What do you think Lightness means?

Death Cab For Cutie - Lightness Meaning

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Lightness Lyrics

there's a tear in the fabric of your favorite dress
and i'm sneaking glances.
looking for the patterns in static
they start to make sense the longer i'm at it.

ivory lines lead
oo wha-ho, oo wha-ho

your heart is a river that flows from your...

  1. anonymous
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    Jan 5th 2011 !⃝

    I think this song is about a man winning the heart of a woman without winning over her head. He continually reminds her that "instincts are misleading" and that you shouldn't "think what you're feeling". The imagry of a fish swimming in her veins says that he was able to reach her heart but couldn't pass the dam to her brain. Throughout the song he emphasizes the point with the reference to the lines of her body he follows with his eyes, succombing to his own emotions and urging her to do the same.


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