i'm thinking of a number between everything and two
like if we ignore the systems they'll just blink out and quickly go away."
she said "i'll keep all the signals that you send home to me
and i'll meet you back here on the ground."
she's pissed off, pissed off again.
and i know if she had her way i'd always be through
tethered to a glass ring she keeps beside the phone
and never ever stepping out into
blankness and darkness light underneath the leaf
has settled on me here and scraped away the sound
and i need you back here on the ground."
she's pissed off, pissed off again.
and i know if she had a way i'd always be through
tethered to a glass ring she keeps beside the phone,
and never ever stepping out into...
I'm thinking of a number between everything and two
and i know if she had a way i'd always be through
tethered to a glass ring she keeps beside the phone
and never ever stepping out into...
and i don't feel a thing here anymore
strings of information slowing to a stop
the tether's end slipping from it's knot
i'm stretching out into...
i'm thinking of the number between everything and two
I've got a Hum bootleg of a show on the Downward is Heavenward tour and Matt speaks a little before this song and says that's it about how much he misses his wife when he goes on tour but he used the metaphor of an astronaut going into space to show how far away he felt.
this is a beautiful song to drive home to. right at the end of your drive. when you're about 6 minutes away from home. just pop this on and everything will be perfect. i promise.
This song is beautiful, i used it in an interactive art piece for my senior project class at college. the opening guitar is perfect... Hum is too cool for school.
hum's lyrics always stand out in my mind. this song just makes me weak. brilliant and beautiful.
love this song... i took my screename from this song
@moleculesofu dude thats awsome
@moleculesofu dude thats awsome
Yeah.. they use alot of astrological/ austronaut metaphores. And They all kind of look like geeks.
I was always wondering if any of them enjoyed science? I'm too lazy to read through countless articles though. At least during now.
Awsome song, love it so much
She's pissed off again, because he is leaving to do his job. She would have him tethered to a ring by the phone, but the tether is slipping.
This is the most gorgeous song ever, I can't even explain what this song means to me along with so many other Hum songs.
This whole album has a great shelf life, songs still sound great after countless listens (the production helps, yeah).
This song in particular stands out (along with Ms. Lazarus) as one of the best. When I first heard it I thought it just sounded like one of the cliche slow songs on so many 90's bands albums... boy was I wrong.
This song has racked up an easy 100+ plays on my ipod. The lyrics are fantastic and delivered by the cucumber-cool calmness of Matt Talbot.
"like if we ignore the systems they'll just blink out and quickly go away"
Gotta make money, got to have a job. Matt's gotta chase his dream of being in a rock band... still has to pay the bills though. Such brutal "adult not fully realizing his dream" feelings.. such a bummer.
"never ever stepping out into.." - and then the light 'chinese crash hit, floors me everytime.