Mumford & Sons: Tiny Desk Concert

I was a bank robber, then I was Superman.

For a time, I was a ghost.

Prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet.

Tell me what you love the most.

>> >> And in the end, I'll tell you everything, even if it keeps you awake.

But by the end, you'll know me for everything,

how far I've been before I break.

I'm your queen, and I'm your worst nightmare.

But sometimes, I'm a dream.

And I'm returning like a broken mercury, and then I'm wings on your feet.

And in the end, I'll tell you everything, even if it keeps you awake.

But by the end, you'll know me for everything,

how far I've been before I break.

Do you ever feel like we should run away again?

Can we drive on till we're tired?

Put roses round my neck, and then whisper the truth to me.

Will I see you still tomorrow?

How much is too much, babe?

Here's all I own, what'll drive you away.

How much is too much, babe?

>> >> Help me to learn from my mistakes.

And in the end, I'll tell you everything, even if it keeps you awake.

But by the end, you'll know me for everything,

how far I've been before I break.

And in the end, I'll tell you everything.

I'm sorry if it keeps you awake.

But by the end, you'll know me for everything,

how far I've been before I break.

>> >> Well.

Well.

We love NPR, and we love Tiny Desk,

and we're so stoked to be here.

We really are.

Thank you very much for having us.

>> >> Thank you.

>> >> I'm going to play an old one.

Can you lie next to her and give her your heart?

Your heart as well as your body,

and can you lie next to her and confess your love?

Your love >> >> as well as your falling, can you kneel before this king?

And say, I'm clean.

I'm clean.

But tell me now,

where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart?

Oh, now tell me now,

where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart?

Love, white and blank page, now a swelling rage.

Rage.

>> >> You did not think >> >> when you sent me to the brink,

>> >> to the >> >> You desired my attention, but denied my affections, my affections.

So, now tell me now,

where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart?

Oh, now tell me now,

where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart.

>> >> Lead me to the >> >> truth and I will follow you with my whole life.

Only lead me to the >> >> truth

and I will follow >> >> you with my whole life.

>> Yes, sir.

>> >> I was getting a a nice sort of eye.

>> I was sure I was going to break a string there.

It's like a dead cert.

The first TV thing we ever did in the States was on the West

Coast.

Um what was it called?

Craig Ferguson.

And I broke two strings, forgot all the words.

>> >> It was a nightmare.

So, uh Anyway, we're going to play a song we've never played before.

Um and uh you know, we might it up, but um that's the deal,

isn't it?

It's called Badlands.

>> >> Remember they said I was born wild.

I think I live on the outside.

Never been fixed with a slow high yet.

I'm always walking a thin line, running away from a low tide.

I know I'm better high wire kid.

Don't look down now.

I'm not done here yet.

Don't look down now.

I'm not done here yet.

Remember the wind on the badlands when I'm still running from loose ends,

set myself up to become a man.

Who wasn't there for the backhand, getaway car in the quicksand?

I think you may never understand.

Don't look down now.

>> >> I'm not done here yet.

Don't look down now.

I'm not done here yet.

Running away from a fine line, run with me,

we can still make it high.

Give me a vision, give me a dime.

Running away from a tame life, running away like a wild child.

Give me a vision, give me a dime.

Running away from a fine line, run with me,

we can still make it high.

Give me a vision, give me a dime.

Running away from a tame life, run with me,

we can still make it high.

Give me a vision, give me a dime.

Don't look down now.

I'm not done here yet.

Don't look down now.

I'm not done here yet.

Remember they said I was born wild,

I think I live on the Never been fixed with a slow high yet.

I'm always walking a thin line, running away from a low tide.

I know I'm better a highway kid.

>> >> When we first came to America, our record label, for better or worse,

had us like going around all the radio stations in this land like playing

in little offices,

but they never filmed it.

>> >> And I'm quite glad they didn't actually cuz it was pretty rough.

But we did a bit of this at the beginning

and feels like we get to be a new band again.

We love it.

We're having a great time.

So thank you so much.

We got one more for you.

I'm sorry it's over so quick, but this song called Rubber Band Man.

>> >> I start it, don't I?

>> >> When you can't win for losing

and the beggars start choosing the chaos in your head cause the cracks to

start showing,

all glowing, all knowing with the light of the dying to raise the dead

You're a world away

but you're still the same.

I know you by your heart.

I will call you by your name.

It's a long way >> >> from the crack to the break.

You know that I remember everything.

Steady yourself and your tumbleweed words.

Be a street corner preacher or just feed the birds.

But don't hold to yourself.

With heart and more turned stone, be a rubber band man.

Make the water to your bones.

Dying just to live >> >> now.

You're a world away, but you're still the same.

I know you by your heart and I'll call you by your name.

And it's a long way from the crack to the >> >> break.

You know that I remember everything.

>> >> When I said forever, you said get back in the car.

Nothing lasts forever, babe.

You know it breaks my heart.

And I'll call you anything that you like.

I am free and I'm able to call you the second that you die.

>> >> Just to live >> >> now.

You're a world away, but you're still the same.

I know you by your and I won't call you by your name.

And it's a long way from the cracked pavement.

You know that I remember everything.

When I said forever, you should get back in the car.

Nothing lasts forever, babe.

You know it breaks my heart and you're a world away,

but you're still the same.

You know that I remember everything.

New ink on your skin, red lips in the dark.

Nothing lasts forever, babe.

You know it breaks my heart.

Put a shiver on your skin.

Do your hair in the car.

If nothing lasts forever, babe, I guess we better start.

>> >> Thank you so much, Tonight Alive.

We love you.

Thank you.

>> >> And that's it.