Half Light I Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sheionizes 

Cover art for Half Light I lyrics by Arcade Fire

actually it sounds like "we had the ocean in a shell"

To me this song is about the changes that puberty brings and how it changes our relationships

strange how the half light can make a place new you can't recognize me and I can't recognize you

and how we don't really know ourselves, but that's all we know... alone and deep... just a shell, yet feeling as alone and deep as an ocean.

the ocean in a shell.

and how living in the suburbs limits the ability for ourselves to have the opportunity to see our true selves. Not enough windows...

our heads are just houses without enough windows

"we had the ocean in a shell"

I think your right because I always thought thats what they were saying when i listen to it This is one of my favorite songs on the album for that lyric alone