Florence + the Machine - Cosmic Love Lyrics Meaning

I think it is possible she is channeling. Sometimes in song, you hear the work "love" and you think this is between people, but sometimes it is the relationship of humans with an entity, such as a government that is oppressive.

The star falls from the heart of this oppressive government. "A star can fall" from the sky over a country as well, and for the poetic license in song and in lyric, this is acceptable.

It lands in the eyes (blinding those who are obedient to the oppressive government). The employees working for the oppressive government do things they would not otherwise do, for payment and employment.

Thus while being blind they learn of its darkness and blend with it too.

They adapt to "it." They become like the darkness.

They adopt the dogma of oppressive/subversive governments. This happens world wide irregardless of faith or religion. They become captives of that government working for it, and doing its bidding.

"I stayed in the darkness with you."

They are in Cosmic love with it. It pays for their needs, and they are dependent on it.

As Florence may have well experienced what some call a "depression," this could as easily have been an "oppression."

She could have witnessed the oppression and subversion of a relative, a cherished aunt and uncle who were married but who were filed a lien against and whose property was seized.

As she had grown up cherishing their love and their visits, it left an impression when their marriage was shattered or destroyed by this government encroachment against their lives. All their happiness left, and she longed for it as a child. Adored it as an adolescent.

She could have also witnessed a father or sibling, or even in passing on the street, saw a neighbor or complete stranger being pushed out and their furniture moved and the lady/children of the family, crying and sobbing. The man at odds with what to do, how to care for his family.

Also, she could have been the child of a family so mistreated. Whose family was up in alarm at the deceptiveness of government employees (even in Imperialist Great Britain, bad things are done in the name of the crown, in the name of inflation and monetary supply - to the government). Governments during times of war, try to seize property with "adjustment fraud." This is so that they can have collateral to borrow against, when they are borrowed up to their limit already in trying to finance expensive war machines.

As there is much media manipulation, and governments still do attack others for being critical of it, she wrote a song, that disguises her regard for oppressive governments. And sings of it, in a Spirit that is free in expression. And thus evades prosecution or retaliation from governments which are still very dishonest in ways, degenerate in others. Oppressive.

I commend her for this Spirit, is a victorious sound to my soul.

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