The Faster Songfacts says that his seventh studio album, Modern Love debuted on #17 on the Billboard 200 for the week of July 9, 2011, making it Nathanson's most successful album to date.
The members of his band have changed over the past years. Among others, he has been accompanied by Aben Eubanks on guitar, keys and vocals, but later replaced by Aaron Tap. John Thomasson has been his bassist since 2004. Jason McKenzie was on drums until Fall 2006; Nick Amoroso on two tours from Fall 2007 through Winter 2008. His current drummer is Konrad Meissner. Before 2005, Nathanson was often accompanied by cellist Matt Fish.
Wings
Matt Nathanson Lyrics
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easy on me..a lot like breathing used to be
and call me crazy, but I was thinking
maybe you'd be waiting on the ground
to come and catch me
and you come around here
you open up your wings
and I'm drowning
and I'm gone"
She said, "Maybe you're all the same
you say you'll never leave
until you're gone again
and little pieces fall away
and I am left the fool
clobbered and clumsy and slowly fading
and you come around here
you open up your wings
and I'm drowning
you open up your wings
and I'm gone"
The lyrics to Matt Nathanson's song Wings appear to be about a person who is falling in love easily and quickly, and feeling overwhelmed by their emotions. The singer compares the sensation of falling to the ease of breathing, suggesting that this is something they have experienced before - perhaps in past relationships or romantic encounters - but that it feels particularly intense this time around. The singer wishes that their lover would catch them before they fall too far, but acknowledges that this may be wishful thinking.
The second half of the song describes the singer's fears that their lover will ultimately leave them, as others have in the past. They feel foolish and clumsy for having let themselves fall so deeply, knowing that they may end up hurt again. Nevertheless, the lover continues to entice them with their open wings, which represent the excitement and thrill of new love. Ultimately, the singer seems resigned to their fate, knowing that they will always succumb to the power of these open wings.
Overall, the song is a poignant reflection on the risks and rewards of falling in love, and the sense of vulnerability that comes with trusting someone else with our hearts. It captures the bittersweet nature of romantic longing, and the conflicted feelings that arise when we surrender ourselves to another person.
Line by Line Meaning
She said, "Lately, fallings been easy on me..a lot like breathing used to be"
She expresses how effortless falling has been for her, akin to the ease of her breathing in the past.
and call me crazy, but I was thinking maybe you'd be waiting on the ground to come and catch me
She confesses her wishful thinking that the person she's addressing will catch her as she falls.
and you come around here you open up your wings and I'm drowning
She explains how the person's presence engulfs her, submerging her in overwhelming emotions.
and I'm gone
She emphasizes how she loses herself in the overwhelming emotions this person evokes within her.
She said, "Maybe you're all the same
She expresses her doubts about the person's intentions, wondering if they are like others she has encountered before.
you say you'll never leave until you're gone again
She accuses the person of making empty promises about not leaving but eventually disappearing from her life.
and little pieces fall away and I am left the fool clobbered and clumsy and slowly fading
She describes how she feels broken and foolish, losing parts of herself as the person becomes less present in her life.
and you come around here you open up your wings and I'm drowning
She reiterates how the person's presence drowns her in overwhelming emotions.
and I'm gone
She repeats how she loses herself in the emotions this person evokes within her.
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Written by: MISCHKE J. BUTLER, IAIN JAMES, THOMAS ANDREW SEARLE BARNES, PETER NORMAN CULLEN KELLEHER, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER KOHN, ERIKA F. NURI, PERRIE LOUISE EDWARDS, JESSICA LOUISE NELSON, MICHELLE ROBIN LEWIS, LEIGH ANNE PINNOCK, HEIDI LISSETT ROJAS, JADE AMELIA THIR
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