Elizabeth Stokes discussed the meaning of this song in an interview:
I wrote the song after a summer where I had some big changes in my life and I was just really surprised and touched by how supportive and lovely my friends were. For some reason it coincided with the first time I “got” going to go...
[Intro]
(Ahhh ahhh)
(Ahhh ahhhhhhh)
(Ahhh ahhh)
(Ahhh ahhhhhhh)
[Verse 1]
I swear the stars are getting further and further apart
The horizon gets closer and closer to where we are
And I'm drawing in the deepest breath
The water's way over my head
I'm never coming up for air again
[Chorus]
These autumn leaves are elastic
(Ahhh ahhh)
I'm padding home in my bare feet
(Ahhh ahhh)
And there's sand between my bed sheets, so when I sleep
It feels like I'm lying on the beach
Summer is over
(Ahhh ahhh)
And the water's getting colder
(Ahhh ahhh)
When the knots you tied in my shoulders come undone
It feels like I'm lying in the sun
Feels like I'm lying in the sun
[Bridge]
All our old friends seem so far away from us now
(So far away, so far away)
You tell me so definite everything's gonna work out
(Gonna work out, gonna work out)
But from inside this hydrosphere
The surface seems so insincere
I'm never coming up for air
I'm never coming up again
Again
Again
Again
[Outro]
These autumn leaves are elastic
(Ahhh ahhh)
I'm padding home in my bare feet
(Ahhh ahhh)
And there's sand between my bed sheets, so when I sleep
It feels like I'm lying on the beach
Summer is over
(Ahhh ahhh)
And the water's getting colder
(Ahhh ahhh)
When the knots you tied in my shoulders come undone
It feels like I'm lying in the sun
Feels like I'm lying in the sun
Feels like I'm lying in the sun
(Ahhh ahhh)
Feels like I'm lying in (ahhh ahhh) the sun
Lying in the Sun was written by Elizabeth Stokes.
Lying in the Sun was produced by Jonathan Pearce.
The Beths released Lying in the Sun on Fri Mar 11 2016.