The Light Before We Land Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jisty 

Cover art for The Light Before We Land lyrics by Delgados, The

though i agree with pumkinhed, i think its jus a little more than that. i believe the speaker is complaning about life and the aspects of it not having a enough passion/zest. the way the music switches from heavy (almost like friction between metals) to soft and lyrical (like a wistful lullaby) can be percived as a person's thought process when working out a problem. the problem could be tug-of-war situation that person is going through in their mind. the decision is whether to let things be as they are or act upon their lament and do something. this song is mainly about putting in that last amount of energy into the effort of reconcilation, in order to recapture the beauty that was lost. neverthenless, its a beautiful~ kinda reminds me of a sunset.

your interp is speaking to me now, so thanks jisty... trying to work out my thoughts these days, feeling sick of heart, soul... wondering what happened? was/is there anything there? kinda of feelings... so i've had this song and the rest of "hate" on loop...

took me awhile to comment about this, but i always thought of this song: sweeping, the song soars.. i imagine lovers, in the air, falling, holding hands, in a parachute-jump position... somehow the feeling of falling is a little terrifying, but more comforting... falling through the sky, cloud after cloud, with the...