School of Seven Bells played Saturday at Le Poisson Rouge after EXITMUSIC.
Early in the band’s set, they played the standout track “Windstorm.” I previously posted a sonic analysis of “Windstorm” here, but what about the lyrics? What does the song mean?
Below are the song’s music video and the lyrics:
Windmills cut through the void dividing the imagined and true / The eyes neglect to see what the heart pursues / But my heart finds a dream in these unseen hues, in the untouchable
That’s not to say that I don’t feel the limitations and the drop from the expectation / It’s not naive but the heart of creation is the only thing proven true to me
When the fire’s burning from sky to ground, swing my weight around, begin the windstorm
Time past has thrown shadows over my shoulder that as ghosts owned / Movement of my desires lost like a stone cast as a wish into a well with no sound / No answer at the end
How can I say it’s wrong to feel the limitation and the drop from the expectation / It’s not naive but the heart of creation it’s the only thing proven true to me
When the fire’s burning from sky to ground, swing my weight around, begin the windstorm
Lyrics by Claudia Deheza and Benjamin Curtis © CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP
