Released: June 28, 2011
Songwriter: Florence Welch Rob Ackroyd Chris Hayden
[Verse 1]
My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
He doesn't make tables, dressers or chairs
He can't carve a whistle because he just doesn't care
My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor
Kings and queens, they've all knocked on his door
Beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves
They all come to him because he's so eager to please
[Chorus]
My boy builds coffins, he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made onе for himself
One for me too
Onе of these days he'll make one for you
For you, for you, for you
[Verse 2]
My boy builds coffins for better or worse
Some say its a blessing, some say it's a curse
He fits them together in sunshine or rain
Each one is unique, no two are the same
My boy builds coffins and I think it's a shame
That when each one's been made, he can't see it again
He crafts everyone with love and with care
Then it's thrown in the ground, it just isn't fair
[Chorus]
My boy builds coffins, he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
And one of these days he'll make one for you
For you, for you, for you
[Non-Lyrical Vocal Outro]
My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
He doesn't make tables, dressers or chairs
He can't carve a whistle because he just doesn't care
My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor
Kings and queens, they've all knocked on his door
Beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves
They all come to him because he's so eager to please
[Chorus]
My boy builds coffins, he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made onе for himself
One for me too
Onе of these days he'll make one for you
For you, for you, for you
[Verse 2]
My boy builds coffins for better or worse
Some say its a blessing, some say it's a curse
He fits them together in sunshine or rain
Each one is unique, no two are the same
My boy builds coffins and I think it's a shame
That when each one's been made, he can't see it again
He crafts everyone with love and with care
Then it's thrown in the ground, it just isn't fair
[Chorus]
My boy builds coffins, he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
And one of these days he'll make one for you
For you, for you, for you
[Non-Lyrical Vocal Outro]
Live at the Wiltern
- Heavy Intro - Live at The Wiltern / 2010
- Kiss With a Fist - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Heavy In Your Arms - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Strangeness & Charm - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- You’ve Got the Love - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Between Two Lungs - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Hurricane Drunk - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Ghosts - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Blinding - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Cosmic Love - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- My Boy Builds Coffins - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Drumming Song - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Howl - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Dog Days Are Over - Live at the Wiltern / 2010
- Live at the Wiltern (2011)
- Jenny of Oldstones (Game of Thrones)
- Dog Days Are Over
- Hunger
- Shake It Out
- Delilah
- Sky Full of Song
- Big God
- Never Let Me Go
- Cosmic Love
- Wish That You Were Here
- Patricia
- What Kind of Man
- Ship to Wreck
- The End of Love
- Seven Devils
- Queen of Peace
- 100 Years
- June
- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
- You’ve Got the Love
- Grace
- Over the Love
- Third Eye
- South London Forever