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You cool your bed-warm hands down
On the broken radiator
And when you lay them freezing on me
I mumble, "Can you wake me later?"
But I don't really want you to stop
And you know it so it doesn't stop you
And run your hands from my neck to my chest
Crack the shutters open wide
I wanna bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays
Tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each minute
'Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I want you
It's been minutes, it's been days
It's been all I will remember
Happy lost in your hair
And the cold side of the pillow
Your hills and valleys
Are mapped by my intrepid fingers
And in a naked slumber
I dream all this again
Crack the shutters open wide
I wanna bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays
Tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each minute
'Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I want you
Crack the shutters open wide
I wanna bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays
Tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each minute
'Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I want you
On the broken radiator
And when you lay them freezing on me
I mumble, "Can you wake me later?"
But I don't really want you to stop
And you know it so it doesn't stop you
And run your hands from my neck to my chest
Crack the shutters open wide
I wanna bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays
Tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each minute
'Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I want you
It's been minutes, it's been days
It's been all I will remember
Happy lost in your hair
And the cold side of the pillow
Your hills and valleys
Are mapped by my intrepid fingers
And in a naked slumber
I dream all this again
Crack the shutters open wide
I wanna bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays
Tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each minute
'Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I want you
Crack the shutters open wide
I wanna bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays
Tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each minute
'Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I want you
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"You cool your bed-warm hands down on the broken radiator" the point in this is cooling your "bed warm hands" suggests that they are very close and also the fact that she COOLS them on the radiator is irony as radiators are used to heat things up but not in this case as the radiator is broken which could be a slight metaphor for some kind of friendship that has been broken? The next three lines are purely an indicator of the closeness of the couple. Now the chorus is interesting because it seems to tie in with the first line meaning of two people being friends but now they are something more:
"Crack the shutters open wide, I wanna bathe you in the light of day"
shutters are used to close things, keep the thing that people might want separate from them, so when he says "crack the shutters open wide" perhaps this is a metaphor for friends becoming more than friends, overcoming that barrier perhaps. The rest of the chorus talks about day light, baring in mind this whole "scene" is based in the morning daylight is new and brings life so therefore the daylight may well be further imagery for a new life being born, eg a new relationship forged?
"It's been minutes, it's been days, it's been all I will remember
Happy lost in your hair and the cold side of the pillow
Your hills and valleys are mapped by my intrepid fingers
And in a naked slumber, I dream all this again"
This verse is very interesting as the first line suggests that this is something that this person has wanted for a very long time, either that or as I suspect it's about him dreaming about a friend who he loves dearly and as more than a friend and saying "It's been minutes, it's been days, it's been all I will remember" suggests losing track of time like in a dream, the next two lines after are just showing how close he believes he is to the person, the last line could be showing that he is in fact dreaming all of this or it could be showing how he is relishing this new relationship and it is almost too good to be true so he perseves it as a dream..? This is my depiction anyhow, feel free to disagree ha.
This is a beautiful song and I would definitely agree that it's better than Chasing Cars, though perhaps simply because Chasing Cars was quickly overplayed.
It's also a great song to have sex to.
They should come to Belgium, very soon!
This song will always remind me of that trip...
I have to quote Gary and say "I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute" just by listening to this song. I love everything about it: the almost inexisting guitar, the hypnotizing piano, i love the sound of bells around, and i just ADORE the way he sings it, so perfectly, deep and with feeling.
That's the purest love song ever, and it has an special i don't know what, that makes you love it and make it a part of you soul, somethings that apparts it from most love songs and makes it deep and moving instead of annoying. There are no words t express what that song does to me, like if i was doing in a roller coaster or something, if you've heard it with your eyes closed, you know what i mean, you feel like you're watching the most beautiful movie ever, and is just the story of the song.
And yes, it must be beautiful that someone actually feels that way about you
None the less, beautiful song & vocals.
Oh the joys of being loved :)