Mumford & Sons: White Blank Page Meaning

White Blank Page Lyrics

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 folly and can you kneel before the king and say ‘I’m clean’, ‘I’m Clean’?
But tell...

1. anonymous

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   Jul 11th 2011 !⃝

   I personally think this song is about a young man deciding whether his relationship is based more off of lust than love.
   In the beginning lyrics "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 folly/and can you kneel before the king and say ‘I’m clean’, ‘I’m Clean’?" -he's talking to himself. He's asking himself if he and his girl really love each other to the point where he can openly admit his faults and foolishness and she'll accept him still.
   
   Once you hit the second verse you start to see that he's realizing she never really loved him. "You desired my attention but denied my affections, affections" makes me think that she was using him for the lust but never wanted the love he had for her. It seems like the girl ruined him and played him. He gave her all his love and she denied it and sent him away.
2. anonymous

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   Jun 25th 2011 !⃝

   RE: " And can you kneel before the king and say I'm clean, I'm clean": I perceive this "king" as the "King of kings and Lord of lords" from the Bible. Bottom line, can this guys foolish gay/bisexual girlfriend or gay/bisexual boyfriend (could be either)face God almighty and say, "I'm Clean! I'm Clean!" (Can any homosexual truly face God as clean and pure)
   Ahh...Duh!... I don't think so. Not since it is written, in the bible, that homosexuality is a "Abominiation to the Lord." No unclean creature will enter the kingdom of God. So all cheaters better think twice and halt.
3. anonymous

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   Jun 23rd 2011 !⃝

   Here's my take:
   
   The singer begins by asking reflective questions of himself: can/did I do a,b and c. The presumption is the answer is yes to all three.
   
   The chorus is a rhetorical question asking what more can he do (espscially if the presumption is correct.)
   
   He then moves to an indicative voice explaining his recognition that the feelings he conveyed were futile, leaving him with nothing to show for his efforts, causing him anger.
   
   Lastly, he explains how she failed him, not for validation, but to help himself heal/forgive.
4. anonymous

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   May 30th 2011 !⃝

   I see it as a gay man who is tormenting himself over the whole "I'm going to hell because I'm gay thing" and is asking himself if he can really be happy with a woman and giving himself to a woman. He wants to know what God thinks because everyone is telling him different things and all he wants is the truth. And he's saying "God, I've always followed you, so why am I being condemned? How can you ask me to give you all of my everything, when you cant accept who I am? And if you just tell me what I need to do, I'll be able to give my life to you." He's also angry that he doesn't know what he needs to do.
5. anonymous

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   May 11th 2011 !⃝

   I believed that he was asking himself at this part, "Can you lie next to her..".
   
   In the relationship, he was the one to suffer, as one does when they are at fault for something. But he wonders, "Where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?"
   
   He was sent to the brink of his existence, meaning he was no longer comfortable in his own skin, so to say.
   
   He just wants truth in the relationship, and then he can be happy again with her.
   
   This is just my interpretation. However, it can be about two gay men. This is just the way I see it.
6. anonymous

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   Apr 8th 2011 !⃝

   He is asking himself if he can love her fully. Then he understand unless she loves him fully he can't love her completely, but he is telling her that if she can find the truth and love him then he can follow her.
7. anonymous

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   Apr 6th 2011 !⃝

   well.... after reading the other posts I see what others are saying.
   
   I always took it as kind of saying "is this the kinda person you can have an intimate relationship that has it all? You're expressing your love and affection, but also have that physical element without the awkwardness or the shame.( ie can you kneel before the king and say ‘I’m clean’)"
   
   but thats just me... so you know.
8. anonymous

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   Mar 31st 2011 !⃝

   The listener can interpret it in any way... The way I see it is, that a man loses his girlfriend to another girl. And the song is being addressed to his girlfriend asking, "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?"
   
   Also the part where he says, "As well as your folly and can you kneel before the king and say ‘I’m clean’, ‘I’m Clean’?"
   Means, despite your known foolishness, can you actually admit the truth and come clean.
   
   The singer is bewildered by all the love he has given her, and still she betrays him by falling in love another woman. But he will forgive her if she tells him the truth...
9. anonymous

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   Feb 22nd 2011 !⃝

   the speaker is a gay man broken to pieces by his lovers reluctance to 'come out of the closet' and share in their love for all to see. His lover instead lives a lie by staying with a woman.

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