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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
Performer
Florence Welch
Florence Welch
Spoken Word
Cyrus Bayandor
Cyrus Bayandor
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Florence Welch
Florence Welch
Songwriter
Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Florence Welch
Florence Welch
Producer
Brad Madix
Brad Madix
Engineer
Megan Searl
Megan Searl
Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We argue in the kitchen about whether to have children
About the world ending and the scale of my ambition
And how much is art really worth
When 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
[Verse 2]
I need my golden crown of sorrow, my bloody sword to swing
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
[Verse 3]
But a woman is a changeling, always shifting shape
Just when you think you have it figured out
Something new begins to take
And 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
[Verse 4]
And 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
Written by: Florence Welch, Jack Antonoff

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