Dog Days Are Over - Florence And The Machine

Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run 

(The video for this song won an award for technicality - Best Art Direction in the recent MTV Video Music Awards. Pity they did not win any major award, albeit nominated for four awards including the coveted Video of the Year award that went to Lady Gaga's Bad Romance)

This tune is one of my personal favourites of the year. Mixing pop, folk, rock and dance genres all into one, the song plays out beautifully. And her performance at the MTV VMA was simply the BEST in my opinion. Though Eminem/Rihanna's performance of Not Afraid-Love The Way You Lie was voted as such. 

The term DOG DAYS refer to the period when life's at its lowest, the ho-hum/trying times when everything seems to fall into pieces. I have had those times, especially when it comes to relationship matters. 

Not everything's rosy to upkeep a relationship of 7+ years. And definitely testing each other's patience, and the loyalty/trust issue comes into play when me and my loved one stay so far apart from each other.

"Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive ..."

Life without LOVE, will only creates a vacuum. Soul-less physical bodies with no sense of direction nor purpose. LOVE not necessarily means you must be attached, married, engaged, or even lusted over.

Love from family members, friends, loved ones and even colleagues is equally as important, fueling that omnipresent desire to be caressed, touched, kissed, hugged and appreciated. :)

So, are you having your DOG DAYS now? Or are they finally OVER?