Santa Clara Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Maui 

Cover art for Santa Clara lyrics by National, The

It’s powerful deep loss of someone real close. “It’s alright to see your ghost” : like how you see someone in crowds for years after they die and how that’s so upsetting at first. But after decades its okay to see the ghost and you want to follow them for a little while it’s just so nice to see them again. “I want to see them rolling rolling by” . “And they’re gonna be cool happy genius heroes” because at some point you forget anything bad about the person you lost and they become untouchable and holy in your memory. They stay young and perfect forever while you go on and get beat up and old. “Gonna throw a blue bouquet”: blue flowers symbolize never ending love.

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