Alejandra Deheza said in an interview that unlike the rest of the album, the lyrics for this song were written after Benjamin Curtis’s death. She characterizes the album as a celebration rather than a eulogy.
[Verse 1]
I hear you in the trees
Swaying as you sing to me (to me)
Feeling as your heart
Pulses through my weary body
Taking off the tears
And the heartache that I carry
Time to throw it down (down)
Time to light it up (up)
Raise it to the sky and watch it
Burn, burn, burn, burn
[Chorus]
These days I'm feeling the sun come through
Stealing the starry sky
Revealing the magic show to me tonight
I'm feeling the moon come through
Stars sway under my feet
The lights all around me glow
And music takes me
[Verse 2]
I feel you as I breathe
Sing the songs you sang to me
I hear you when I sleep
Singing with me as I dream
And I just want to say
Thank you, thank you for all you gave
Thrown by the sound (sound)
Time to light it up (up)
Raise it to the sky and watch it
Burn, burn, burn, burn
[Bridge]
This isn't about being right
I'm just trying to follow
This life where it goes
It's a gamble
I keep you wasting my time
With the daggers when guarding the
Love in my heart is the battle
Out at the house to the city
The fire that led me, accused me
The fire that feeds me
I'll be remembering always the fire
That wasn't my sea is the one who
Redeemed me
[Chorus]
These days I'm feeling the sun come through
Stealing the starry sky
Revealing the magic show to me tonight
I'm feeling the moon come through
Stars sway under my feet
The lights all around me glow
And music takes me
[Chorus]
These days I'm feeling the sun come through
Stealing the starry sky
Revealing the magic show to me tonight
I'm feeling the moon come through
Stars sway under my feet
The lights all around me glow
And music takes me
Music Takes Me was written by Claudia Deheza & Alejandra Deheza & Benjamin Curtis.
Music Takes Me was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen & Benjamin Curtis.
School of Seven Bells released Music Takes Me on Fri Feb 12 2016.