Much like “Clearing” before it, this song seems to be about a failed relationship that Liz, in retrospect, feels was empty/lacking in substance (“Our love was nothing”). She says of her and her ex-partner, “we were but reflections of rooms that hold echoes across the divide, of rooms with a ragged i...
I've a present to give you
When we finally figure it out
Funny that we still haven't figured it out
How we're still turning circles
In the vale that disguises
One flesh from the other
We were but reflections
Of rooms that hold echoes
Across the divide
Of rooms with a ragged interior
We hid under the lavender meadows
And pulled back infinite curtains
But windy as the moon changes
Our love was nothing
God, just to feel you
And maybe we'll figure it out
And then I can give you my letter
Scatter the glass in the hallway
Call across rooms with the echo
Call Across Rooms was written by Liz Harris.
Call Across Rooms was produced by Liz Harris.
Grouper released Call Across Rooms on Fri Oct 31 2014.