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Mumford & Sons — I Will Wait
Album: Babel
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Released: 2012
Length: 4:33
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Well I came home
Like a stone
And I fell heavy into your arms
These days of dust
Which we've known
Will blow away with this new sun

But I'll kneel down
Wait for now
And I'll kneel down
Know my ground

And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you

So break my step
And relent
You forgave and I won't forget
Know what we've seen
And him with less
Now in some way
Shake the excess

'Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you

Now I'll be bold
As well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart
So tame my flesh
And fix my eyes
A tethered mind free from the lies

And I'll kneel down
Wait for now
I'll kneel down
Know my ground

Raise my hands
Paint my spirit gold
And bow my head
Keep my heart slow

'Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
Comments (91)add comment
 bam23 wrote:

Why do I consistently find this band annoying? Their formula appears to me (I have not done the research, admittedly) very consistently the same for every song that I have heard by this band. And I don't like it. This may be a problem with bands that apply the same formula to every song.


I have seen many, many bands and these guys rocked the house like I'd never experienced before. It was a great night. Danced my arse off!!!
Posted 2 years ago by SnapDragon66    [ Reply ]
I think this is the only song I really appreciate from these guys. Feels earnest.
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Why do I consistently find this band annoying? Their formula appears to me (I have not done the research, admittedly) very consistently the same for every song that I have heard by this band. And I don't like it. This may be a problem with bands that apply the same formula to every song.
Posted 3 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]


Banjo Mute - General Woodworking Talk - Wood Talk Online
Posted 3 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
The Trust Fund Wurzels
Posted 3 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
I was introduced by my then 13-year-old in 2012 who made us buy tickets to their concert nearby.  They were great live, and this song plays the role of "anthem" with a big crowd.  
Posted 3 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
Like this - bought the album and then got fed up with it.  Foot still tapping though - might bump up to a solid 6
Posted 4 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
 Lonestar wrote:
This gimmicky band gets old super-fast. 
 
 
All the hipster stuff has a short shelf life.
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
still crap
Posted 4 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
 gvan wrote:

 

Funny!   But I’m still a fan of this band and song. 
Posted 4 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
 domreo wrote:
How can they possibly have a 6.3 rating?  This mystifies me when looking at the comments.  Goes to show a gimmick can go a long way.  God forbid they win anything at the Grammys, we'll never get rid of them!!
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Mumford_%26_Sons#Grammy_Award

Posted 5 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]
Basically a sweary and unamusing Saw Doctors.
Posted 5 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
 Lonestar wrote:
This gimmicky band gets old super-fast. 
 
 
Agreed. I loved them when I first heard them, but the frantic banjo playing just grates now.
Posted 5 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
 domreo wrote:
How can they possibly have a 6.3 rating?  This mystifies me when looking at the comments.  Goes to show a gimmick can go a long way.  God forbid they win anything at the Grammys, we'll never get rid of them!!

  
Many Grammy winners haven't lasted very long.  Remember that nauseating hack Christopher Cross?  He won like a dozen Grammys or something.  Time may be running out for these guys.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This gimmicky band gets old super-fast. 
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
Mumford? Are you there Mumford? Hey - no need to shout... If you are indeed prepared to wait, how about waiting about fifty years so that I'm safely out of the way before you release any more music? {#No}
Posted 11 years ago by hidey    [ Reply ]
How can they possibly have a 6.3 rating?  This mystifies me when looking at the comments.  Goes to show a gimmick can go a long way.  God forbid they win anything at the Grammys, we'll never get rid of them!!
Posted 11 years ago by domreo    [ Reply ]
can I just say I love this song!  Thanks for playing it Bill - play more from the album please.  
Posted 11 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
Good song, but overplayed everywhere right now. 

I agree - how about a taste of something we haven't heard yet from their latest album, instead of the one that is in heavy rotation everywhere?
Posted 11 years ago by trailhub    [ Reply ]

Posted 11 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
Please keep it to once a week, maybe twice tops.  I am hearing this everywhere and it's a good song, but it's being Rolling-In-The-Deep'ed pretty bad right now.  Anything becomes toxic in excessive amounts. :(
Posted 11 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Papasmeg wrote:
Hey Bill whats going on here? 6.3 rating, loads of negative comments and you played it 7 time in 30 Days...........Yawn !!!!!!
 

Well...it is Bill's radio station. While I'm sure that he does take a look at the ratings given to songs, its still his choice what gets played and when. The fact that so many of us keep listening shows that many of us approve of his choices a lot of the time too.
Anyway, 7 times in 30 days is still only about once every 100 hours on average.
Posted 11 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
Please....stop.... {#Wall}
Posted 11 years ago by bjesch    [ Reply ]
I'm sooo fatigued with this song!
Posted 11 years ago by sorrelkatydid    [ Reply ]
  chitown wrote:
They are to be commended for releasing the same song over and over and over again.... and making lots of money doing it.
 
So do you think they are doing that on purpose?  I assumed that they didn't realize that all of their songs sound exactly the same (unlike the rest of the planet).
Posted 11 years ago by Lumpy13    [ Reply ]
I like these guys, but what really surprised me is that my 19 year old daughter likes them.  I have been trying to get her to listen to the Avett Brothers, but it's Mumford & Sons that get's her attention.  I am not sure I understand the appeal to the youngsters, but I can't complain.  There is a lot of really crappy music out there that she could be listening to.
Posted 11 years ago by Keef    [ Reply ]
i think this is my fav tune they do.
Posted 11 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 They are just putting the final touches on the repetitive banjo parts.

  scraig wrote:

I pre-ordered my CD a more than a month ago and it still hasn't arrived {#Sad}
 


Posted 12 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
I'm having a sudden urge to play the spoons.
Posted 12 years ago by 200    [ Reply ]
They are to be commended for releasing the same song over and over and over again.... and making lots of money doing it.
Posted 12 years ago by chitown    [ Reply ]
Good song, but overplayed everywhere right now.  Please take out of rotation for now, and bring it back in a couple of months! 
Posted 12 years ago by JaeRae    [ Reply ]
Surely to God the world has had enough of Mumford & Sons. I can't turn on any station without hearing them. I mean it's not BAD music but it's certainly not THAT good.
Posted 12 years ago by MrKite    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill whats going on here? 6.3 rating, loads of negative comments and you played it 7 time in 30 Days...........Yawn !!!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by Papasmeg    [ Reply ]
This is some over derived, over effusive,  overrated pop-


Posted 12 years ago by :+:_DL    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:
So... There they were on SNL just now with their vests and their bow-legged toe tapping. Seriously, they bring the energy up and down like Nirvana. Nirvana.
 
I don't really like these guys and kinda think their songs all sound alike, but they totally killed on SNL.  And that bit as the Beatles cover band "Hey Dude" was just great!
Posted 12 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Funny. I just switched to RP from SiriusXM because I couldn't stand hearing this song again. (I do like it, but not 10 times a day - everyday!)

And now here it is infecting RP, too.
Posted 12 years ago by rtb    [ Reply ]
 toomanyollys wrote:
Every Mumford & Sons song

Every Mumford & Sons song
 (all credit to reddit)

 
It's funny 'cause it's true!
Posted 12 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
 Sjaaks wrote:
So.... They picked up right where they left off...
 
Good news for the ones who love(d) their debut album. Bad news for the ones who hate(d) it...

{#Think}  
 
Nailed it. I never liked the Mumfords but sat through the iTunes online concert they did recently because I thought I might be missing something. Nope. . . I had to turn it off 20 mins in. 

New folk. . . folk off. 
Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 rockpommel16 wrote:
....i will wait......smiley....for the ending of this horror....
 
I am with you. This music sounds boring to me! Nothing special with it.
Posted 12 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 ploba wrote:
 i love this new album! 
 
I pre-ordered my CD a more than a month ago and it still hasn't arrived {#Sad}
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
So I clicked PSD and it went to Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson. Touché.
Posted 12 years ago by Lensles    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
makes me want to punch myself in the crotch
 
Oh, please do. And if it isn't too much trouble, could you post it to You Tube and put a link on this page? Thanks.
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Wow... This song really knows how to start.  Comes right outta nowhere doesn't it?  I was almost dosing off.
Posted 12 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
 Sjaaks wrote:
So.... They picked up right where they left off...
 
Good news for the ones who love(d) their debut album. Bad news for the ones who hate(d) it...

{#Think}  
 
Got me! I laughed.
My wife used to always tell me that the best humour always comes from truth.
Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
Banjo rock. Git it boy.
Posted 12 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Every Mumford & Sons song

Every Mumford & Sons song
 (all credit to reddit)

Posted 12 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
I just woke up and this song was on my radio alarm clock. It fkn enraged me first thing in the morning. 10 minutes later it is on rp enraging me even more. Unbelievable. Today is going to suck

Posted 12 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
....i will wait......smiley....for the ending of this horror....
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
So.... They picked up right where they left off...
 
Good news for the ones who love(d) their debut album. Bad news for the ones who hate(d) it...

{#Think}  
Posted 12 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 dwlangham wrote:
Oh, my. You again. I would pay good money to keep from having to hear this.

Feature request, Bill: How about letting users configure preferences to automatically activate PSD for them whenever certain songs come up in the rotation.

Yes, I hate this song that much.
 
....me too,.....more with every listening......hit ass
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
 ploba wrote:
 i love this new album! 
 

{#Jump} yeah - it's so beautiful!!
Posted 12 years ago by Catecaneverall    [ Reply ]
second time heard it, nice!
Posted 12 years ago by bigggalll    [ Reply ]
Oh, my. You again. I would pay good money to keep from having to hear this.

Feature request, Bill: How about letting users configure preferences to automatically activate PSD for them whenever certain songs come up in the rotation.

Yes, I hate this song that much.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 i love this new album! 
Posted 12 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
Yeah!!
Posted 12 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
So... There they were on SNL just now with their vests and their bow-legged toe tapping. Seriously, they bring the energy up and down like Nirvana.

Nirvana.
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
I remain convinced that this is a parody band, like Spinal Tap or the Folksmen.

Has anyone seen Christopher Guest lately? Is this his latest project?

 
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
dwlangham wrote:
It's not as bad as it sounds (is it?). But for some reason, this band grates on my nerves.
  dwlangham wrote:
Fuck off already.
  dwlangham wrote:
Poop. {#Crashcomp}
 
dwlangham wrote:
I'm making myself sit through this torture so I can experience the sweet relief of it ending. Can't come soon enough. And here's the banjo solo backed by the horns.

 


Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
They use the same recipe for every song they have, it seems.
single banjo, single vocals, buncha banjos, buncha vocals. 
 
It's worked for them before - no reason for them to stop now, I guess.  It's apparently important to them to make sure that they sound like Mumford & Sons.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Some of the most priceless comments below. I'm starting to think Bill plays M & S just to see how listeners will react.
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Music is as it is and its appeal defines the listener, this listener like them others do not, it is simply taste and means you know what you like or don't. No reason to fight or become defensive. You like what you like as I do, so what?        {#Yes}
Posted 12 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
It's much better when you are there
Posted 12 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
An a-typical chord structure makes this a gem to me. Nice intertwining of minor chords and decent harmony and energy. Yippee.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
I'm making myself sit through this torture so I can experience the sweet relief of it ending. Can't come soon enough. And here's the banjo solo backed by the horns.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
M&S makes me change the station EVERY time...RP or otherwise.  Just can't handle it. {#Wall}
Posted 12 years ago by bjesch    [ Reply ]
Poop. {#Crashcomp}
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Again too many banjo style songs played on RP...just not my thing
Posted 12 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
this gets play, and still no Bill Monroe?
Posted 12 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
Are we certain this is not a parody, like The Folksmen in "A Mighty Wind"?

 
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
makes me want to punch myself in the crotch
Posted 12 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
jangly banjos.
Posted 12 years ago by JrzyTmata    [ Reply ]
Fuck off already.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 jnesser wrote:
So tired of this type of music.  Seems like one band comes up with a new sound and gets popular - so everybody jumps on the band wagon playing the same thing and the record labels sign them all to make a fast buck.
Over it. 
 

I agree nothing wrong with it, nothing right with it. It is just there.{#Yawn}
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Just cannot wait for this album.
Posted 12 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
 dwlangham wrote:
It's not as bad as it sounds (is it?). But for some reason, this band grates on my nerves.
 

I'm no doctor, but I think in your case(and mine) that if it grates on your nerves, it is as bad as it sounds.
Posted 12 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Bill, is that "Babel" or  "babble"? 

JeniQ wrote:
Happy to have new Mumford!
 


Posted 12 years ago by JeniQ    [ Reply ]
 komainu wrote:


I like that descriptor. I've been referring to it as TweeFolk. Either way it has outlived its welcome.
 
. . .5.9 and falling. Off the playlist in 3. . . 2. . . .
Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
It's not as bad as it sounds (is it?). But for some reason, this band grates on my nerves.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 deepwoodskev wrote:
Way to evolve, guys.

Booooooring........
 
I like it because it's pop stuff and I like that sort of music but it's funny how derivative it is of not just their own stuff, but other bands who we like to slag as being derivative...

Like I always hear Monsters & Men when this starts but M&M gets slagged for sounding like that Edward Sharpe/Magnetic Zeroes song and so on and on.... 
Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 ____d wrote:
new Mumford and new Avett in the same day!!
 
Their albums both come out this month...
...seemed to me that the Avett Brothers got the short end of the music marketing machine with the last album.
Weird that these two artists, who I think are competing for the same $ in this genre, have albums coming out less than two weeks apart.
 
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
They use the same recipe for every song they have, it seems.
single banjo, single vocals, buncha banjos, buncha vocals. 
Posted 12 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
 ____d wrote:
new Mumford and new Avett in the same day!!
 
Looking forward to both as well as the new DMB album coming Tuesday 9/11.
Posted 12 years ago by Keef    [ Reply ]
Happy to have new Mumford!
Posted 12 years ago by JeniQ    [ Reply ]
Very nice!!
Posted 12 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
 Poacher wrote:
Hmmmm. New Mumford - the same as the previous Mumford. Methinks the Posh Newfolk era has passed.
 

I like that descriptor. I've been referring to it as TweeFolk. Either way it has outlived its welcome.
Posted 12 years ago by komainu    [ Reply ]
Way to evolve, guys.

Booooooring........
Posted 12 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
So tired of this type of music.  Seems like one band comes up with a new sound and gets popular - so everybody jumps on the band wagon playing the same thing and the record labels sign them all to make a fast buck.
Over it. 
Posted 12 years ago by jnesser    [ Reply ]
Well, it sucked less than the earlier stuff from them..
Posted 12 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Hmmmm. New Mumford - the same as the previous Mumford. Methinks the Posh Newfolk era has passed.
Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
new Mumford and new Avett in the same day!!
Posted 12 years ago by ____d    [ Reply ]

Revenge of the Toffs!!!!


Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]