Thinking of a place
The war on drugs
11:14 2017
Adam Granduciel
A deeper understanding
"Thinking of a Place" is, net zoals de meeste nummers van The War on Drugs, geschreven en geproduceerd door zanger, gitarist en toetsenist Adam Granduciel. Met een duur van elf minuten en veertien seconden is het het langste nummer op hun vierde studioalbum A Deeper Understanding. Het nummer speelt zich af rond de Little Bend, een sectie van de rivier Missouri ten noorden van Pierre, de hoofdstad van de Amerikaanse staat South Dakota. De zanger ontmoette hier in het verleden een vrouw met wie hij veel plezier had, maar inmiddels uit zijn leven is verdwenen. De lengte van het nummer kwam tot stand doordat Granduciel een drumritme loopte, lang dezelfde akkoorden speelt en hierbij improviseert. Na ruim vier minuten stopt Granduciel met zingen en lijkt het nummer te eindigen in een fade-out, maar later gaat de tekst toch weer verder
It was back in Little Bend that I saw you Light was changing on the water Where birds above had flown There was pain in your eyes So you vanished in the night Missouri River in the distance So I lied upon the lawn
I remember walking against the darkness of the beach Love is like a ghost in the distance, out of reach Travel through the night 'cause there is no fear Alone but right behind, until I watched you disappear
I'm moving through the dark Of a long black night Just moving with the moon And the light it shines And I'm thinking of a place And it feels so very real Just moving through the dark
Once I had a dream I was falling from the sky Coming down like running water Passing by myself in light
In the morning, I would wake To the sound of someone's voice Like little whispers through the silence
I'm moving through the dark Of a long black night I'm looking at the moon And the light it shines But I'm thinking of a place And it feels so very real Oh, sufferer of love
Come and take my hand, babe There's a turn in the road that we've been taking Let it set you free 'Cause there's a rhythm in the way that we've been moving Yeah, there's a darkness over there, but we ain't going
See it through my eyes Walk me to the water Hold my hand as something turns to me Love me every night Drown me in the water Hold my hand, is something turning me?
See it through my eyes Love me like no other And hold my hand as something turns to me And turns me into you
Lead me through tonight Pull me from the water Hold my hand as something turns to me Turns me into you
Just see it through my eyes Love me like no other Hold my hand as something turns to me Turns me into you Turning me into you
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