Title: White
Also Known
As:
Meaning: “This figure in the songs
wants to get lost and go off into the sky and be all dreamy and metaphysical and
stuff but gets pulled back to reality” “ It’s about people wanting something eternal in
their lives, or looking for a guarantee that some part of them is eternal” - Paul
Recorded: Recorded at Mangrove studio
between November 2000 to January 2001. Produced by Trina Shoemaker.
Notes: “It starts off very lonely
sounding… as it progresses it kind of looks up at the stars and the starts
twinke back (with those high keyboard parts)” “It’s got that kind of dreamy
feeling but then reality kicks in (that drum beat comes in a pulls it right
back down to the ground)” - Paul
Lyrics:
You think of white
Somewhere outside
Somehow connected to your brain
Or about to knock on your door
Eternity is a policy
Magnetism and mystery
Wishful thinking and fantasy
And I hope that you're not hoping for me
You think of sight
Reason collides
Somehow transmitting from space
Asking you to line up and take your place
Infinity is a reality
Life jackets and sympathy
Bullshit daydreams
I know you can't be knowing for me
And I hope that you're not hoping for me