I’m never completely sure what a GEG song means, but with their sound, I can’t bring myself to care too much. Just for fun, though, I’ll venture some guesses. I may be reading in more specifics than what’s really there…
I hear this as a woman singing to her boyfriend. She’s the ambitious type, all about making the most of every day and aiming for the highest goal (“the morning and the sky”). She sees a lot of potential in him, but he’s more relaxed about things, and she sees his career stagnating. Her constant pushing and dissatisfaction have undermined his confidence and alienated him. He has pulled away emotionally, telling her she needs to back off and let him run his own life. She finds it difficult not to interfere, but she does as he asks. Being separated from him, she begins to feel lonely and realize how much joy he brought into her life. She sees that she doesn’t need him to be just like her, and that their different styles complement one another (“the balance keeps us both alive”). This song is her telling him what she’s realized, and asking him to come back to her (“I’ll spend the next lifetime by your side”).
I can also see this from a more spiritual angle, which GEG seems to be fond of. It could be sung by somebody who’s recently died. She finds herself in an afterlife with many new dimensions (“unfamiliar worlds I’ve never known”), but still feels tied to the material world (“the life we’ve left behind”) and worries about how the ones she loves, perhaps her children, are getting on without her. With difficulty she learns to let go, content to sit back and watch them come into their own.
I’m never completely sure what a GEG song means, but with their sound, I can’t bring myself to care too much. Just for fun, though, I’ll venture some guesses. I may be reading in more specifics than what’s really there…
I hear this as a woman singing to her boyfriend. She’s the ambitious type, all about making the most of every day and aiming for the highest goal (“the morning and the sky”). She sees a lot of potential in him, but he’s more relaxed about things, and she sees his career stagnating. Her constant pushing and dissatisfaction have undermined his confidence and alienated him. He has pulled away emotionally, telling her she needs to back off and let him run his own life. She finds it difficult not to interfere, but she does as he asks. Being separated from him, she begins to feel lonely and realize how much joy he brought into her life. She sees that she doesn’t need him to be just like her, and that their different styles complement one another (“the balance keeps us both alive”). This song is her telling him what she’s realized, and asking him to come back to her (“I’ll spend the next lifetime by your side”).
I can also see this from a more spiritual angle, which GEG seems to be fond of. It could be sung by somebody who’s recently died. She finds herself in an afterlife with many new dimensions (“unfamiliar worlds I’ve never known”), but still feels tied to the material world (“the life we’ve left behind”) and worries about how the ones she loves, perhaps her children, are getting on without her. With difficulty she learns to let go, content to sit back and watch them come into their own.