In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
well I walked over the bridge
into the city where I live
and I saw my old landlord
well, we both said hello there was nowhere else to go
cause his rent I couldn’t afford
well relationships change though I think its kind of strange
how money makes a man grow
some people they claim if you get enough fame
you live over the rainbow
over the rainbow
but the people on the street out on buses or on feet
we all got the same blood flow
oh, in society every dollar got a deed
we all need a place where we can go
and feel over the rainbow
and sometimes we forget what we got
who we are,
and who we are not
I think we got a chance to make it right
keep it loose
keep it tight
keep it tight
I’m in love with a girl who’s in love with the world
and I can’t help but follow
though I know someday she is bound to go away
and stay over the rainbow
gotta learn how to let her go
over the rainbow
sometimes we forget who we got
who they are
and who they are not
there is so much more in love than black and white
keep it loose child
gotta keep it tight
keep it loose child
keep it tight
keep it tight
into the city where I live
and I saw my old landlord
well, we both said hello there was nowhere else to go
cause his rent I couldn’t afford
well relationships change though I think its kind of strange
how money makes a man grow
some people they claim if you get enough fame
you live over the rainbow
over the rainbow
but the people on the street out on buses or on feet
we all got the same blood flow
oh, in society every dollar got a deed
we all need a place where we can go
and feel over the rainbow
and sometimes we forget what we got
who we are,
and who we are not
I think we got a chance to make it right
keep it loose
keep it tight
keep it tight
I’m in love with a girl who’s in love with the world
and I can’t help but follow
though I know someday she is bound to go away
and stay over the rainbow
gotta learn how to let her go
over the rainbow
sometimes we forget who we got
who they are
and who they are not
there is so much more in love than black and white
keep it loose child
gotta keep it tight
keep it loose child
keep it tight
keep it tight
Lyrics submitted by talkies
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
this song is, in my opinion, pretty self-explanitory. basically it's saying people can often lose sight of who they really are, and also that we're all just the same in the end. amazing song... once you hear amos lee, you'll just never get enough of him.
this song is amazing
Do you think that "in love with the world" means a person who is seduced by what the world has to offer, maybe in an exciting spontaneous way, but also in a way that creates a sense of discontentment that causes her to continually move from one thing to the next and not stay grounded or reliable, which is what he loves about her, but he's also afraid that one day she'll want to go and he cant stop her? Now he finds it sweet because he loves her so much, but he's also waiting for the time when its going to end.
I truly hope everyone understands that the lyric, "I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world" is an Elliott Smith lyric. RE: "Say Yes" off the 97' album Either/Or by Elliott Smith. It is indeed an amazing lyric because it was written by someone who most of these acousic guitar wielding singer/songwriters rip off with a lot less success. Amos is good though and I see this as a tribute like lovelybones mentioned.
Ok so we don't know for sure that he really took those words from Elliot Smith.... I mean nothing is truly "original" in this society, everything is influenced by something that has already BEEN. So with that being said, let's not instigate negative thoughts. Coincidences do happen ya know.
When I listen to this song I get the sense that he feels lost in what life is really about. He mentions money, fame, equality and changing of relationships. These are ideologies that we have created to live for in life and I feel like the way he sings the beginning, he is questioning these ideologies. And whether they are really worth living for. <br /> <br /> I love that line:<br /> <br /> "well relationships change<br /> though I think its kind of strange <br /> how money makes a man grow"<br /> <br /> I feel like this line is pointing out the absurdness of how society has structured the growth in a man through how much money he makes rather than WHO HE IS as a person. And how the relationship between money and man hasn't changed and probably never will considering how society is caught up in the media. It also applies to his views on relationships, he finds it strange that relationships do change and people know it but still go through the trouble to form them. <br /> <br /> It's a bittersweet song I feel like. I feel like he is trying to say that everyone is so busy/worried on trying to work their way up to live over the rainbow and it makes people overlook/take for granted all the things they already have in life and who they are and those who they have at that moment already. <br /> <br />
When I listen to this song I get the sense that he feels lost in what life is really about. He mentions money, fame, equality and changing of relationships. These are ideologies that we have created to live for in life and I feel like the way he sings the beginning, he is questioning these ideologies. And whether they are really worth living for.
I love that line:
"well relationships change though I think its kind of strange how money makes a man grow"
I feel like this line is pointing out the absurdness of how society has structured the growth in a man through how much money he makes rather than WHO HE IS as a person. And how the relationship between money and man hasn't changed and probably never will considering how society is caught up in the media. It also applies to his views on relationships, he finds it strange that relationships do change and people know it but still go through the trouble to form them.
It's a bittersweet song I feel like. I feel like he is trying to say that everyone is so busy/worried on trying to work their way up to live over the rainbow and it makes people overlook/take for granted all the things they already have in life and who they are and those who they have at that moment already.
"I’m in love with a girl who’s in love with the world and I can’t help but follow though I know someday she is bound to go away and stay over the rainbow gotta learn how to let her go over the rainbow "
that's great. and maybe im wrong on this, but no matter what it means its great. but i see it as, he's in love with a girl who loves the world, so he likes that about her and so he wants to love the world as well.. he wants that. but he realizes that she's too good for hiim, and she will surely leave him someday. so he needs to learn how to let her go "over the rainbow" because he wants her to be happy.
beautiful, beautiful
oh my GOD i love amos lee, i'm gonna go buy all his cds. "i'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world..."
It seems the problem is people loose sight of what we got, who they are, who they are not. It seems that the solution is made simple: keep it loose, keep it tight.
I first heard this song at the playing at the end of the Conviction show on NBC and was smitten. It is so beautiful. I think everyone can identify with at least some of the lyrics. Beautiful- absolutely beautiful.
To me the lyrics "Keep it loose, Keep it tight." Mean, be open, let things go (Keep it loose). And mean, don't let yourself go (Keep it tight). You can still be open-minded without changing who are.
I like what everyone else feels about this song too.