What does Lightness mean?

Death Cab For Cutie: Lightness Meaning

Tagged:   No tags, suggest one.
Album cover for Lightness album cover

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
    click a star to vote
    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.


More Death Cab For Cutie songs »


 


Latest Articles

 


Submit Your Interpretation

[ want a different song? ]




Blog posts mentioning Death Cab For Cutie

Just Posted

Idea of Her anonymous
Chasin' You anonymous
Sand In My Boots anonymous
Bitch's Brew anonymous
Baby, Oh No anonymous
Hard to Say I'm Sorry anonymous
Sound Effects and Over Dramatics anonymous
WYD Now anonymous
I Started A Joke anonymous
Cinnamon Girl anonymous
Devil Doesn't Bargain anonymous
I'm an Albatraoz anonymous
Ocean Breathes Salty anonymous
Right Where It Belongs HECKFRICKER
Monster anonymous

(We won't give out your email)