Lyric discussion by aeromidd 

Cover art for Child lyrics by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

It is so aggravating when people get the words wrong, you'd think they would pay a bit more attention if they were going to go to the trouble of typing them up on a music lyrics site!!

So far nobody anywhere has got this part right: It's not "Black lava rocks" or "Black lava knives"....(how does that make any sense at all?) It is quite obviously (in my opinion) "Black lovin' eyes and a stare that sees for miles" Rant over. Sorry.

And in regards to the meaning of the song, Look up the official music video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UVIlNWCckA ...and interpret how you will. Lots of clues there!