Owl City: Vanilla Twilight Meaning

Song Released: 2010

Vanilla Twilight Lyrics

The stars lean down to kiss you,
And I lie awake I miss you,
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere.
Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly,
But I'll miss your arms around me
I'd send a postcard to you dear,
Cause I wish you were here.

I'll...

1. anonymous

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   Jul 23rd 2011 !⃝

   "God is in love with us. Most of the time, "in love" leads to our thought of a sexual relationship when that is not the case. You can be in love with friends, family, etc.. We can absorb the love."
   
   I like what you said. Though I agree with most the people saying the real meaning is re. his high school sweetheart, the use of the lighthouse and ethereal sky would evoke a strong connection to God for some. So for me, it made me think of Christ singing to us. Yes.. all of us :-)

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2. anonymous

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   Jul 21st 2011 !⃝

   hey to the person who said, "wouldn't it be strange to call jesus darling"...
   
   
   Why do you have to attack the opinions of others? while i do agree this song is about him missing his girlfriend, a relationship with God is described as a love above all others. God is not just a man that is an authority figure in our lives, but rather someone that loves us despite all. God is in love with us. Most of the time, "in love" leads to our thought of a sexual relationship when that is not the case. You can be in love with friends, family, etc.. We can absorb the love..
3. anonymous

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   May 2nd 2011 !⃝

   the songs about a girl- his love, that he misses.
   he wishes she were with him, the lyrics very clearly state them. the song can be saddening but fun and lighthearted at the same time. he uses the most amazing ways to make the song pretty(:
4. anonymous

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   May 2nd 2011 !⃝

   this is a christian song about how it can feel to be away from jesus as he keeps on saying 'Oh darling I wish you were here' and as it says in the bible, 'in christ we are never alone' and he says in his song' when I think of you I don't feel so alone'. he is also the lead singer of 'relient k' which is simmilar in the way that it hints to God through its lyrics, but usually doesn't mention the actual words of the christian faith (so it sounds like he is talking about a girl, while sneakily getting the message out to people who will usually close their ears when they even hear the word 'jesus'.

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5. anonymous

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   Jan 24th 2011 !⃝

   This song is about how Adam lost his girlfriend in a car crash, and had to show how much she meant to him by writing it in a song.
6. anonymous

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   Nov 6th 2010 !⃝

   i thought the exact same thing, and at the end he talks about being reunited with her in the after life. he says some thing about heavy wings becoming lighter and him going into the sky.
7. jdbHEARTpatd

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   Mar 29th 2010 !⃝

   The guy who wrote this (Adam Young I believe) had a girlfriend who died in a car crash he wrote this song to vent his feelings - in the song he spent a lot of time with her and now he stays to himself, many people think he is emo/depressed(id know people say that about me all the time) but in reality he is to lost in his thoughts to pay attention to people. He is to busy thinking of her to stop the pain. He becomes an outsider but really he is happy that way. (SO GIVE EMO/DEPRESSED/GOTH PEOPLE A CHANCE AND STOP BEING RUDE! plz :) )
8. GorgorCookie

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   Mar 14th 2010 !⃝

   Well, most of the songs he has are about his high school sweet heart that died
   So this song is pretty much about her and how he misses her because she died
   its sad:/
9. sHEbeLIEvD

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   Mar 6th 2010 !⃝

   It's about his girlfriend/wife who moved away/died and how he misses her. Very deep, yet somehow lighthearted and sweet at the same time.
10. ashxflash11

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    Feb 10th 2010 !⃝

    This song has a very simple meaning. Adam Young wrote this song after his girlfriend died in a car crash. He sings about how he misses her.

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