| ODESZA – It's Only (feat. Zyra) Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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It feels like it is a ode to the human condition. Seems like there's an ultimate loneliness to what is life. Things are bigger than you, but then what is your place? Do you matter? What is the self? Until we figure this out we aren't going to be gentle to ourselves or our bodies waiting on the shelf. A rover of water, a river of fire that runs through all the universe. We attach ourselves with love. There's a condition of water and fire that are ever changing, but also very permanent to the observer at times. Love is the same way. The song creates a pattern of with and without and ultimately tries to tell a story that tries to make the listener worry less. Don't worry about love not being there... It's only love. It also seems like the futility of the message though isn't lost on the writer. We are human. We can't deny who we are. We will seek not to be lonely. Who that makes us and ultimately who we are though are at odds with so much. There's a thread throughout the song that reinforces the idea that our life is not our own and it is simply being borrowed for the time being. |
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