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Of Monsters and Men — King and Lionheart
Album: My Head Is An Animal
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Released: 2011
Length: 4:27
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Taking over this town they should worry,
But these problems aside I think I taught you well.
That we won't run, and we won't run, and we won't run.

And in the winter night sky ships are sailing,
Looking down on these bright blue city lights.
And they won't wait, and they won't wait, and they won't wait.
We're here to stay, we're here to stay, we're here to stay.

Howling ghosts – they reappear
In mountains that are stacked with fear
But you're a king and I'm a lionheart.
A lionheart.

His crown lit up the way as we moved slowly
Past the wondering eyes of the ones that were left behind.
Though far away, though far away, though far away
We're still the same, we're still the same, we're still the same.

Howling ghosts – they reappear
In mountains that are stacked with fear
But you're a king and I'm a lionheart.
And in the sea that's painted black,
Creatures lurk below the deck
But you're a king and I'm a lionheart.

And as the world comes to an end
I'll be here to hold your hand
'Cause you're my king and I'm your lionheart.
A lionheart.

Howling ghosts – they reappear
In mountains that are stacked with fear
But you're a king and I'm a lionheart.
And in the sea that's painted black,
Creatures lurk below the deck
But you're a king and I'm a lionheart.
A lionheart.
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I still like them. 
Posted 1 month ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
As soon as that voice kicks in my skin crawls.
Posted 6 months ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 nicknt wrote:

I can't stand their silly singalongs, all songs are the same.




agreed!
Posted 1 year ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
Wow... reading this page from old to new.  The reviews are generally favorable around 2012.  Then as you get into the late 2010s they quickly get worse over time.  The most recent reviews are overwhelmingly negative.  I wonder if Radio Paradise is bringing in a much more mainstream crowd these days.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 kingart w9rote:

(snip)

"8 < 6"

(snip)



Once it was "if Six Was Nine", but it must be true now that 6 (INT) is greater than 8 (INT) 

and its probably 'cause all the hippies did cut off all their hair..... maybe that's why all emojis are bald....


Posted 3 years ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
The only good thing about this crowd is that they have a left handed guitarist. Other than that - insipid.
Posted 3 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really try hard to stay positive about the music on RP but this band and her mousey voice annoys the shit out of me.  On the upside, it just makes me appreciate the next song even more. 
Posted 3 years ago by 2and4    [ Reply ]
Not as much as on the first few listens.  8 < 6.  And I keep thinking she's singing (and singing, and singing, and...) : lyin' heart.  
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Iceland's ABBA. 
Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
I can't stand their silly singalongs, all songs are the same.
Posted 4 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
My head's an animal too!
Posted 4 years ago by robbiethet    [ Reply ]
Those shorts are kind of short, aren't they? 
Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
I'd like to hear Disturbed's version of this. 
Posted 5 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 klaasstap wrote:

Much of today's pop music has this sound. I hate it, too.
 

Come on; there's so, so much worse!! Just switch on your "normal" radio....
Posted 5 years ago by 123heyaho!    [ Reply ]
 rivermantengo wrote:
Singsongy Shite! Crap band.

 

Couldn't have said it better
Posted 5 years ago by Donar    [ Reply ]
 annoffalese wrote:
this has been a very annoying set of songs....


 
Much of today's pop music has this sound. I hate it, too.
Posted 5 years ago by klaasstap    [ Reply ]
Ah, modern boom-boom music!
Posted 5 years ago by klaasstap    [ Reply ]
Singsongy Shite! Crap band.

Posted 5 years ago by rivermantengo    [ Reply ]
Please, Bill, throw this into a geyser. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Is that Lionheart, or Lyin' Heart? The former is good for a fellow named Richard. For the latter, a certain Donald. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
This is so bad.
Posted 6 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
1000000 likes! {#Jump}
Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Is this an Icelandic nursery rhyme? 
Posted 6 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 annoffalese wrote:
this has been a very annoying set of songs.... 



I don't know if the whole set has been annoying, but this tune is rather irksome, for reasons pointed out earlier.  It's pretty formulaic, "stomp-laden", nouveau-folk music; surprisingly it doesn't have the "whooping".
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]

I found this as an explanation of this song from the directors of the video:

"King and Lionheart is a song Nanna wrote for her little brother that she doesn’t get to see that often. Her brother lives in Canada and she lives in Iceland, a world apart. Understandably, she feels very separated from her only sibling.
We knew that the song meant a lot to Nanna, so we needed to create a story that would hit home for her, the entire band, and their fans."


Posted 8 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
 ERERER wrote:
That's a bad voice.

 

Something irritating about it, for sure.  The cutesy poppiness of the song isn't helping, either.
Posted 8 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 robertleveritt wrote

 Sort of Mumford meets Foxes.
 
 
Yes, I can hear that. I don't really want to, but I can.
Posted 8 years ago by enkay    [ Reply ]
I love all kinds of silly pop songs but not this one.  Am willing to give it a go.....  But I dunno..... 
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]

this has been a very annoying set of songs....


Posted 9 years ago by annoffalese    [ Reply ]
 Euskadita wrote:
Stuck in their own "style" Damn! Not good!

 
seconded
Posted 9 years ago by Bone    [ Reply ]
Stuck in their own "style" Damn! Not good!
Posted 9 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
 Webfoot wrote:
On the cover, how is it that the guy's feet are going in opposite directions?

 
Either he is both a man and a monster, or his toes are sunken into the wet sand.  I prefer the former explanation.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 misterbearbaby wrote:
Jeez this is just crap. Make it stop.I recommend you take 2 Otis Reddings and a Johnny Winter and call me in the morning.

 
Agree completely.
Posted 9 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
 Webfoot wrote:
On the cover, how is it that the guy's feet are going in opposite directions?

 
{#Eek}
Posted 9 years ago by dolfan    [ Reply ]
On the cover, how is it that the guy's feet are going in opposite directions?
Posted 10 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Jeez this is just crap. Make it stop.I recommend you take 2 Otis Reddings and a Johnny Winter and call me in the morning.
Posted 10 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
and like Mumford and Sons, all of this bands music sounds the same and is really annoying.
Posted 10 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Lying hut! (x1000)
Pretty cheerful music, but that girl is annoying. No pronounciation, and an irritating baby voice. 

Edit: Upon further inspection of the comments below, it seems many have a similar opinion. However, I'm the first to coin "Lying hut!" {#Idea}
Posted 12 years ago by stevendejong    [ Reply ]
First heard this band on the radio in Iceland, took me a while to track this album down, but it is fantastic. Sort of Mumford meets Foxes.  For me it's the sound of the summer in Europe.
Posted 12 years ago by robertleveritt    [ Reply ]
 pwredman wrote:
What makes RP the best is that diversity.
The amount of bands, and tunes that RP has introduced me to is staggering.
You can't like them all, it does not happen.

I like this song and this band.

Great job Bill.
 



Yes!
Posted 12 years ago by Tylersmyler    [ Reply ]
 iam_overlord wrote:
I'm guessing this song was written for a Disney movie. That went straight to DVD.
 
and ended up in the .99 bin
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
A catchy, sweet-spirited song.  
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Hood.   Robin Hood.  Robin Hood.  

How many parodies will it take to cure my boredom with this song?
Posted 12 years ago by whiskofclarity    [ Reply ]
What makes RP the best is that diversity.
The amount of bands, and tunes that RP has introduced me to is staggering.
You can't like them all, it does not happen.

I like this song and this band.

Great job Bill.
Posted 12 years ago by pwredman    [ Reply ]
I'm guessing this song was written for a Disney movie. That went straight to DVD.
Posted 12 years ago by iam_overlord    [ Reply ]
That's a bad voice.
Posted 12 years ago by ERERER    [ Reply ]
...i hear a hint of joanna newsom in that warble...
Posted 12 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
This stands on it's own pretty well. Wonder what the rest of this album is like. Anyone know? Opinions?
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Everyone is right......It's not that bad, but it's not an * either.
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
You have that freak Björk before, right? Anyway, the band scene in Reykjavik is furious and quite likeable. Locals don't look good at outsiders chatting their girls, or at least they didn't in 1994. I'm sure our RP brethren could better illustrate us with the more representative band names coming from Iceland.
Moak wrote:
Coming of age, Iand being as music-crazed as I was, I knew not a single musician from Iceland.  The world is much smaller now.
 To Radio Paradise  {#Cheers}
 


Posted 12 years ago by Beastie    [ Reply ]
And I thought it was just me. The "rt" is getting lost. Can anyone hear "heart" or should the song just get renamed, "King and Lion Ha"
Posted 12 years ago by Coppertop    [ Reply ]
Coming of age, and being as music-crazed as I was, I knew not a single musician from Iceland.  The world is much smaller now.
 To Radio Paradise  {#Cheers}

Posted 12 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
 hbs47 wrote:
Annoying female voice.
 
Its horrible... Just horrible..... {#Puke}
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 iTuner wrote:

Mumford & Daughters at the Arcade Fire.
 
Please don't insult arcade fire like that.

Posted 12 years ago by bluefrog    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:
Really getting sick of these guys.
 
Already? {#Snooty}
Posted 12 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Really getting sick of these guys.
Posted 12 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
 Bone wrote:
Mumford and Daughters?
 
Mumford & Daughters at the Arcade Fire.
Posted 12 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
 ufamsm wrote:
This song drives me crazy, the singer has the most atrocious diction. Every single time this comes on, all I can hear is "You're a king, and I'm a lion!!!! HA!!!!"
 

HA!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
Annoying female voice.
Posted 12 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
 Bone wrote:
Mumford and Daughters?
 
bump 
 
Posted 12 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
For now...kinda mediocre. 5

May change my mind later!
Posted 12 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
Like it, very catchy
Posted 12 years ago by salzburg4321    [ Reply ]
This song drives me crazy, the singer has the most atrocious diction. Every single time this comes on, all I can hear is "You're a king, and I'm a lion!!!! HA!!!!"
Posted 12 years ago by ufamsm    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 jessi1126 wrote:
The female singer reminds me of another singer but I can't place it!?!?!?!? Good song ;-)
 

She sounds like Kate Nash, not sure if it is her, but it's pretty similar.
And LOL @ the Mumford & Daughters joke... {#Lol}
Posted 12 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 Bone wrote:
Mumford and Daughters?
 
{#High-five} Well played. There are similarities in the sound.  {#Arrowd} I like what you said Cynaera. {#Lol} Definitely another cool RP find for me.


Posted 12 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 Bone wrote:
Mumford and Daughters?
 
Oh, that's SO perfect!  I like this song - it makes me smile, and if after I read the lyrics and discover it's about an axe-murderer who buries the bodies in the basement, I might have to revise my initial opinion. Until/unless that happens, I like this song from Mumford and Daughters. *slaps thigh in glee*  Too good...

Posted 12 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Is that a ''Lying Heart'' or ''LionHeart'' either way a very Jolly song and sung with a Jolly lilt. Love her voice full of Happiness and charm.

Posted 12 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
coma inducing
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
The female singer reminds me of another singer but I can't place it!?!?!?!? Good song ;-)
Posted 12 years ago by jessi1126    [ Reply ]
 Elroweho wrote:
That voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard!
 
Neither voice sounds unpleasant to me - but I probably couldn't listen to them for prolonged periods.  The old "nails-on-a-chalkboard" cliche - I suppose every song on the RP playlist has to have that phrase somewhere in its comments thread. 
I guess it all comes down to personal taste anyhow.


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Bone wrote:
Mumford and Daughters?
 
Wow... I feel dumb for not noticing it sooner.  The similarity is actually uncanny.  
Posted 13 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
Mumford and Daughters?
Posted 13 years ago by Bone    [ Reply ]
That voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard!
Posted 13 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
I liked it even more the second time!
Posted 13 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
Volume off for this one...{#Frustrated}
Posted 13 years ago by tdola2    [ Reply ]
Yep, agreed. Appeals to the geeky romantic in me somehow.{#War}
Posted 13 years ago by randyblew    [ Reply ]
 msymmes wrote:
I like it !!! {#Bananajam}
 
Yeah, me too.
Posted 13 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
I like it !!! {#Bananajam}
Posted 13 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]