E’ uscito ieri su Vevo il video ufficiale del brano che è anche title track del secondo album dei Mumford & Sons, “Babel”.
Lo stile ricalca i canoni neo-folk della band, mentre il video è stato girato nell’androne spoglio di un palazzo storico, con tanto di ascensore old style sullo sfondo. I Mumford suonano come degli ossessi in bianco e nero e sono praticamente sempre soli, fatta eccezione per il misterioso omino che appare sullo sfondo al minuto 2’10.
L’album, uscito a settembre 2012, è stato un grande successo, raggiungendo il numero uno della classifica di Billboard e vincendo il Grammy nel 2013 come “Miglior album”.
Ecco di seguito video ufficiale e testo.
Video Babel | Mumford & Sons
Testo Babel | Mumford & Sons
‘Cause 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 ain’t ever lived a year better spent in love
‘Cause I’ll know my weakness, know my voice And I’ll believe in grace and choice
And I know perhaps my heart is farce, But I’ll be born without a mask
Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride, I stretched 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
‘Cause I know my weakness, know my voice, And I’ll believe in grace and choice
And I know perhaps my heart is farce, But I’ll be born without a mask
