“There’s a ghost in my lungs and it sighs in my sleep/Wraps itself around my tongue, as it softly sleeps,” goes the chorus to Lungs’ standout, “I’m Not Calling You a Liar.” That speaks to her realization that, at the end of the day, it’s only what she’s got within that she can control. “All I have is my voice, you know? What comes out of my mouth. It’s my way to make the world a more . . . poetic place.”
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE | Paradise Rock Club, 969 Comm Ave, Boston | April 7 at 8 pm | 18+ | OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT | 617.562.8800 or thedise.com
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