not the only one! I can so see Grell singing this.... ya I'm a Grell and Undertaker lover. I can't help it there both awesome!!!! Probably the best anime pairing ever! ;)

[@umbraluna499]

Undertaker, I think I found your song. (haha, there's a triple entendre there...only the fandom will get it though)

[@xobripxo]

The lyrics give me chills...

[@thericodino]

@SmileChicky but the content is graved into my mind it very haunting and amazing the metaphors this woman's comes up is just amazing sad that she is not mainstream her music is what we should call music.

[@taffymarie4572]

My son took his life. This song hits me differently. When he took his life...he built us all a coffin.

[@linklink6081]

That's the song of my girlfriend and I. We met with this song. I love it for the lyrics and for the rythme and because this song have a precious place in my heart ❤

[@mckennaduncan6779]

i hope you guys are still together!

[@linklink6081]

@@mckennaduncan6779 Sadly no we are not. We had to go our own separate paths. But we both agreed that maybe in another life we would meet again. 💕

[@azzypaige]

I love this song

[@MyBoyBuildsCoffin]

This song is beautiful.

[@Awesomesauce1_8_6_4]

Kaz Brekker from Six of Crows, anyone? Song fits him like a glove. Black, leather gloves. lol

[@BannanaOnFloor]

This song is not long enough. I love it so much but it ends far too soon. Oh well. -abuses the replay button-

[@rainyautumn7157]

I think this song is about death. Everybody dies. No matter if they are kings or queens or beggars or sinners. No two people are the same. No two deaths are the same. No matter who they are, they all rot and perish in the end. That's my opinion.

[@deathfog650]

@kisuketoshiro34 Ya its called mimicking Postal Service and to a lesser degree the original Death Cab.

[@randomlyme12]

1:26 that part just makes me melt

[@ThatOneDude822]

To me, it's about a boy who's used. Heres my take on the song: "My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor" He'll help anyone, no matter what "They all come to him cause he's so eager to please" Everyone goes to him because they know he'll help them. "He crafts everyone with love...Then it's thrown in the ground" He helps everyone from his heart, but he never gets to see the result of his help because he's taken for granted and no one comes around when they don't need his help anymore.

[@sweeneyyful]

It's about death. whoahh shit I would have never have guessed. Thanks for the enlightenment, I'm pretty sure she pretty much says in the song what you just wrote.

[@missmelodies52]

I think it's about the people who do unpleasant but arguably necessary tasks. We hold them in contempt, but in the end we all need them.

[@loenanurgel]

@LilyALupin yeah read that too love hp and florence

[@gwenndolyncampbell1560]

I saw this in one of the suggestions and thought the same thing!

[@wanderingsemantics7266]

I just like the song.

[@Leffrey117]

Amazing. What isn't really acknowledged is how much this song is about people as much as it is about death.

[@SmileChicky]

@IPodFreak908 I think it came from a literal story, but the way shes phrased it, it just seems to, well for me at least, talk about how death is the great equaliser.

[@marh2669]

The difference between music and athletic competition is just that, it's a competition. Music is not a competition, every artist can make their own unique sound and style, and that sometimes includes autotune.

[@starcharmed]

"Have you ever thought about it?" I asked her. She turned to look at me. "What, death?" she asked, with an empty expression on her face. "Of course." I nodded. She smiled. And she pulled the trigger.

[@iluvmilkshakeshcon]

this is kinda depressing but i still luv it! :D

[@quillmudge3693]

Scariest coffin advertisement ever... yet so beautiful

[@kitkat4973]

@kisuketoshiro34 wht genre would that be? o_0 ~totally unrelated though i think

[@MyHairIsAlive]

Aw, thanks.

[@StockingTemptation]

@SmileChicky Umineko reference, perchance?

[@SuaveandPickles]

this song is beautiful though