Owl City: Beautiful Times Meaning

Beautiful Times Lyrics

A spark soaring down
through the pouring rain,
and restoring light to the lighthouse.
A slow motion wave
on the ocean
stirs my emotion up like a rain cloud.
When did the sky turn black?
and when will the light come back?
A cab driver...

1. anonymous

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   Aug 25th 2019 !⃝

   I think the song explains us that difficult times are in a sense a blessing , because when a difficult time passes it shows us that time ,good or bad, passes and the passage of a bad one cools us AND shows that its never the end...
2. anonymous

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   Mar 15th 2016 !⃝

   To me, it seems something based off of a loved one dying or someone trying to die, especially in the third verse:
   
   A cab driver turned to skydiver
   Then to survivor
   Dying to break down
   A blood brother, surrogate mother
   Hugging each other, crying their eyes out
   
   A cab driver turned to skydiver: Someone who jumps off a plane
   Turned to survivor: They survived, which to me sounds dark
   Dying to breakdown: They want to end it.
   The last to lines go with a theme of losing someone.
   
   That's my interpretation.
3. Littleappleby2

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   Feb 23rd 2015 !⃝

   Whenever I listen to this song my mind always wanders to 9/11 when the twin towers were attacked. Does anyone else experience this?
   I kind of want to know if it's just me. Thanks;)
   
   And who else agrees that Adam's music is amazing! I'm so glad he makes his music in God's image, thank you Adam for reminding me,
   
   "This isn't the end..."

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