Song Description
A story about a couple that has known each other for a long time, but has been in and out of love. The singer/narrator feels like they were meant for each other ("all our lives, we were the sacred songs"), but their has been hurt in the past ("Spilling on the sand, our tears beneath us").
| Song Length |
4:22 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
Attracted, Crush, Relationship |
| Similar Artists |
Arcade Fire, The Decemberists |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Summer was a cold night, in our time
Secrets in the half-light, on our minds
Spilling on the sand, our tears beneath us
Lifting in the eve, our hopes between us
All our lives, we were the sacred songs
Summer was the dark calm, in our minds
Yellow in the eyes, our fears in bright lines
Circling like a gull, our loves exceed us
Spinning in the deep, a flame beneath us
All our lives, we were the sacred songs
All our lives, we were the sacred songs
What makes this air feel thin?
What chills these bones?
And who mourns this passing day?
Or the love that craves more?
All our lives, we were the sacred songs
All our lives, we were the sacred songs
All our lives, we were the sacred songs
All our lives, we were the sacred songs