Florence + The Machine Shares "Ship to Wreck" From 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'

Things are dark right from the opening verse.

"Don't touch the sleeping pills, they mess with my head / Dredging of big white sharks, swimming in the bed / And here comes a killer whale, sing me to sleep / Thrashing the covers off, has me by its teeth," Welch sings.

There is no resolution by the end of the tune, which is centered around a fleeting relationship, and maybe that is the point. There is a strange element of comfort in the idea of building a "ship to wreck" in that it is a deliberate destruction. Next time, just try harder not to wreck whatever it is you have spent so much time building.

Take a listen below, via Rolling Stone.

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is due out June 2. The album follows Welch and Co.'s 2011 effort Ceremonials. That record hit No. 6 on the Billboard 200 behind singles like "What the Water Gave Me" and "Shake It Out." It was a critical success as well.

"Florence and the Machine's second album is as dark, robust and romantic as ever, but a revving 18-wheeler is no longer the apt metaphor for Welch's voice. Listen to her hooting and growling on 'Only If for a Night,' a ballad somewhere between classic soul and midnight-on-the-moors English art rock," RS wrote.

Florence + The Machine will be busy touring for the next few months, making stops at festivals in the United States and United Kingdom. The group will hit the Big 3 stateside -- Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza -- as well as Germany's Southside, Denmark's Roskilde and Portugual's Super Bock Super Rock.

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