He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Nú vaknar þú
Allt virðist vera breytt
Ég gægist út
En ég sé ekki neitt
Á skóna bind svo
Á náttfötum hún
Í draumi barst hún
Ég hrekk í kút
En sólin, er hún?
Hvar er hún? Inní hýr?
En hvar ert þú?
Legg upp í túr (ég legg upp í túr)
Og tölti götuna
Sé ekki út (ég sé ekki út)
Og nota stjörnurnar
Hleypur endalaust hún
Og klifrar svo út
Glósóli-leg hún
Og komdu út
Mig vaknar draum-haf
Mitt hjartað, slá
Úfið hár
Sturlun við fjar-óð
Sem skyldu-skrá
Og hér ert þú
Fannst mér
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Allt virðist vera breytt
Ég gægist út
En ég sé ekki neitt
Á skóna bind svo
Á náttfötum hún
Í draumi barst hún
Ég hrekk í kút
En sólin, er hún?
Hvar er hún? Inní hýr?
En hvar ert þú?
Legg upp í túr (ég legg upp í túr)
Og tölti götuna
Sé ekki út (ég sé ekki út)
Og nota stjörnurnar
Hleypur endalaust hún
Og klifrar svo út
Glósóli-leg hún
Og komdu út
Mig vaknar draum-haf
Mitt hjartað, slá
Úfið hár
Sturlun við fjar-óð
Sem skyldu-skrá
Og hér ert þú
Fannst mér
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
Glósóli
Og hér ert þú
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Glósóli Lyrics as written by Jon Thor Birgisson, Orri Pall Dyrason, Georg Holm, Kjartan Sveinsson, Philip Glass
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
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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.
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