Every Shining Time You Arrive Lyrics

Lyric discussion by procrastinatingbum 

Cover art for Every Shining Time You Arrive lyrics by Sunny Day Real Estate

This song is so fuckin depressing to me but still I love it. I know Jeremy 'found God' or whatever but I always think of this song as a treatise on nihilism though he changes his mind in the end. I don't see how this song could be about a girl or a relationship when the bulk of it focuses on how we have no control over life, it is meaningless and there is nothing. I guess there is the third verse and the bridge which seem to address a person and are optimistic. I think the "every time you smile/ Every shining time you arrive" part shows he's found meaning & God. bleh . . . i guess i'm talking out of my ass anyway.