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| Beach House – Lazuli Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Indeed they have. Everything by them is beautiful, but I think they nailed it with this song. |
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| Beach House – Lazuli Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Oh, and one more thing. For some reason, pyramids seem to be a recurring image for Beach House (10 Mile Stereo: "Bright pyramids at night, they'll carry us on forever"; and pyramids on their shows at least since Teen Dream). It's interesting that the arpeggios in this song actually form pyramids as well: bigger ones on the synth, smaller ones on the guitar. |
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| Beach House – Lazuli Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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This is the song that turned me to Beach House and I've been puzzled by the lyrics since day one. I have no idea what it means but I doubt the song is about anything in particular.
Got thinking on the line "like no other you can't be replaced (is nothing like lapis lazuli)" and it's weird because actually lapis lazuli is very unique so you can't really say it can be replaced. But if you look into the history of the stone, you'll find that a) in ancient times some cultures refered to this stone as "sapphire", which nowaydays we use to call another stone; and b) lazuli is the genesis of the word "azul", which is Spanish for blue (the same for other languages such as Italian). So perhaps by saying that contrary to lapis lazuli you can't be replace she's making a reference to that. No one could confuse you for someone else because you are unique.
The line "when you couldn't see you would come for me" is interesting too because I think it can be read two different ways. In the first way she is directly talking to a person that used to come to her for help. But you could also read it as if it was the stone itself that's saying the line, as lapis lazuli was used in ancient times to cure illness related to the eyes. |
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| Jens Lekman – Every Little Hair Knows Your Name Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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What I love about this lyric is how literal it is. Of course, pretty much all Jens lyrics are pretty literal and fact-filled, but in this case the title stands exactly for what is trying to say and it's not really a metaphor although it may sound as one. All the cells on his body has been replaced after several years by cell division, but since memory exists on the DNA, everything that his body grows, including even the smallest of hairs, carries the memory of his ex. |
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