Weekly Tuneage :: Mumford & Sons

If you couldn't tell, it's been a Mumford week (or past couple of days). I made a recent post about Mumford & Sons's latest video for their song Hopeless Wanderer. Speaking of awesome music videos, Lover of the Light is an incredibly beautiful song with a matching music video.  There's nothing I don't like about this song. It's incredibly musically complex, the lyrics are lovely, and Marcus Mumford's perfectly gravelly voice and talent from him and the rest of the band is at a peak. The video stars the ever talented Idris Elba, who acts solo in this production. His exceptional acting prowess shines in this video. And I mean, who doesn't love this man?  The symbolism in this video is rather ambiguous. My take from it was that Elba's character has two sides to him: the civilized, proper side; and the wild, instinctual side. The stag that appears throughout represents his inner self, the lover of nature. We see his character only sometimes happy in his domestic setting, but genuinely happy and joyful in the wild. His face can only be interpreted as sheer euphoria. The music video makes me smile because we see this character in a pure, natural place and completely overjoyed about it. That speaks volumes to me about our nature as human beings and simple pleasures in life that we tend not to indulge in. Anywho, enjoy this wonderful song and have a fantastic rest of your day! Till next time xx, Sierra