Beach House – The Hours

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  My Interpretation:the (tower) to me is a tarot card reference which usually has to do with the ego, the tower card is shown crumbling and in disrepair mostly. yr ego is always being destroyed only for you to build it back up again. this happens over n over, can happen in a matter of minutes hours or whatever. To me its a song about self reflection, doubt that ego is the true self, fear of what the ego can do to the soul.(spinning in a field) sounds like when the tower is falling and ( all yr recollections) is you desperately trying to keep it together on the way down.( frightened eyes) is your seeing soul seeing yr ego. IDK when i hear Victoria n her words i get a early pagan/pre christian/high priestess vibe . im sure that i am stretching here but hey im probably on some trip and Beach house is filling the "artist in which i desperately need to feel connected in my fantasy/escapism wtf reality that ive gotten my self into:)" void perfectly.

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  General Comment:incredible. so happy with this album

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  General Comment:Violence in the flowers?

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  General Comment:beautiful song , not sure about the meaning either
  
  hey does anyone else think the opening sounds like an homage to beatles
  it sounds exactly like" because"

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    joninow that is exactly what i thought! I'm certain it's an homage to "becuase." the first 10 seconds sound exactly like it.

    Flag magd150on May 24, 2012  
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  General Comment:I think this song is about being afraid of love or life. I don't have any definite conclusions about what the reflections/intentions/recollections/possession verse is all about, but the narrator seems to be describing someone who is worrying that the connection they're feeling with someone/something is actually a result of some projection? The end has to be one of the most beautiful moments on the new album... The narrator saying, "it's deeper than you and me" is his assurance that despite what's going on being hard to explain and unreal-feeling, it is real, love being a current that runs through everything, farther, deeper, in all the glass... Ok, that's my interpretation. I can't wait to see what other fans write!

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    Pretty spot on. I think it's about someone being more emotionally invested in love more then the other person, hence the part about "waiting the hours" as in waiting forever for that person to feel the same way and "climb up to the tower" as in making it obvious to the other person that the love for him/her is there. The "frightened eyes" is the narrator's reaction to the possibility of that love not being reciprocated.

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    I really like the way you elaborated on the hours/towers part. I hadn't thought about "climbing the tower" much, but imagining it like that goes along with the idea that the situation in this song involves one person convincing another to love, on some level. "So that you could see..." It's so touching!
    
    However I am pretty sure the "frightened eyes" are the other person's, not the narrator's. Otherwise they wouldn't be "looking back at me," right?

    Flag tesstigermilkon May 25, 2012  

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    you are right! this IS the interpretation! I've been listening to this song SO much lately! Especially the part that says, "change your mind, don't care about me" -- it's like how you feel when you think the other person isn't going to reciprocate the feelings, so you're like, "just forget about it, then" or at least you could feel that way. Either way, lovely song =)

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