Touch my mouth and hold my tongue ill never be your chosen one ill be home, safely tucked away you cant tempt me if i dont see the day the pull on my flesh is just too strong it stifles the. John steinbeck references this word in east of eden, marcus mumfords favorite book, to describe mans. Mostly written on their grueling nonstop tour in support of their debut album, babel was recorded over a. Babel is a name used in the hebrew bible for the city of babylon. All contain recording defects, usually within the first 2 andor last tracks. The first time we really hung out to make music together was after a couple months living our lives and it was in the back garden of a friends house deep in brooklyn, ny. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. It was released on 21 september 2012 in ireland, germany, belgium, the netherlands, luxembourg, norway, australia and new zealand. Mumford and sons official website, merch, tour dates, music and more. I have tried 3 different cds of babel, from different vendors. If you dont own enough cableknit sweaters to appreciate lyrics this earnest, the music may change your cynics mind.
The title of the song, timshel, is a hebrew word meaning thou mayest. Back in 20, off the back of touring sigh no more and babel we decided we needed to take a bit of a break from the road, catch our breath and regroup. Lewis mumford has 72 books on goodreads with 16543 ratings. As with sigh no more, the album was produced by markus dravs. Lewis mumfords most popular book is the city in history. Babel lyrics verse 1 cause i know that time has numbered my days and ill go along with everything you say. The group do not sound like anyone else, and the songs on babel as with those on debut album. The vinyl lp version of the record was pressed by united record pressing in nashville, tennessee. Unfortunately, glassnote music somehow screwed the pooch when they created a batch of this cd. How book of life added a hispanic touch to covers of.
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