This song is about how Samuel T. Herring imagines true love is like.
From the Feathers & Hallways 7" EP released in 2009 by Upset the Rhythm.
The official video was directed by Joel Fernando in 2009 and features Dan Deacon amongst many others Baltimore artists.
https://youtu.be/HcnNS7WiLV4
You walk to the park as the setting sun
And sit as a stone til the day is done
You build us a house from sticks and shrubs
And huddle inside til I come home
There's a saying where I come from
No mistake is truly wrong
As the hole in my heart is where you fit
Your casual limbs inside my ribs
That's what we call life
For the first time i can feel tonight
That's how we fall light
That's why we share life
For the happiness of being twice
Half of a flawed kite
Come and catch me
I'm razor-like in half-sleep
Try and find me
I'm deep in the shallows
You can save me from the throes
Of winter nights in summer clothes
You can have my life, my rose
For feathers and hallways
And you teach me still
And you hold me dear
You unleash my will
And you always find me here
The Happiness of Being Twice was written by Gerrit Welmers & William Cashion & Samuel T. Herring.
The Happiness of Being Twice was produced by Chester Endersby Gwazda.
Future Islands released The Happiness of Being Twice on Mon May 04 2009.
William Cashion: We recorded this song in Oakland, CA on our first US tour last summer with our good friend Chester Gwazda. This song will be released on a 7″ on Upset the Rhythm in April, the other side will feature “Pinnochio,” another new song. This song is about what Sam thinks being in love i...