The lyrics here are butchered (in "rockerbabe99's" defense, the track isn't that clear so it makes it difficult to decipher lyrics). The correct lyrics are below:
Picking up sound on the interstate,
I am my breath, letting in waves.
There will be time when the sleep
I’m in covers me whole, covers me thin.
I know I’ll wake up old,
forgetting which box this is in.
How I will keep you just how I left you.
Our daughter once told me I know a lot.
Now I’m strutting off with more than I’ve got.
A hitchhiker told me I don’t talk a lot.
It made me feel fine, made me quiet.
If you’d of said it right
instead of painting words white…
How I will keep you just how I left you.
Come on, say it right.
As for interpretation, I am at a loss as of now. It is almost as if he is singing about aging, and wanting to keep his memories intact as he gets old. I don't know. Great song though. I hate the Shins, and while this song reminds of something The Shins might play, Blind Pilot does a great job at making a sweet-sounding melancholy song.
The lyrics here are butchered (in "rockerbabe99's" defense, the track isn't that clear so it makes it difficult to decipher lyrics). The correct lyrics are below:
Picking up sound on the interstate, I am my breath, letting in waves. There will be time when the sleep I’m in covers me whole, covers me thin. I know I’ll wake up old, forgetting which box this is in. How I will keep you just how I left you. Our daughter once told me I know a lot. Now I’m strutting off with more than I’ve got. A hitchhiker told me I don’t talk a lot. It made me feel fine, made me quiet. If you’d of said it right instead of painting words white… How I will keep you just how I left you. Come on, say it right.
As for interpretation, I am at a loss as of now. It is almost as if he is singing about aging, and wanting to keep his memories intact as he gets old. I don't know. Great song though. I hate the Shins, and while this song reminds of something The Shins might play, Blind Pilot does a great job at making a sweet-sounding melancholy song.