Florence + the Machine — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 67 songs across 6 albums by Florence + the Machine. They use 1,811 unique words out of 7,811 (lexical richness MATTR 0.68), with an average of 117 content words per song. Emotional tone: 57% of songs positive, 3% neutral, 40% negative.
Most used words by Florence + the Machine
- let (150)
- love (102)
- know (72)
- see (70)
- hold (66)
- make (60)
- keep (50)
- come (49)
- back (48)
- fall (46)
- shake (45)
- arms (42)
- kind (41)
- want (40)
- around (39)
- way (38)
- need (38)
- away (37)
- one (36)
- cannot (36)
Signature phrases
- “wash away” (18)
- “ve love ve” (16)
- “love ve love” (16)
- “different kind danger” (12)
- “st jude” (12)
- “streetlights bursting overhead” (10)
- “kind man loves” (10)
- “say name colour” (10)
- “name colour illuminates” (10)
- “picks puts” (10)
Colors in the lyrics
- blue (15)
- red (10)
- gold (8)
- black (8)
- green (5)
- pink (4)
- grey (3)
- brown (1)
Albums analyzed
- Lungs (2009)
- Ceremonials (2011)
- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
- High as Hope (2018)
- Dance Fever (2022)
- Everybody Scream (2025)