{"id":42294,"date":"2025-09-04T04:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/42294\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T04:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:15:09","slug":"florence-the-machines-witchiest-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/42294\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence + The Machine’s Witchiest Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one does satanic panic quite like Florence + The Machine<\/a>. Ritual sacrifices, communing with demons \u2014 you wouldn\u2019t dare sing about these things unless you\u2019re intimately familiar with witchcraft \u00e0 la lead singer Florence Welch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Expect the British rock band to lean into its witchy aesthetic even harder when their upcoming album, Everybody Scream<\/a>, arrives Oct. 31. Based on the lead single, we can already tell this won\u2019t just be a record you turn to every time the leaves change colors; instead, the group is taking a page from Mariah Carey\u2019s<\/a> holiday playbook and coming for their rightful place as the Highnesses of Halloween.<\/p>\n

In preparation for its release, we\u2019ve cherry-picked the nine witchiest lyrics in the band\u2019s discography, so you can prepare your next devotional altar accordingly.<\/p>\n

1. This is a gift, it comes with a price \/ Who is the lamb, and who is the knife? \u2014 \u201cRabbit Heart (Raise It Up)\u201d <\/p>\n

Sacrificial lamb metaphors? Check. Allusions to ritualistic magic? Check.<\/p>\n

2. Holy water cannot help you now \/ See, I\u2019ve come to burn your kingdom down \u2014 \u201cSeven Devils\u201d<\/p>\n

Swap in nearly any line in this song and it would still be deserving of the No. 2 spot on this list. God help anyone who wrongs a witch \u2014 they\u2019ll literally descend seven devils upon you.<\/p>\n

3. Oh, bring your salt, bring your cigarette \/ Draw me a circle and I’ll protect \u2014 \u201cHeaven Is Here\u201d<\/p>\n

In witchcraft, it\u2019s believed that a circle of salt can protect against evil, and this line is one of the few instances where Florence promises to use her sorcery skills for good.<\/p>\n

4. I met the Devil \/ You know, he gave me a choice \/ A golden heart \/ Or a golden voice \u2014 \u201cGirls Against God\u201d<\/p>\n

With a voice like Florence\u2019s, we\u2019re inclined to believe the ethereal singer has Satan on speed dial.<\/p>\n

5. Now I creep out when there’s no one about \/ ‘Cause they put crosses on the doors to try and keep me out \u2014 \u201cCassandra\u201d<\/p>\n

If your neighbors are putting crucifixes on their doors just to keep you away, you\u2019re never beating the witch allegations.<\/p>\n

6. I’ve seen it in you, in the entrails of the animals \/ The blood running through, but in order to get to the heart \/ I think sometimes you have to cut through \u2014 \u201cHeartlines\u201d<\/p>\n

The only people concerned with the animal intestines are hunters, diviners, and black-magic practitioners.<\/p>\n

7. There’s a ghost in my lungs and it sighs in my sleep \/ Wraps itself around my tongue as it softly speaks \u2014 \u201cI\u2019m Not Calling You A Liar\u201d<\/p>\n

Possessions and witchcraft aren\u2019t exactly interchangeable, but they both fall under the larger occult umbrella, so it counts.<\/p>\n

8. I’ll be your demon daddy \/ And do they speak to you? \/ ‘Cause they sp\u0435ak to me too \u2014 \u201cChoreomania\u201d<\/p>\n

Florence is a vessel for demons, confirmed.<\/p>\n

9. The witchcraft, the medicine, the spells, and the injections \/ The harvest, the needle protect me from evil \/ The magic and the misery, madness and the mystery \/ Oh, what has it done to me? \u2014 \u201cEverybody Scream\u201d<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s latest track<\/a> examines how her talent has turned her into a cult-like figure for her fans. The \u201cwitchcraft\u201d in question seems to be a reference to everything Florence has done to get to this current place, and though making music can be healing for her, it also comes at a cost. Simply put, her previous allusions have all been leading up to this song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No one does satanic panic quite like Florence + The Machine. Ritual sacrifices, communing with demons \u2014 you…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[13393,435,18,117,11850,13392,31874,19,17,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-42294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-adex-light-bid","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-halloween","13":"tag-homepage","14":"tag-hp-trending","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}