Lyrics for Daylight as interpreted by enjoibear52

Daylight Lyrics
We cut the legs off of our pants
Threw our shoes into the ocean
Sit back and wave through the daylight
Sit back and wave through the daylight

Slip and slide on subway grates
These shoes are poor mans ice skates
Fall through like change in the daylight
Fall through like change in the daylight

I miss yellow lines in my roads
Some color on monochrome
Maybe I'll paint them in myself
Maybe I'll paint them in myself

These sidewalks liquid then stone
Building walls and an old pay phone
It rings like all through the daylight
It rings like all through the daylight

And in the daylight we can hitchhike to Maine
I hope that someday I'll see without these frames
And in the daylight I don't pick up my phone
Because in the daylight anywhere feels like home

I have five clocks in my life
And only one has the time right
I'll just unplug it for today
I'll just unplug it for today

Open hydrant rolled down windows
This car might make a good old boat
And float down grand street in daylight
And float down grand street in daylight

And with just half of a sunburn
New yellow lines that I earned
Step back and here comes the night time
Step back and here comes the night time

And in the daylight we can hitchhike to Maine
I hope that someday I'll see without these frames
And in the daylight I don't pick up my phone
Because in the daylight anywhere feels like home

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thegames
10-30-2008

Rated +3 
There will be no "meaning" in this comment.



Fucking great. One of my favorites. Ever.

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MilkForWhales
11-02-2008

Rated 0 
killer song
just fun all around


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wereTHRIVING
11-29-2008

Rated +1 
happiness

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CallistoBrooklyn
12-18-2008

Rated +4 
And in the daylight we can hitchhike to Maine
I hope that someday I’ll see without these frames
And in the daylight I don't pick up my phone
Cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home


I have five clocks in my life
And only one has the time right
I’ll just unplug it for today
I’ll just unplug it for today


the spontaneuous, chance taking, who-gives-a-fuck tone delivered in those lines literally makes me giddy with happiness.

i was lower than low today, until i listened to that song.
it made everything better for 2 minutes or so.
:)

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CallistoBrooklyn
12-18-2008

Rated +1 
And in the daylight we can hitchhike to Maine
I hope that someday I’ll see without these frames
And in the daylight I don't pick up my phone
Cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home


I have five clocks in my life
And only one has the time right
I’ll just unplug it for today
I’ll just unplug it for today


the spontaneuous, chance taking, who-gives-a-fuck tone delivered in those lines literally makes me giddy with happiness.

i was lower than low today, until i listened to that song.
it made everything better for 2 minutes or so.
:)

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jcphoenix
01-02-2009

Rated 0 
It's a song with a pretty obvious meaning I think but like everyone else has posted, listening to this song just makes me giddy...I just decided to check this band's myspace out since they're opening for Cut Copy when they come to Toronto in March and this song just blew me away. It's perfect pop, reminds me a bit of Mates of State but the beat gives me a bit of 90s nostalgia. Just awesome.

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brendaymca
01-21-2009

Rated 0 
im going to go see cut copy and of course matt & kim when they open for them in dallas (:
i dont think they sound too much like mates of state but i like them as well.

"I hope that someday I’ll see without these frames"
does he mean glasses?

awesome song and band! <3


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.skyhigh.
02-01-2009

Rated 0 
i thought that he was taking about sunnies...
cause of the whole daylight thing.
anyway, awesome song, makes me mega happy :)

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kaitlingrace
02-15-2009

Rated 0 
hey brendaymca, i'll be at that show in dallas too!

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peacelovekenz
04-29-2009

Rated 0 
I agree, this song is happiness for me.

"I hope that someday I�ll see without these frames"

I don't think he means glasses, I think he means the frames around the windshield.
He's talking about how amazing it is to cruise &see the whole world,
and maybe some day he'd be able to experience all these wonderful things without the containment of the car.

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MizPiz
05-21-2009

Rated +3 
THIS is what pop should be like. No trying to give off a different image, no looking like they want to be from the future, and no damn autotune. Just a fun, pointless, and relaxing/uplifting song.

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soccersloy
06-04-2009

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in my opinion i think it's pretty clear he's alluding to glasses in the line "i hope that someday i'll see without these frames" he's metaphorically saying he hopes that one day he'll be able to understand the (world?) better by saying he wants to be able to see clearly on his own (better vision), or without assistance from outside help (the glasses).

upon re-reading peacelovekenz's post about the windshield frame, i can see it is very similar to what i said, the reason i think it's glasses and not a windshield is because (1.)'these frames' is plural, if he were referring to the frame of a windshield, he would probably just say 'this frame' (2.) perhaps this isn't valid, but i've never really heard someone refer to a windshield as a frame. i can see how it does in a sense "frame" your view when you're driving, but i personally would find this to be a very random metaphor.

now i feel like a tool for over analyzing this awesome song, but i just wanted to put in my 2 cents here... ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER!! too bad i just heard it on a Bacardi commercial... blahhh

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Sunshiner
06-04-2009

Rated +2 
It's about drugs...

No, just kidding. I was getting tired of reading comments on other songs that claim every effing song is about drugs.
Anyway, I think everyone else hit the nail right on the head. :) It's pretty simple, but that's not such a bad thing, is it?
Wonderful beat, wonderful message. Makes me want to go have fun, skip down the street, roll down a hill, dance in the sprinklers; that kind of thing. :)

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fuckyougravity
06-08-2009

Rated 0 
Love this song! Perfect for summer, and such a sweet driving song. I live in Maine soooooo yeah Matt and Kim pretty much should hitch-hike here.

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AlixSerendipity
06-08-2009

Rated +3 
What I feel from this song is a happy vibe.

I think it's about creating your own happiness. If life gives you sadness, become happy with what you have and what you can make.

Slip and slide on subway grates
These shoes are poor mans ice skates
Fall through like change in the daylight
Fall through like change in the daylight

Life can be happy if you chose for it to be. We just need to learn how to create it and take it in.

wow, sorry. i sound like a cheese ball.





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solleks
06-10-2009

Rated +3 
I actually think the lyrics saying "hoping to see the world without frames" doesn't mean through glasses or needed assisstance to accurately see the world around him. i think when the song says that he hopes that one day he'll see without these frames, i think he means that he hopes oneday he'll be able to experience the world around him without the bias of serious and debasing and purely "progressive" nature of society, mankind and being human. which begins molding our brain from the moment we take responsibilities and lose the innocence of childhood and . to see beauty in the world without the "frames" of whatever he feels FREEs him shortly, allowing him to shortly take in the beauty of the world, once being gone,the world is left feeling pale and silent, lonely again.

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GodSavethePreen
06-11-2009

Rated 0 
I'm thinking of a small town kid with a big city mentality. He's unlucky, insignificant. But he has faith in the sunny side. Someday he'll leave the dullness for the daylight.

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yarrmatey
06-11-2009

Rated 0 
Wow, I've never been so glad to watch a commercial. Not only have I fallen in love with this song, but the entire grand album.

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lambxchopps
06-13-2009

Rated -1 
I love this song

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JoanMVhn
06-19-2009

Rated 0 
Actually... Matt & Kim have a very bizzare form of coming up with lyrics. They just write down random sentences and piece them together.
So this song doesn't have meaning, and I'd be surprised if any other song of theirs had much meaning. I think the lyrics are just an additive to their instrumental sound. It's not supposed to be analyzed.

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divingbellandbutterfly
06-24-2009

Rated 0 
srsly....
one of the best songs i've heard so far....
i don't know why, it gives me this feeling of just laying back, and relaxing...
i love them...
and all of their songs are just GREAT

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Nereid
07-08-2009

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"I’ve been asked a bunch of times what the heck i’m sayin in this song (aka what are the lyrics) they go a little something like this…

P.S. the gas is shut off in my building due to a leak and a rumor of the building almost exploding… and while we didn’t die then, there is now no heat… so lets see if we make it through the night."


Straight from their website.

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musicangel13
07-08-2009

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I think that whenever it says "I hope that someday I'll see without these frames", it means that he wants to see everything he wants to see in the way that he wants to see them, with no outward restrictions and societies judgments and stuff.

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Tobzilla
08-06-2009

Rated -4 
mmmm...mojitos

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ryanfucked
08-18-2009

Rated -2 
no you're all wrong... it's about sex and how good it is if you do it upside down... yeah! =D

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