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A flash light isn't quite sunlight
But any light at all seems bright when you're looking in the dark
A wet dream isn't the real thing
It isn't really anything, but at least it makes a spark
All is relative
Everything is relative
It's all about the way we receive it
How much we believe it
Depending on the life you lead if you lead it
Compared to yourself
Compared to someone else
You care and if you pick
The threads in your closet
The cash in your wallet
The color of the skin in your blood and how you got it
Compared to yourself and someone else, you care
Everything is relative
Premade isn't quite homemade
But premade with a home name
Is almost just the same
Your girlfriend isn't your best friend
But any friend is best
When you're freezing in the rain
All is relative
It's all about the way we receive it
How much we believe it
Depending on the life you lead if you lead it
Compared to yourself
Compared to someone else
You care and if you pick
The threads in your closet
The cash in your wallet
The color of the skin in your blood and how you got it
Compared to yourself and someone else, you care
Everything is relative
You're either underweight or you're unfit
Underdressed or overzipped
Too social or you're just too shy
Too depressed or you're too high
Night to day
Day to night
Rich to poor
Black and white
Everything is relative
It's all about the way we receive it
How much we believe it
Depending on the life you lead if you lead it
Compared to yourself
Compared to someone else
You care and if you pick
The threads in your closet
The cash in your wallet
The color of the skin in your blood and how you got it
Compared to yourself and someone else, you care
Everything is relative
But any light at all seems bright when you're looking in the dark
A wet dream isn't the real thing
It isn't really anything, but at least it makes a spark
All is relative
Everything is relative
How much we believe it
Depending on the life you lead if you lead it
Compared to yourself
Compared to someone else
You care and if you pick
The threads in your closet
The cash in your wallet
The color of the skin in your blood and how you got it
Compared to yourself and someone else, you care
Everything is relative
But premade with a home name
Is almost just the same
Your girlfriend isn't your best friend
But any friend is best
When you're freezing in the rain
All is relative
How much we believe it
Depending on the life you lead if you lead it
Compared to yourself
Compared to someone else
You care and if you pick
The threads in your closet
The cash in your wallet
The color of the skin in your blood and how you got it
Compared to yourself and someone else, you care
Everything is relative
Underdressed or overzipped
Too social or you're just too shy
Too depressed or you're too high
Night to day
Day to night
Rich to poor
Black and white
Everything is relative
How much we believe it
Depending on the life you lead if you lead it
Compared to yourself
Compared to someone else
You care and if you pick
The threads in your closet
The cash in your wallet
The color of the skin in your blood and how you got it
Compared to yourself and someone else, you care
Everything is relative
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This song is basically saying everything is related no matter what. This song is very beautiful. I wish it was on his cd. It kind of explains itself.
"This song is about everything being related to everything else" -Gavin Degraw (I wanna say he said that at the FleetCenter show in Boston)
So Jess, I completely agree with you. :-)
i think his unreleased music is 10x better then his CD. But i love this song. i love his voice. i just love the fact that he actually sings about relative things.
"Your girlfriend isn't your best friend But any friend is best When you're freezing in the rain"---i love that line!
I agree- his unreleased music is such better. the guy is so talented! I met him twice and actually hung out with him the last time I met him, hes such a crazy ass! This song is so great because it's very rare for an artist to write about something like this --- he isnt writing about a relstionship or something, it's actually kind of philosophical, and sooo true when you hear it. He makes great analogies in the song...very, very good.
hahah funniest song "a wet dream.. isn't the real thing" but like you all said, so true and his voice is perfect in this song.