Mumford and Sons: Babel Album Scores Biggest Debut for 2012

success1 Nov 9, 2012 · 5 min read

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Mumford and Sons

The band formed in December of 2007 as an English folk rock band. Five years later, they are already extremely listened to in the folk world (and other worlds, besides), and still going strong with their 2012 album, Babel.

Spotify has gained huge Mumford and Sons fans and listeners, resulting in scoring the biggest debut for 2012, according to Rolling Stones Music.

What makes Mumford and Sons so popular, you ask?

For one thing, their lyrics really tug at your soul strings. Second, they switch instruments, making them all extremely talented musicians that can play off one another. They intelligently combine their stories, hearts, and instruments to provide hopeful music in the midst of cynicism. People break, societies break, hearts break…and they acknowledge that. But then, they go beyond, and tell us how to recover. Mumford and Sons provide passionate, soulful, and spiritual stories through their music.

Take a listen to three of Mumford and Sons songs off of their newest album, Babel.

Mumford and Sons: Babel
Lyrics for Babel

‘cuz I know that time has numbered my days

And I’ll go along with everything you say

But I’ll ride home laughing, look at me now

The walls of my town, they come crumbling down

And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons

And I know their choices color all I’ve done

But I’ll explain it all to the watchman’s son,

I never lived a year better spent in love

Cuz I know my weakness know my voice, so now believe in grace and choice

And I know perhaps my heart is farce, but I’ll be born without a mask

(Woo!)

Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride, I stretch my arms into the sky

I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now

Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down

You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl,

As all we see will slip into the cloud

So come down from your mountain and stand where we’ve been, you know our breath is weak and our body thin

Press my nose up to the glass around your heart

I should’ve known I was weaker from the start

You’ll build your walls and I will play my bloody part

To tear, tear them down

Well I’m gonna tear, tear them down

Cuz I know my weakness know my voice, but I believe in grace and choice

And I know perhaps my heart is farce, but I’ll be born without a mask

Mumford and Sons: I Will Wait
Lyrics for I Will Wait

Well I came home

Like a stone

And I fell heavy into your arms

These days of dust

Which we have known

Will blow away with this new sun

But I’ll kneel down

Wait for now

And I’ll kneel down

Know my ground

And I will wait, I will wait for you

So break my step

And relent

Well you forgave and I won’t forget

Know what we’ve seen

And him with less

Now in some ways

Shake the excess

‘cus I will wait, I will wait for you

And I will wait, I will wait for you

Now I’ll be bold

As well as strong

And use my head alongside my heart

So tame my flesh

And fix my eyes

A tethered mind freed from the lies

And I’ll kneel down

Wait for now

And I’ll kneel down

Know my ground

Raise my hands

Paint my spirit gold

Bow my head

Keep my heart slow

‘cus I will wait, I will wait for you

And I will wait, I will wait for you

Mumford and Sons: Hopeless Wanderer
Lyrics to Hopeless Wanderer

You heard my voice I came out of the woods by choice

Shelter also gave their shade

And in the dark I have no name

So leave that click in my head

And I will remember the words that you said

Left a clouded mind and a heavy heart

But I was sure we could see a new start

So when your hopes on fire

But you know your desire

Don’t hold a glass over the flame

Don’t let your heart grow cold

I will call you by name

I will share your road

But hold me fast, Hold me fast

Cuz I’m a hopeless wanderer

And hold me fast, Hold me fast

Cuz I’m a hopeless wanderer

I wrestled long with my youth

We tried so hard to live in the truth

But do not tell me all is fine

When I lose my head, I lose my spine

So leave that click in my head

And I won’t remember the words that you said

You brought me out from the cold

Now, how I long, how I long to grow old

So when your hopes are on fire

But you know your desire

Don’t hold a glass over the flame

Don’t let your heart grow cold

I will call you by name

I will share your road

But hold me fast, Hold me fast

Cuz I’m a hopeless wanderer

And hold me fast, Hold me fast

Cuz I’m a hopeless wanderer

And I will learn, I will learn to love the skies I’m under

The skies I’m under

Well let’s get real, after these songs, you’re addicted. So check out more of Mumford and Sons at these other sites .

Mumford and Sons (Official Site)

Mumford and Sons Blog

Mumford and Sons Free Listening

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