Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
well if you love what you are
then you must try to solve
all the things you can leave
through the minds and retrieve
they say size doesn't count
but my heart is a house
will you come and move in
leave a space for us to give
so when you die will you leave behind
all the leaves
that we sold
to ourselves
with the whyouths
and the whens
was it hard to retrieve all the lies
and the seeds
do you love do you try
i don't care
it's the sign
so let's wash all the fear
"grow old hand!" in the mirror
with the lights on our skin
they say war will never win
if you like to sew up
then i wish you would grow up
and take the lines from your face
age so sweet and replace
it's the soul that i want
it's the low belt and caught
it's the size of my heart
it's a house we can start
well your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
i really think we did the best we could i really think that we did the best we could
all the lights we were, all the lights we were
let's keep falling through the medical cracks of sound, let's keep falling through the medical cracks of sound
i really think we did the best we could i really think we did the best we could
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
then you must try to solve
all the things you can leave
through the minds and retrieve
they say size doesn't count
but my heart is a house
will you come and move in
leave a space for us to give
so when you die will you leave behind
all the leaves
that we sold
to ourselves
with the whyouths
and the whens
was it hard to retrieve all the lies
and the seeds
do you love do you try
i don't care
it's the sign
so let's wash all the fear
"grow old hand!" in the mirror
with the lights on our skin
they say war will never win
if you like to sew up
then i wish you would grow up
and take the lines from your face
age so sweet and replace
it's the soul that i want
it's the low belt and caught
it's the size of my heart
it's a house we can start
well your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
yeah your mouth is a gun
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
you hate it all in you
i really think we did the best we could i really think that we did the best we could
all the lights we were, all the lights we were
let's keep falling through the medical cracks of sound, let's keep falling through the medical cracks of sound
i really think we did the best we could i really think we did the best we could
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
they say size doesn't count but my heart is a house
Lyrics submitted by fjording
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great love love lost
but learning about himself while learning about someone else. great song. love the lines "will you come and move in leave a space for us to give" and "let's keep falling through the medical cracks of sound, let's keep falling through the medical cracks of sound i really think we did the best we could i really think we did the best we could"
that is all. im just stoked i got the first post. whoot.
This song just makes me feel good. Beautiful guitat...The vocals are interesting, but definitely well done. One of my favorite BSS songs.
i thought this was Kevin Drew? i am aware that he is part of Broken Social Scene.
This song is about the end of a relationship.
Him not wanting to move on, but rather trying and sort it out. The other person however, is insisting it is over.
"Well your mouth is a gun" could be referring to the hurtful things a person would say when ending a relationship.
"so when you die will you leave behind all the leaves that we sold to ourselves" I think is referring to the plans and memories they had together and by walking away from the relationship are they just going to forget everything that happened and all the happy times together.
I just think it is so awesome how Kevin drew put in the lines "All the Lights we were" into this song as two BSS songs Shampoo Suicide and Late Nineties Bedroom Rock for the Missionaries have this line incorporated into their lyrics. Beautiful.
seems like they've listed Kevin Drew's and Brendan Canning's solo album stuff under BSS; yes, it is Kevin Drew.
this song is beautifully sad