Earth keeps spinning all the time. It’s used as a metaphor. “I will be spinning after you’re gone”
Jana thinks she’s the earth and she will still live even tough this person is gone from her life.
I am the Earth and I turn
And as I spin
I pull debris in
You are a part of me
Just like so many other things
I will still be here spinning
Long after you are gone
I am the Earth
Life moves along
In eternal dusk and endless dawn
And you will always know
Which side of me you’re on
As I turn
Because I am the Earth
And I will spin forever
Surrounded by the heavens
I am the Earth
[Outro] x 3
Hold onto
The ones you love
I Am the Earth was written by Lower Dens.
I Am the Earth was produced by Chris Coady & Jana Hunter.
Lower Dens released I Am the Earth on Mon Mar 30 2015.
In an interview with NPR, Jana Hunter said:
When we wrote the first version, I’d wanted to write the first half as an apology that transitioned from something honest to something passive-aggressive and then finally to something aggressive and entirely unapologetic. Months later, working on a lyric...