Elbow Lay Down Your Cross Lyrics

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Who wrote Lay Down Your Cross lyrics?

Lay Down Your Cross is written by Richard Barry Jupp, Guy Edward John Garvey, Craig Lee Potter, Peter James Turner, Mark Potter.
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When was Lay Down Your Cross released?

It is first released on August 24, 2012 as part of Elbow's album "Dead in the Boot" which includes 13 tracks in total. This song is the 2nd track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Lay Down Your Cross lyrics?

When we take a closer look to the meaning, the song 'Lay Down Your Cross' explains how Elbow wants to find love and comfort from another person through his repeated request to 'let me love her again'. The lyrics use metaphors like 'lay down your cross' and 'burn all your clothes' to show how people feel defenseless and they want to build emotional bonds with others. The lyrics of Lay down your cross mostly focus on expressing love while experiencing heartbreak and losing someone special and feeling deep devotion. The song emphasizes that people need to experience love through their desire to connect with others and their feelings of longing and regret and their need for intimate relationships. The lyrics explore love and relationships through suggestive language and imagery that includes references to intimacy and drinking. The content contains elements that are inappropriate for very young children although it does not reach explicit levels that would require a higher rating.
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Which genre is Lay Down Your Cross?

Lay Down Your Cross falls under the genre Alternative.
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How long is the song Lay Down Your Cross?

Lay Down Your Cross song length is 4 minutes and 41 seconds.