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King by Florence + the Machine

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Florence + the Machine

King

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"King" is a track by Florence + the Machine, from the album Under Heaven Over Hell. The track is 4:40 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Florence + the Machine.

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Florence + the Machine

Florence + the Machine

Lyrics

King

We argue in the kitchen about whether to have children
And 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

Ho
Ho-oh-oh-oh
Ho-ooh
Ho-oh-oh-oh

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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Track details

From Under Heaven Over Hell

4:40
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Album
Under Heaven Over Hell
Under Heaven Over Hell
Florence + the Machine
Track number
7
  1. 1Heaven Is Here
    1:51
  2. 2Dog Days Are Over
    4:11
  3. 3Choreomania
    3:33
  4. 4Delilah
    4:53
  5. 5Hunger
    3:35
  6. 6Shake It Out
    4:38
  7. 7King
    4:40
  8. 8Cosmic Love
    4:15
  9. 9Spectrum
    5:12
  10. 10Falling
    3:34
  11. 11My Love
    3:51
  12. 12All This And Heaven Too
    4:06
  13. 13Drumming Song
    3:43
  14. 14Ship To Wreck
    3:55
  15. 15Free
    3:55
  16. 16Third Eye
    4:20
  17. 17Between Two Lungs
    4:09
  18. 18Big God
    4:02
  19. 19Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
    3:52
  20. 20What The Water Gave Me
    5:33
  21. 21Which Witch
    4:19
  22. 22Dream Girl Evil
    3:47
  23. 23My Boy Builds Coffins
    2:56
  24. 24Girls Against God
    4:40
  25. 25Seven Devils
    5:03
  26. 26Blinding
    4:36
  27. 27The Bomb
    2:45
  28. 28What Kind Of Man
    3:36
  29. 29Never Let Me Go
    4:31
  30. 30Mermaids
    4:35
  31. 31Only If For A Night
    4:58
  32. 32June
    3:42
  33. 33No Light, No Light
    4:35
  34. 34Mother
    5:50
  35. 35The End Of Love
    4:41
  36. 36Cassandra
    4:18
  37. 37Heartlines
    5:01
  38. 38I'm Not Calling You A Liar
    3:05
  39. 39How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
    5:35

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Albums & EPs

Everybody Scream (Chamber Version)
Everybody Scream (Chamber Version)
2025
Everybody Scream
Everybody Scream
2025
Dance Fever
Dance Fever
2022
High As Hope
High As Hope
2018
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
2015
MTV Presents Unplugged: Florence + The Machine
MTV Presents Unplugged: Florence + The Machine
2012
Ceremonials (Deluxe Edition)
Ceremonials (Deluxe Edition)
2012
Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)
Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)
2011
Between Two Lungs
Between Two Lungs
2010
Lungs
Lungs
2009

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  3. Between Two Lungs (Live BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall / 2024)
  4. Blinding (Live BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall / 2024)
  5. Everybody Scream (Chamber Version)
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  6. Everybody Scream
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  7. Chew
  8. Cosmic Love (Live BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall / 2024)
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