In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
The satellite comes and goes
We give each other all we know
In silence we still talk
By the light of the stereo we waltz
And will you rain down
In your cinematic love truck
I'm gonna hold you like
Nothing's gonna stop us
And she comes to take me away
She's all that I needed
I don't breathe another lover, no
Flicker on a TV screen
Everything's more than it seems
The mighty backward fall
We stare at the light on the wall
And I swear to this
She felt like velvet
Second blonde child
Like velvet, velvet
And she comes to take me away
She's all that I needed
I don't breathe another lover, uh
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, a beautiful rain
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, a beautiful rain
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, beautiful rain, beautiful rain
Beautiful, beautiful, oh
When she come around again
When she come around again, around again
Around again, around again
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, beautiful rain
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, beautiful rain
I'm an alien, you're an alien
Beautiful rain, a beautiful rain, a beautiful rain
Alien, alien, alien, alien
Alien, alien, alien, alien
Alien, alien, alien, alien
Alien, alien
We give each other all we know
In silence we still talk
By the light of the stereo we waltz
And will you rain down
In your cinematic love truck
I'm gonna hold you like
Nothing's gonna stop us
And she comes to take me away
She's all that I needed
I don't breathe another lover, no
Flicker on a TV screen
Everything's more than it seems
The mighty backward fall
We stare at the light on the wall
And I swear to this
She felt like velvet
Second blonde child
Like velvet, velvet
And she comes to take me away
She's all that I needed
I don't breathe another lover, uh
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, a beautiful rain
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, a beautiful rain
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, beautiful rain, beautiful rain
Beautiful, beautiful, oh
When she come around again
When she come around again, around again
Around again, around again
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, beautiful rain
I'm an alien, you're an alien
It's a beautiful rain, beautiful rain
I'm an alien, you're an alien
Beautiful rain, a beautiful rain, a beautiful rain
Alien, alien, alien, alien
Alien, alien, alien, alien
Alien, alien, alien, alien
Alien, alien
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Alien Lyrics as written by Gavin Rossdale
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