Vetiver is an American folk band headed by songwriter Andy Cabic and often … Read Full Bio ↴Vetiver is an American folk band headed by songwriter Andy Cabic and often joined by Devendra Banhart, cellist Alissa Anderson, and violinist Jim Gaylord. They released their debut album Vetiver in 2004 on the small indie folk label DiCristina. Since the album's release Vetiver has toured extensively, opening for and collaborating with Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom. Before moving to San Francisco Cabic was a member of the North Carolina indie rock band The Raymond Brake who released some records on the now-defunct Simple Machines label. The band is named after the grass, vetiver. Their music has been described as 'surreal', 'lullingly pleasant', 'tender and accessible' and 'quirky and warm'.

Everyday
Vetiver Lyrics

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Every day, I'm away from you
Shakes me up inside
I wanna be near you
Know that you are here
Lyin' just next to me
How happy we'd both be

I say it all the time

You don't pay no mind
When I tell you that I love you
Now do ya ?
I wanna be clear
All I wanna hear is your voice
Have your face to see
How happy that would make me

Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do

I always seem to make
Something out of nothing
But I can't make you appear
While I'm away
Just know I'll play this song
For you and wait

Wait for me now (Do-do-do)
Wait for me now (o-oh)
Oh wait for me now (Do-do-do)

Wait for me now
Wait for me now

Overall Meaning

The song "Everyday" by Vetiver is a wistful love song about missing someone and wanting to be closer to them. The opening lines, "Every day, I'm away from you/ Shakes me up inside" expresses the singer's deep longing for the person they love. They talk about wanting to be near this person and imagining how happy they would be if they were together. Despite expressing their feelings to this person and telling them that they love them, there is a sense that the love is not fully reciprocated, as seen in the lines "I say it all the time/ You don't pay no mind/ When I tell you that I love you/ Now do ya?"

The chorus of the song, with its repetitive "do-do-do" hook, adds to the dreamlike quality of the song. It's as if the singer is lost in their thoughts, daydreaming about being with this person, and the chorus is a way to convey that feeling of being lost within oneself. The song ends with the plea to "wait for me" - a reminder that, despite the distance and longing, the singer still hopes to be with this person someday.

Overall, "Everyday" is a simple yet poignant expression of love and longing. It captures the feeling of missing someone and the hope that one day the distance will be overcome.

Line by Line Meaning

Every day, I'm away from you
Being away from you regularly affects me.

Shakes me up inside
It makes me worried and anxious.

I wanna be near you
I want to be close to you.

Know that you are here
And feel your presence even when you're not here.

Lyin' just next to me
I imagine you lying next to me.

How happy we'd both be
If we were together, we would be very happy.

I say it all the time
I tell you often.

You don't pay no mind
But you don't seem to care much.

When I tell you that I love you
When I express my love for you.

Now do ya ?
Do you understand my love for you now?

I wanna be clear
I want to make sure that you understand.

All I wanna hear is your voice
All I desire to hear is the sound of your voice.

Have your face to see
I desire to see your face.

How happy that would make me
It would bring me immense joy.

Do-do-do-do-do
Instrumental break.

I always seem to make
I always end up creating.

Something out of nothing
Something out of nothingness.

But I can't make you appear
But I cannot make you magically appear before me.

While I'm away
While I am distant from you.

Just know I'll play this song
Just know that I will play this song for you.

For you and wait
And I will patiently wait for you.

Wait for me now (Do-do-do)
Wait for me now, instrumental break.

Wait for me now (o-oh)
Wait for me now, a plea and a request.

Oh wait for me now (Do-do-do)
Oh, please wait for me now, instrumental break.

Wait for me now
Please wait for me now.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANDREW CABIC

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Comments from YouTube:

@fleabitpeanutmonkey

14y↑1

I saw these guys in concert last night at the Jazz Cafe in London with Fruit Bats... absolutely amazing live... sweetest energy. something lost here though I think.

@ConglomerationCat

15y

Great, great song!! Vetiver's stuff is just wonderful.

@Shika568

14y

I actually saw these guys at FYF. God it was amazing! I loved em. They're great (:

@thebluecello

15y

That's such a great song, and the video is awesome. <3

@2lostbikes

15y

It's a good song with a good sentiment. I don't want that to get lost and turned into "that song from the Verizon commercial" that gets played ad nauseam.

@KidGoats

14y

This is the second time I have heard Vetiver. The first time I was hallucinating on mushrooms in a field with my friend when they came on and started to play. I looked them up thinking they were this insane psychedelic band. Their very nice.

@nixx6

15y

<3 this song.

@user-xc7jy7qq2e

シンプルいい曲！

@varunasingh

14y

This was played during MSFT Time to Share kin event. Glad i searched it =)

@schuylersemeniuk

15y

soooo 90s, sooo awesome!

@ChristianSwayne

15y

Even though barely anyone knows of Matt Costa and they sound nothing like him, spot on.

@enopsycho

13y

So lovely, so cute, so so... ♥

@2lostbikes

15y

I like that the video doesn't take itself too seriously. I just hope this song never shows up in a commercial for cell phones or Old Navy.

@Satchm0

15y

Finally! A karaoke video!

@TralalaDooDaDoo

15y

hahahaha i loves it

@ChristianSwayne

15y

you're only saying that because of the way they're both strumming the same way, they definitely didn't rip anyone off

@UrielBRB

Para ti, bonita. Te amo!

@demilu

15y

awesome :)

@jaybobcarson

15y

the spelling mistakes are deliberate, there's also a 'no' instead of a 'know'. this video's great.

@KaptainKwasnik

12y

Why would you even say that?!?! You can believe what you want but she just lost her best friend! I'm so sorry for your loss!

@jonh013

13y

the 10 people who disliked this must not have speakers

@michaels6261

Cool song

@windmillninja

15y

That's my roommate! For the win!!!

@spectrum99122

14y

Damn i missed the like button!

@DanelleDr

15y↑2

HAHAHAHHA: GIN DOCTORS AND SPIN BLOSSOMS! this is the funniest video. i <3 vetiver!!

@ChristianSwayne

15y

Give what a break? And I can't promise I'll do any of that aha

@Gklaven

14y↑2

Wait a minute... I can't believe my ears! The sound of traffic and cars honking at the very end of the video - it's actually taken from the old PC game Pizza Tycoon from 1994!!! The sound appears in the game when you are in city view! Don't believe me? Look for the YouTube-clip called "Cybernetic Corp. - Pizza Tycoon - 1994", and listen carefully at 1:13!

@roxyanez6837

@MyrlsBBQ

14y↑1

@mtndewrock hey buddy. you're absolutely right. i'm on youtube, and i'm commenting. and i'm wasting time. did i ever say i wasn't wasting time? no, you missed the entire point of what i said. keep up the good work.

@nhpbob

15y

That's the point. Karaoke videos often have bad spelling. It was intentional in this video.

@rakgtr

12y

im cracking down on medicare fraud

@tomass1026

12y↑6

So no one else thought this video was hilarious? Cool.

@nhpbob

15y

Love the bad spelling! Just like umpteen karaoke videos that I've seen and laughed at. (No doubt from other countries trying to tackle English.)

@semajojnab

12y

I'm glad you said that. I wanted to say that...but I didn't know If I should have.

@seanstrobel8667

11y↑1

I really love this song but if this isn't the lamest music video I have ever seen then I do not know what is

@JuanSimBanjo

13y

@CoolKidConan1 Haha, thank you for your kind instruction. I also thought I'd just let you know that when you use the first person subject pronoun, 'I', you should capitalise it. This is used in instances such as 'I'd' and 'I'll'. It's a common error; I even sometimes fall into it's trap. P.S. I left you a grammatical error just incase you wished to retort.

@MyrlsBBQ

14y

@ripsyd i like how often people try to use the "taking time out of your day" thing as an insult. youtube is a complete waste of time, regardless of what you're watching, & whether or not you're commenting on it.

@greenplanet2400

15y

I like the song...I don't know about the video though. Someone below said this song is a Matt Costa rip-off. I don't think Vetiver ripped-off Costa. There are some stylistic similarities but not compositional.

@essieness

13y

I just want whoever did they lyrics to learn how to freaking spell. Otherwise, great song.

@xxxscenes

14y

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THE VIDEO

@farscape2

15y

this video is just wrong on so many levels... which makes it kinda awesome

@anusamadha

15y

ha i like the gin doctors/spin blossoms vinyls records

@mitsuda

14y

Cool. Wait, what...the...fuck is going on in this video?

@TheSesquipedalian

14y

those lyrics are ridiculous, it's not "no that you are here", it's "know that you are here".

@hordy82

13y

@kailahsmith I think the misspellings were on purpose

@maxinejunosinclair5608

9y↑10

are the spelling errors a joke or

@EContreras39

11y

;)

@NickWitzeman

14y

@playhappy123 dude, I'm pretty sure it's a joke.

@HJManson

13y

@CoolKidConan1 Oh dear, that was riddled with errors. You used a 'z' in 'realized' which, despite being an American alteration of the correct English spelling, is acceptable. However, you spelt 'capitalised' with an 's'. Ergo, regardless of where you're from, one spelling is wrong.

@yourfaultpoops

15y

vetiverse

@LacesOutTristan

15y

I can't really get past the erorrs in the spelling...

@rolson444

12y

@vOrTeXFuSiOn109 HA! I think so

@kassandraayalasongs

Haha!!

@XXBambuleXX

15y

have someone some video from THINGS OF THE PASS????

@JuanSimBanjo

13y

@playhappy123 you think saying that stuff makes you sound smart. it doesn't.

@EDBASSMASTER25

13y

@cantthinkofnames01 Heaven?

@josemunguia3401

7y↑1

song good... video sucks...

@Dasachi

11y

lol

@sara_hhhbk5306

11y

Castle 2x09

@MayorsOffice881

12y

View 263, 263 lololololololololol

@tintocur05

11y

Es el peor video del universo para esta canción.

@playhappy123

15y

what a fantastic piss take of the awful 80's revival. corny karaoke, and tissue thin glamour with false aspirations.

@stewardo

15y

Extremely bland. You can do better, Sub Pop

@rodrogo1978

15y

boring

@JuanSimBanjo

13y

@CoolKidConan1 good only has one 'd'. It's an easy mistake to make. pretty embarrassing for you but thought i'd help you out :)

@ChildrenOfInfidelity

13y

I like watching lesbians kiss.

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