Such Great Heights
Iron & Wine (The Postal Service) Lyrics
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That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and
When we kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
That God himself did make us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzles pieces from the clay
But its thoughts like this that catch my troubled head
When you're away, when I am missing you to death
When you were out there on the road
For several weeks of shows and when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now," but we'll stay
I've tried my best to leave
This all on your machine, but the persistent beat
Sounded thin upon listening
That frankly will not fly
You will hear the shrillest highs and lowest lows with the windows down
When this is guiding you home
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now," but we'll stay
The song Such Great Heights by Iron & Wine is an emotional and romantic track, with poetic lyrics that express the intense love of two people who are far apart but still feel connected. The lyrics suggest the singer is thinking about his lover and feeling their absence, and he imagines that God made them as complementary shapes that fit perfectly together. He also expresses hope that their love will guide his lover back home when she is away on tour.
The opening line of the song "I am thinking it's a sign, that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images, and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned" is a metaphor for the couple's compatibility and how their love aligns perfectly. The song progresses to describe the singer's thoughts of longing for his lover while she is away on tour, and how this song will guide her back home to him. The chorus is an anthem of love and connectedness, with the couple waving from such great heights that everything looks perfect from far away.
The second verse of the song describes the singer's attempt to leave a message for his lover on her machine, but the quality of the recording is not good enough to express how strongly he feels. He then suggests that when she hears this song, she will hear the "shrillest highs and lowest lows" of his voice and feel his love guiding her home. The song's final chorus repeats the themes of the couple's connectedness and how they will stay together despite the challenges they face.
Line by Line Meaning
I am thinking it's a sign
I consider it as an indication of something important
That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and
The freckles in our eyes are symmetrical, almost like they were designed that way
When we kiss they're perfectly aligned
When we kiss, our eyes align and create a sense of perfect unity
And I have to speculate
I must consider or guess
That God himself did make us into corresponding shapes
Perhaps God purposefully shaped us to perfectly fit together
Like puzzle pieces from the clay
Similar to how matching puzzle pieces are cut from a mold, so were we fashioned to fit each other
True, it may seem like a stretch
I know this may sound like a far-fetched idea
But it's thoughts like this that catch my troubled head
However, these thoughts occupy my mind, especially during times when I am feeling disturbed
When you're away, when I am missing you to death
When you're not here with me, and I am longing for you to the point of intense grief
When you were out there on the road
When you were out traveling, performing at shows
For several weeks of shows and when you scan the radio
When you're scanning the radio while traveling to different show locations over the course of weeks
I hope this song will guide you home
I wish this song will lead you back to me
They will see us waving from such great heights
People will notice us waving from far-away places
"Come down now," they'll say
Others will tell us to come back down from our lofty heights
But everything looks perfect from far away
From a distance, everything looks idyllic and untouched
"Come down now," but we'll stay
Despite others urging us to leave, we will remain together, against all odds
I've tried my best to leave
I attempted to detach myself from these feelings
This all on your machine, but the persistent beat
I tried conveying my message through a mechanical device, but it lacked emotions
Sounded thin upon listening
It sounded weak or ineffective
That frankly will not fly
That approach will not work or be effective
You will hear the shrillest highs and lowest lows with the windows down
If you listen to this song with the windows down, you will notice the significant variations in volume and pitch
When this is guiding you home
When this song guides you back to me
Lyrics Β© Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Benjamin D Gibbard, Jimmy Scott Tamborello
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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I am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images
And when we kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
That God Himself did make
Us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay
And true it may seem like a stretch
But it's thoughts like this that catch
My troubled head when you're away
And when I am missing you to death
And when you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now" they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now" but we'll stay
I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat
It sounded thin upon the sending
And that frankly will not fly
You'll hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
And this is guiding you home
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now" they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now" but we'll stay
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now" they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now" but we'll stay
They will see us waving from such great heights
(Come down now)
Freedom Man
am thinking it's a sign
Π― ΡΠ°Π·ΠΌΡΡΠ»ΡΡ ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠΌ, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΡΠΎ Π·Π½Π°ΠΊ,
That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and
Π§ΡΠΎ Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΡΠΊΠΈ Π² Π½Π°ΡΠΈΡ Π³Π»Π°Π·Π°Ρ β Π΅ΡΡΡ Π·Π΅ΡΠΊΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΎΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, Π²Π΅Π΄Ρ
When We kiss they're perfectly aligned
ΠΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΌΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΡ, ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΡΡ.
And I have to speculate
Π Ρ Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ΅Π½ Π΄ΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΠΈΡΡ ΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ°ΠΊΡ,
That God himself did make us into corresponding
Π§ΡΠΎ ΠΠΎΠ³ ΡΠ°ΠΌ ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π» Π½Π°Ρ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΌΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΡΠ»ΠΈ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ Π΄ΡΡΠ³Ρ.
Shapes like Puzzle pieces from the clay
Π€ΠΎΡΠΌΡ, ΠΊΡΡΠΎΡΠΊΠΈ Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌΠΊΠΈ, ΡΠΎΡΠ²ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΈΠ· Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠ°Ρ Π°.
True, it may seem like a stretch,
ΠΡΠ°Π²Π΄Π°, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·Π°ΡΡΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΌ-ΡΠΎ Π·Π°ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ,
But Its thoughts like this that catch my troubled
ΠΠΎ ΠΌΡΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΈΠ΄ΡΡ Π² ΡΡΠΎΠΌ Π½Π°ΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ, ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ½ΡΡ Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π½ΡΡ
Head when you're away when I am missing you to death
ΠΠΎΠ»Ρ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΡΡ Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Ρ Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅ ΡΠΊΡΡΠ°Ρ.
When you are out there on the road
ΠΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΡΡ Π³Π΄Π΅-ΡΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΌ, ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΆΠ°Π΅ΡΡ
For several weeks of shows and when you
ΠΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ Π½Π΅Π΄Π΅Π»Ρ ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠ°Π·Π½ΡΠΌ ΡΠΎΡ, Π° ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΡΡ
Scan the radio, I hope this song will guide you home
ΠΡΠ΄Π΅ΡΡ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠΎ, Π½Π°Π΄Π΅ΡΡΡ, ΡΡΠ° ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ½Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ²Π΅Π΄ΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π±Ρ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠΎΠΉ.
They will see us waving from such great heights,
ΠΠ½ΠΈ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄ΡΡ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΡ ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Ρ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΉ Π²ΡΡΠΎΡΡ,
'Come down now,' they'll say
"Π‘ΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°ΠΉΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π²Π½ΠΈΠ·", ΡΠΊΠ°ΠΆΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ.
But everything looks perfect from far away,
ΠΠΎ Π²ΡΡ Π²ΡΠ³Π»ΡΠ΄ΠΈΡ ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΈΠ·Π΄Π°Π»Π΅ΠΊΠ°,
'Come down now,' but we'll stay...
"Π‘ΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°ΠΉΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π²Π½ΠΈΠ·", Π½ΠΎ ΠΌΡ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½Π΅ΠΌΡΡ.
I tried my best to leave
Π― ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠ°Π»ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡΡ
This all on your machine but the persistent beat it
Π’Π²ΠΎΡ ΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Ρ, Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π»ΡΡ Π½Π°ΡΡΠΎΠΉΡΠΈΠ²ΡΠΉ ΡΡΡΠΊ,
Sounded thin upon listening
ΠΠ½ Π΅Π»Π΅ Π²ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π»ΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠ»ΡΡ .
And that frankly will not fly,
Π, Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ, ΠΎΠ½Π° Π½Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ΡΠΈΡ,
You will hear the shrillest highs and lowest lows with
Π’Ρ ΡΡΠ»ΡΡΠΈΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ½Π·ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΌΠ°ΠΊΡΠΈΠΌΡΠΌ ΠΈ Π½ΠΈΠ·ΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΌΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΡΠΌ,
The windows down when this is guiding you...
ΠΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΠΈΡΡ ΡΡΡΠΊΠ»Π°, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ½Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅Π΄ΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π±Ρ...
They will see us waving from such great heights,
ΠΠ½ΠΈ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄ΡΡ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΡ ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Ρ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΉ Π²ΡΡΠΎΡΡ,
'Come down now,' they'll say
"Π‘ΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°ΠΉΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π²Π½ΠΈΠ·", ΡΠΊΠ°ΠΆΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ.
But everything looks perfect from far away,
ΠΠΎ Π²ΡΡ Π²ΡΠ³Π»ΡΠ΄ΠΈΡ ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΈΠ·Π΄Π°Π»Π΅ΠΊΠ°,
'Come down now,' but we'll stay...
"Π‘ΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°ΠΉΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π²Π½ΠΈΠ·", Π½ΠΎ ΠΌΡ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½Π΅ΠΌΡΡ.
Patrick Aylas
And I say to you this morning, that if you have never found something so dear and so precious to you that you will die for it, then you aren't fit to live. You may be 38 years old as I happen to be, and one day some great opportunity stands before you and calls upon you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause--and you refuse to do it because you are afraid; you refuse to do it because you want to live longer; you're afraid that you will lose your job, or you're afraid that you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity or you're afraid that somebody will stab you or shoot at you or bomb your house, and so you refuse to take the stand. Well you may go on and live until you are 90, but you're just as dead at 38 as you would be at 90! And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit. You died when you refused to stand up for right,
you died when you refused to stand up for truth,
you died when you refused to stand up for justice.
Some say ALL LIVE MATTER, then take head of your own slogan and act accordingly!
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Dion Cu
Both a fan of the postal service and iron & wine so this song is really a blessing for me
meghanne collins
Me too!β
YoungGrasshopper
Very cool, just discovered this version, π€π
Ozzyfangirl
I love listening to this on rainy days or under the starry sky on my walks.
shuvcat
It's the song I'm gonna put on when I'm in space and mission control tells me they're cutting me loose and I'm running out of oxygen and I'm just gonna put this on to listen till I die
Matthew Oberdorfer
Really? I feel like there's already a song tailor made for that situation...
Jessie Beck
Yep same
Jessie Beck
Matthew Oberdorfer no I donβt think so
Oswald Ocobhthaigh
@Matthew Oberdorfer ground control to major tom
Sarai Sanchez
@Matthew Oberdorfer Γ±