This is an incredible song. So sad, yet hopeful at the same time.
I think he's talking about innocence or being "cleareyed" and how that get's lost as you grow up, "there is no blue sky" and "some things i wish I'd never seen/had never been".
And now he's met someone who gives him back feelings of certainy and innocence, "now i only see you". He wants the person to, "blind me with love" and erase all the bad things he's seen and experienced.
I initially thought he was talking about romantic love to a woman he's met or something, but the more I think about it, he could be singing to his daughter. Does Glen Phillips have a daughter?
Either way it's beautiful, reminds me of some of the awful things I've seen in my short life and gives me a bit of hope that I can retain my childish innocence still.
This is an incredible song. So sad, yet hopeful at the same time.
I think he's talking about innocence or being "cleareyed" and how that get's lost as you grow up, "there is no blue sky" and "some things i wish I'd never seen/had never been".
And now he's met someone who gives him back feelings of certainy and innocence, "now i only see you". He wants the person to, "blind me with love" and erase all the bad things he's seen and experienced.
I initially thought he was talking about romantic love to a woman he's met or something, but the more I think about it, he could be singing to his daughter. Does Glen Phillips have a daughter? Either way it's beautiful, reminds me of some of the awful things I've seen in my short life and gives me a bit of hope that I can retain my childish innocence still.