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If I could bottle up the sea breeze I would take it over to your house
And pour it loose through your garden
So the hinges on your windows would rust and colour
Like the boats pulled up on the sand for the summer
And your sweet clean clothes would go stiff on the line
And there’d be sand in your pockets and nothing on your mind
But every year it gets a little bit harder
To get back to the feeling of when we were fifteen
And we could jump in the river upstream
And let the current carry us to the beginning where
The river met the sea again
And all our days were a sun-drenched haze
While the salt spray crusted on the window panes
We should be living like we lived that summer
I wanna live like we live in the summer
And I’ll remember that summer as the right one
The storms made the pavement steam like a kettle
And our first goodbye always seemed like hours
In the car park in between my house and yours
And if the summer holds a song we might sing forever
Then the winter holds a bite we’d never felt before
But time is like the ocean
You can only hold a little in your hands
So swim before we’re broken
Before our bones become
Black coral on the sand
And pour it loose through your garden
So the hinges on your windows would rust and colour
Like the boats pulled up on the sand for the summer
And your sweet clean clothes would go stiff on the line
And there’d be sand in your pockets and nothing on your mind
But every year it gets a little bit harder
To get back to the feeling of when we were fifteen
And we could jump in the river upstream
And let the current carry us to the beginning where
The river met the sea again
And all our days were a sun-drenched haze
While the salt spray crusted on the window panes
We should be living like we lived that summer
I wanna live like we live in the summer
And I’ll remember that summer as the right one
The storms made the pavement steam like a kettle
And our first goodbye always seemed like hours
In the car park in between my house and yours
And if the summer holds a song we might sing forever
Then the winter holds a bite we’d never felt before
But time is like the ocean
You can only hold a little in your hands
So swim before we’re broken
Before our bones become
Black coral on the sand
Lyrics submitted by breakthesky
Track duration: 03:23
"The Summer" as written by Davide Marani
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Josh pyke on the other hand is a genius. "But time is like the ocean, you can only hold a little in your hands" -- how many ppl can write lyrics like that? I dont think he gets enough credit for his gift.
Has anyone seen his music videos?? Everything about him is just so creative and clever
ive met josh pyke and he told me about his first love
it was with a girl during the summer holidays at a beach destination where they were both holidaying
the park11 person is exactly right i would think
also i just want to add that josh pyke is the most gifted lyricist i have ever encountered and he's also a genuinely nice guy
his lyrics are more profound than most poetry which i think is something to be revered considering the fact that so many of the "songs" today have ridiculous repeitive lyrics such as " gimme gimme more gimme more". yuck
I think this is just a very simple song of nostalgic quality. It's Pyke's memories of being a kid, I mean, we've all been there, think about it, the summer, colourful, going to the beach, hanging out with friends.
This song is brilliant (in my opinion) in that it makes you feel very similar feelings of playing in the river with friends and just being young, youthful, happy and free.
The only real message (if there is one) is in the chorus
"We should be living like we lived that summer
I wanna live like we live in the summer"
He laments the fact that this time is over.
I suppose we can also see a relationship related meaning in this song. Perhaps a less self-interested approach in that he may have written this song for a friend who has stopped seeing the beauty of the world and in turn Pyke has created this piece of poetry to show that it's not all bad, a 'remember the good times' song.
Of course, I think this song will mean something different to everyone, Pyke has a way of writing music which evokes memories from all our lives regardless of age and gender which leads me to believe that there can be no one meaning for this song*.
*I think you'd be hard pressed to find a song that differs from that statement though.
'But time is like the ocean
You can only hold a little in your hands'
I just got this album and I'm in love with this song.
I especially love the starting verse of this song. I loooove him.
He's a lyric genius.
"If I could bottle up the sea breeze I would take it over to your house
And pour it loose through your garden
So the hinges on your windows would rust and colour
Like the boats pulled up on the sand for the summer
And your sweet clean clothes would go stiff on the line
And there’d be sand in your pockets and nothing on your mind"
'But time is like the ocean
You can only hold a little in your hands
So swim before we’re broken
Before our bones become
Black coral on the sand'
I think that part rounds up the whole point of the song. Life is short and we should take it one day at a time and enjoy it. Young love is the main subject matter. I think he is reflecting and being nostalgic about his past feelings not necessarily about a person but about a time.
I love the story it conveys...
to me it sounds like the teenagers who met at the holiday homes their respective families visited every year. And the summer represents their relationship because that's the only time they're together.
"The winter holds a bite we'd never felt before" is about how they're apart when they return to their normal lives after the summer.