The Hours Lyrics

Lyric discussion by anseave 

Cover art for The Hours lyrics by Beach House

Can I wait the hours 'til you find me? Climb up to the tower so that you could see

I think this is saying that she is in love with someone, and she is waiting for the person to find her, to notice her.

Violence in the flowers where they found you

this can mean that she met this person when they had a lot of violence in their lives.

Can I wait the hours? Would it be untrue?

Shes just saying that it's true.

Climb up to the tower so that you could see All across the hours

she had waited a long time for their relationship to develop

Frightened eyes looking back at me Change your mind, don't care about me Frightened eyes looking back at me Change your mind, don't leave without me Frightened eyes

This person in moving on from the violent environment in which they are both from, where they both met and bonded. The person is going on ahead. She is happy that he is leaving but she doesn't want to be left alone. She wants the person to move on and do great things, but she wants to be there with him. So she can't help and tell him to stay, even though she wants him to go.

Made in your reflection so that you could feel Mad in your intentions, fear it isn't real

She is reassuring him, because the person's frightened eyes is saying that they are scared to move on

All the recollections spinning in a field Left in your possession 'til it isn't real You say it isn't real

She is going over all the memories that they have gone through. they have developed this deep relationship/friendship, and now that the person is leaving, its as if their taking the memories along with them. the person says that these thoughts that shes having, is not real.

Frightened eyes looking back at me Change your mind, don't care about me

Frightened eyes looking back at me Change your mind, don't leave without me Frightened eyes

She is expressing that she doesn't want the person to leave without her.

It's deeper than you and me

Its deeper than a bond between one person and another because they are both from this place where there is much violence. They developed an important relationship sparked by the environment in which they are from.

It's farther than you could see Is it too much to ask? Tell me

Shes telling them that the place is going is far, she is asking them if its too much to ask because she is asking them to stay.

It's all in a glance, you'll see It's deeper than you and me (Looking back at me) It's all in a glance, you'll see (Don't care about me) It's farther than we could be (Looking back at me) It's deeper than you and me (Don't care about me) Frightened eyes

The person is scared, which is why she is saying that it's all in a glace. She's encouraging them to leave, because later on that part of their lives will be something minor that happened. It won't be anything significant.

My Interpretation