My Gen X Playlist: Dog Days Are Over – Florence and the Machine

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Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?

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The other day I heard someone say, “A dog loves you more than it loves itself.” I think that simple statement says it all. There is nothing more loving than a dog. Well, maybe a puppy, but that’s kind of the same thing, right?

Florence and the Machine released Dog Days Are Over in 2008. Sometimes you just need those days to be over.

The phrase “dog days” has two possible meanings. The first one is literal: it refers to the hottest days of summer, when dogs lie around panting and lazy. The second one is figurative: it refers to a period of hardship or difficulty when nothing seems to go right.

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And when nothing is going right, your dog is there to help you through the struggle. There is no better remedy than hugging your dog to cure those dreaded dog days. It’s just what the doctor ordered.

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Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back

She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it, she fled
With every bubble, she sank with a drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run