A dreamy departure from Future Me Hates Me, the title track of the Beths' sophomore album showcases the band’s vocal, melodic, and lyrical range.
In a July 2020 interview for DIY Mag, lead singer Liz Stokes explains:
This song is about falling in love. I’ve always dabbled in extreme sincerity, but...
[Verse 1]
I've never been the dramatic type
But if I don't see your face tonight
I, I guess I'll be fine
[Verse 2]
High, highlighting hard between the lines
But they're getting closer every time
I try, decipher the signs
[Pre-Chorus]
Like we're slowing comin' together
Yeah, it's slowly comin' out
About us
[Chorus]
Oh, I, I think I love you
And I think that I loved you the whole time
How could this happen?
We were jump rope gazers in the middle of the night
[Verse 3]
Hide my heart behind a brighter light
So you struggle, straining eyes to find
Why we made it this way
[Verse 4]
Stay, my hopes are prone to elevate
The way your mind and mine relate
It breaks the patterns we make
[Pre-Chorus]
Still, we're slowly comin' together
Yeah, it's slowly comin' out
But it's only for a second
Then it is all is crumbling down
Around us
[Chorus]
Oh, I, I think I love you
And I think that I loved you the whole time
How could this happen?
We were jump rope gazers in the middle of the night
I think I love you
And I, I wanna give it my best try
How could this happen?
We were jump rope gazers
[Bridge]
Oh, I remember watching the waves rollin' in
Numbered in the thousands, collect, break up again
I was just waitin' for the grazes on my hands to mend
I was afraid of the sting
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Oh, ooh, I think I love you
And I think that I loved you the whole time
How could this happen?
We were jump rope gazers in the middle of the night
I think I love you
And I, I wanna give it my best try
How could this happen?
We were jump rope gazers
Oh, oh
Jump Rope Gazers was written by Elizabeth Stokes.
Jump Rope Gazers was produced by Jonathan Pearce.
The Beths released Jump Rope Gazers on Fri Jul 10 2020.
In an album breakdown with Apple Music, guitarist Jonathan Pearce said of this of the song:
I think the song wanted to be in there pretty firmly in that dreamy dream pop. It’s like this little subset of rock music in New Zealand in maybe the late ‘70s and '80s, which is really influenced by, say, t...