“stranger than earth” compares the eruption of a volcano to the eruption of emotions during a relationship.
I just kind of try to make a song out of one idea but with stranger than earth that was the first time I really lifted that limit and just was like where can this go if it… like what if it we...
[Verse 1]
I had a feeling you broke and the smoke filled you up
I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
You have a mind that makes sight of the weight you pick up
I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
[Chorus]
Again, again, again, I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
I wasn't, I wasn't
Again, again, again, I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
I wasn't, I wasn't
[Verse 2]
There is a color that shines through your skin
Like the moon on the wind, when I dare bear you in
The night is full on behalf of your evaded mask
And the rings 'round your eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
We are stranger than earth, with the seasons misled
Stronger than her moods
When our parts parted, she bled and bled and bled
I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
[Chorus]
Again, again, again, I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
I wasn't, I wasn't
Again, again, again, I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
I wasn't, I wasn't
[Bridge]
There is no lesson in magic
There were untimely dreams
Where I knew
Woken in a fog, don't sweat it
And reckon none of it
Had come from you
There is no lesson in magic
There were untimely dreams
Where I knew
Woken in a fog, don't sweat it
And reckon none of it
Had come from you
[Refrain]
Pity seek what we might lose
But in a week might our weakness elude
[Verse 3]
There was a stagger that shifted my hips
Oh, how swiftly it shook the dew from my lips
There was a danger that seeped from my skull
How it dripped on us all, but it wasn't your fault
[Pre-Chorus]
We are stranger than earth, with the seasons misled
Stronger than her moods
When our parts parted, she bled and bled and bled
I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
[Chorus]
Again, again, again, I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
I wasn't, I wasn't
Again, again, again, I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
I wasn't, I wasn't
Again, again, again, I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
I wasn't, I wasn't
Again, again, again, I wasn't thinkin' 'bout you
I wasn't, I wasn't
[Breakdown]
And we break downstairs with our fevers in the air
I forgot to ask how I lonely left them there
How thick it sits and why your eyes glare
How thick it sits and why your eyes glare
[Refrain]
Pity seek what we might lose
But in a week might our weakness elude
stranger than earth was written by Megan James & Corin Roddick.
stranger than earth was produced by Corin Roddick.
Purity Ring released stranger than earth on Fri Feb 27 2015.