Shape of a Sound Lyrics

Lyric discussion by shshjeud 

Cover art for Shape of a Sound lyrics by Civil Twilight

This is a song about finding purpose, meaning.

He feels a desire to pursue something, a calling, but is reluctant, feeling that he doesn't really know where to go, what all of it means. He grasps for "the spark", for inspiration, something new with purpose, but still finds himself dissatisfied. He eventually finds peace knowing that his body leans on "only you" (presumably God).

Knowing that his body is "a temple that's built from the ground" and his soul was "created by the shape of a sound" (he was created by an almighty God) reassures him that all that all of his uncertainty, all that he lost: the dreams, wonders, and ideas that he once had, will be restored.