The next line which is the chorus just means that her happy days are over, it's gone now and you should run away and leave him (horses are coming) or else. She's afraid of him so she hides and she repays his aggression with kisses. But she can't leave him (stuck still no turning back). In the song, Her happiness hurts her- he hits her. When you're in a relationship with someone, he or she stands as your happiness. Technically, one looks for a lover to find happiness. She killed it with kisses and from it she fledĪnd washed it away down the kitchen sink" She hid around corners and she hid under beds "Happiness, hit her like a train on a trackĬoming towards her, stuck still no turning back So if you put that to the context of the song its easy to see how its about abuse. My new perspective about Dog Days changed when I read that universally, 'dog days' are referred to as happy days. Considering most of the band's songs are about abuse, violence and empowerment, I now think this song is about domestic violence (or battering). Now that I've read and reread the lyrics to the song. That was before I dissected the lyrics (I'm a beat and sound kind of girl). I thought that the first line "Happiness hit her like a train on a track" was about how strong happiness is coming for her. I thought about how happiness was here and the horses brought with them something new. So when I first heard of the song, I thought it was about the bad days being over. Business people here use it to refer to the slower and harder days (or months) of the year when small enterprises (and even large ones) barely earn any income. That's a long time ago, but the expression stuck with everyone. Because a long time ago, when families literally had nothing left to eat, they'd kill stray dogs and have them as a meal. You see in the Visayas Region of the Philippines (we are a 3rd World country), we have a saying "ting bitay og iro" which means " to hang dogs". I first heard Dog Days in Glee (yeah, I know.)īut thanks to the show I discovered the beautiful wonderful world of Florence and the machine.Īnyway, when I first heard Dog Days, I thought it was this happy giddy freedom song. Regardless it is beautifully performed and I have been fortunate to see it performed live twice now (saw her in Dallas recently for the second time). So it conveys that is what she did want, but also she has realized to have that is impossible because it will likely destroy her. Near the end where she talks about all she wanted was everything is referring to how many victims do have real and complicated feelings toward abusers. But also violent, so she runs (again chorus) for her life. The relationship was quick (bullet in the back) and surprising. To me it describes a toxic or even abusive relationship. She is running for her life and possibly the lives of others. She is running from something she doesn’t want. Musically it gives an urgent feel as well. Urgency is conveyed in the chorus when she talks about running. Paired with some of the nicer lyrics it seems “happy”. I think the overall sound is deceptive (F+M is good at that) and the energy can be interpreted as urgent. It annoyed me for a long time hearing this at weddings. I do not view this as a happy song at all.
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