Falling In Love With Glaciers Lyrics
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I met a shell of a mountain who knew she was finished
Claimed she grew up from a grain of sand
With every year wider she bloomed a little bit longer
To the roof of the sky with outstretched hands
She made friends with the sun, shared enemies with no one
Counted weeks like she should of counted days
And swallowed handfuls of night so she could sleep tight
And turn her thoughts from its stone cold ways
And this was the beginning, the start of the ending
You can't die from a broken heart
But from the time the sun rose
To the space where it fell away
She would love, and it wouldn't take part
And every every day she would echo echo
In every single way she should let go let go
But it had her in its sights cupids icy arrows
But so, so what
So she caught every one with her heart like it was her duty
It walked the wrong wrong way down her one way plan
She was surrounded by forests, rivers and beauty
Until that glacier froze over the land
And so she blamed herself hated her wealth
She was born at too young of an age
And every night her dreams were touched by witches fingers
Until her heart was caged.
With every morning spent not caring if she cares or not
Sleeping in the melt and mud, waiting for the earth to rot
Burying herself alive she scrapes the hole that it left open
Empty as her very heart, that mountain was all broken
All broken, that mountain was all broken
Now I can see that her
Her blood's red and she's got feelings
And they always get spilled both without thinking
Without thinking, without thinking,
Without thinking, I can see that her
Her blood's red and she's got feelings
And they always get spilled both without thinking
Without thinking, they weren't thinking,
Without thinking, I can see that her
Her blood's red and she's got feelings
And they always get spilled both without thinking
Without thinking, I wasn't thinking,
Without thinking, I can see that our
Our blood's red and we got feelings
And we always spill both bloods without thinking
Without thinking, what were we thinking,
We weren't thinking, what were we thinking of
Song & Lyrics Facts
"Falling In Love With Glaciers" is a song by the American indie rock band, The National. It was released in May 2010 as part of their album High Violet, which was the band's fifth studio album.
The genre of "Falling In Love With Glaciers" is alternative rock and it was written by all five members of The National: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger, Scott Devendorf and Bryan Devendorf. The lyrics to "Falling In Love With Glaciers" are about the beauty of nature and how it can be seen in its own terms. They also explore themes such as love, loss and mortality. According to lead singer Matt Berninger, the song is meant to evoke the feeling of being completely overwhelmed by the power of nature. He has stated that he wanted to create something that sounded like “a beautiful glacier slowly melting away”.