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And if you follow me, son,
the wind'll wrap around you
Carry you from the ground,
you will never be alone
Your weight will turn to sunlight
that's falling on a girl
Who's still inside the world
She's reading books from empty women
They're givin' beauty tips from empty hips
And how is the water of the rain
And how is the air of the wind
And how are the arms of your mother
She's holding you in
Watch them as they try to fly their kites inside their bedrooms
That were only built for drinking
Your thoughts they never lasted long when you were under the sky
Above it you can hold a thought forever
And how is the water of the rain
And how is the air of the wind
And how are the arms of your mother
She's holding you in
And how is the water of the rain
And how is the air of the wind
And how are the arms of your mother
She's holding you in
the wind'll wrap around you
Carry you from the ground,
you will never be alone
that's falling on a girl
Who's still inside the world
They're givin' beauty tips from empty hips
And how is the air of the wind
And how are the arms of your mother
She's holding you in
That were only built for drinking
Your thoughts they never lasted long when you were under the sky
Above it you can hold a thought forever
And how is the air of the wind
And how are the arms of your mother
She's holding you in
And how is the air of the wind
And how are the arms of your mother
She's holding you in
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Yeah, this song has really grown on me. I don't think the above lyrics are correct. Let me suggest:
and if you follow me son the wind will wrap around you carry you from the ground you will never be alone
your weight will turn to sunlight that's falling on a girl who's still inside the world
she's reading books from empty women they're giving beauty tips from empty hips
and how is the water of the rain and how is the air of the wind and how are the arms of your mother she's holding you in
watch them as they try to fly their kites inside their bedrooms that were only built for drinking your thoughts they never lasted long while you were under the sky above it you can hold a thought forever
(refrain)
(repeat)
I'm pretty sure it's about someone who has just died. "your weight will turn to sunlight", "girl still inside the world", "...when you were under the sky".
i agree with infinityontrial. "how is the water of the rain how is the air of the wind how are the arms of your mother" "your weight will turn to sunlight" the idea that when you die, you become part of the earth is implied a lot in this song.
This song is fabulous. I have always liked it but never really tried to understand the lyrics until a few days ago and then came here to see what others thought. I agree with the someone who just died theory.
This song is fabulous. I have always liked it but never really tried to understand the lyrics until a few days ago and then came here to see what others thought. I agree with the someone who just died theory.
I think the song is from the perspective of god, telling the person who literally just died to come with him. The "how are the arms of your mother" is god looking down, seeing the mother holding the boy and aking him how it feels.
I think the song is from the perspective of god, telling the person who literally just died to come with him. The "how are the arms of your mother" is god looking down, seeing the mother holding the boy and aking him how it feels.
Beautifully sad song!
Beautifully sad song!
I started seriously listening to this song after my Mum died. So could be biased and/or deranged in my intepretation! I think it's a song about someone who's died who's still looking out for the girl still alive. It reminds me of the six gram puff out that I reckon really does happen when when someone dies...the opposite of birth. Or birth on the other side. Who knows. But weight turning to sunlight is beautiful, and really resonates.
I think also - and really this could be my personal experience and bias - is the girl still inside the world is wasting her time on bloody chic lit (insert vomit noise...and it's a chick writing), which is so vacuous and reductivist (of women I reckon...but I won't get started!). Their beauty tips, their banality, stupid emaciated hips.
At any rate, it was a gift to me when I was grieving.
On the note so much front - a gift I mean - and just 'cause I go like the clappers on a keyboard and am on a roll now, it always made me remember my ex, when one of his mates was hanging it on his home made sissy jumper, asking over and over if his Mum had made it, when he said she couldn't knit. The why not retort was, 'because her arms have rotted off'. Anyway, so when Matt asks, 'so how are the arms of your mother' - up there in heaven, meeting her again, I always think of that. Just thought I'd share.
:-)
"And how is the water of the rain And how is the air of the wind And how are the arms of your mother"
I always heard this like: What is the fundamental building block of rain? the answer is water. What is the fundamental building block of wind? It's air.
So what is the fundamental building block of mothers? Arms. arms are to mothers what water is to rain....man that makes me miss my mom
Yeah, the lyrics up there are wrong, and Mpsalem's are right. And I have a thought: This guy's son's growing up and he doesn't have a mother. (and how are the arms of your mother she's holding you in)
What's the point of a website like this if the lyrics you publish are all wrong? Get your shit together, SongMeanings! Correct this bullshit.
"And if you follow me, son, the wind'll wrap around you Carry from the ground, you will never be alone Your weight will turn to sunlight that's falling on a girl Who's still inside the world"
an underrated song. there's so much to wrap your head around. the drumming is perfect.