The song is framed around the concept of human connection and “the idea of creating a life – and a world – with someone”. Joy wrote the album over the past two years, informed by “old friends, new memories and finding love in a not-so-hopeless place”, using his personal experiences during that perio...
[Verse 1]
The day began like all the rest
A frantic beating in my chest
A panicked reeling in my brain
Perspective lost but nothing gained
[Pre-Chorus]
I was so stuck inside my shell
Then the ground began to sway
I realized what mattered most to me
[Chorus]
When the stars began to fall right out of the sky
And the seas were rising up I had one thing in mind
It was you, it was you, it was you
It was you, it was you, it was you
When the road began to crumble in front of my eyes
There was only one person I wanted to find
It was you, it was you, it was you
It was you, it was you, it was you
Darling, еh-eh-eh
[Verse 2]
The prеcious moments that we shared
You slowed time down inside my head
I wish I'd found this clarity
While I still had you close to me
[Pre-Chorus]
But I was stuck inside my shell
Until the ground began to sway
I realized what mattered most that day
[Chorus]
When the stars began to fall right out of the sky
And the seas were rising up I had one thing in mind
It was you, it was you, it was you
It was you, it was you, it was you
When the road began to crumble in front of my eyes
There was only one person I wanted to find
It was you, it was you, it was you
It was you, it was you, it was you
Darling, eh-eh-eh
[Bridge]
When the stars began to fall right out of the sky
And the seas were rising up I had one thing in mind
It was you, it was you, it was you
It was you, it was you, it was you
[Chorus]
When the road began to crumble in front of my eyes
There was only one person I wanted to find
It was you, it was you, it was you
It was you, it was you, it was you
Darling, eh-eh-eh
It was you, it was you, it was you
Darling, eh-eh-eh
[Outro]
It was you, it was you, it was you
Clarity was written by Vance Joy & Joel Little.
Clarity was produced by Joel Little.
It’s very upbeat and poppy. Dan Wilson says if there is a song you might be a bit shy about because it feels poppy or makes you feel uncomfortable because it’s saying something really directly that’s probably the single. I got that feeling from ‘Clarity’. When we finished the song Joel [Little, prod...