Record Store
Navigating the River of Time: Matthew and the Atlas's Record Store
Lyrics
Will you see it in the long run
Asking if you will perceive something in the long term
Living in this town’s like a setting sun
Describing living in the town as a diminishing experience, like a sunset
On the weed grown corner where they closed that trade
Referring to a neglected corner affected by the closure of a business
Go back home get those bills paid
Encouraging to return home and manage financial responsibilities
In spite of it all this is something new
Acknowledging a new experience despite challenges
And the cracks are showing and we’re slipping through
Noting vulnerabilities with visible flaws and difficulties
There are things you won’t get to see
Highlighting the existence of unseen aspects in life
So meet me where the record store used to be
Proposing a meeting place reminiscent of a closed record store
Time is a river that you’ll see one day
Comparing time to a river and suggesting it will be understood in the future
Don’t get to see it yet though and that’s OK
Accepting the inability to comprehend time currently
It’ll give you a little clarity
Asserting that time will provide clarity
Lead you back to that open sea
Leading back to an open sea, symbolizing freedom or possibilities
In spite of it all this is something new
Reiterating the experience as something new despite challenges
And the cracks are showing and we’re slipping through
Acknowledging vulnerabilities and the risk of slipping through difficulties
There are things you won’t get to see
Emphasizing the existence of unseen aspects in life
So meet me where the record store used to be
Repeating the invitation to meet at the closed record store
Time is a river that you’ll see one day
Reiterating the analogy of time as a river and the promise of understanding
But you don’t get to see it yet and that’s OK
Accepting the current lack of understanding of time and being content with it
One day it will deliver it will find way
Believing that one day time will bring deliverance
But you don’t get to see it yet and that’s OK
Accepting the current lack of understanding of time and being content with it
In spite of it all this is something new
Affirming the emergence of something new despite challenges
And the cracks are showing and we’re slipping through
Acknowledging vulnerabilities and the risk of slipping through difficulties
There are things you won’t get to see
Emphasizing the existence of unseen aspects in life
So meet me where the record store used to be
Repeating the invitation to meet at the closed record store
Oh meet me where the record store used to be
-Oh meet me where the record store used to be
-Meet me where the record store used to be
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