“Dog Days Are Over” is a single off of Lungs, and is considered the band’s first big hit in both the US and the UK.

This harp-based track is about suddenly finding happiness, and disbelieving that it’s… Read More [Verse 1]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

The horses are coming

So you better run

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

And I never wanted anything from you

Except everything you had

And what was left after that too, oh

[Verse 2]

Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back

Struck from a great height

By someone who should have known better than that

[Pre-Chorus]

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

Can you hear the horses?

'Cause here they come

[Chorus]

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

[Outro]

The dog days are over

The dog days are done (Here they come)

The horses are coming

So you better run (Here they come)

The dog days are over

The dog days are done (Here they come)

The horses are coming

So you better run