Pretty Green
Unveiling the Verdant Journey: White Denim's 'Pretty Green' Meaning
Lyrics
Right before I met you things were getting pretty green,
Before meeting you, life was vibrant and full of potential.
I was on on an upswing though I could hardly hear a thing.
Despite positive circumstances, there was a sense of disconnection.
I was looking up looking out.
The narrator was observant and open-minded.
It took me several mornings with my throat in a mangled knot,
Struggling through difficult moments, experiencing inner turmoil.
Sounding out my virtues and my vices and other thoughts.
Reflecting on personal qualities, both virtues, and vices.
I was struggling to remember the most recent things that I forgot
Difficulty recalling recent memories.
While I was looking up looking out.
Continuing to be observant and open-minded.
When you're always on you feel defeated, so you call yourself lost.
Feeling defeated when always in an active state, leading to self-identification as lost.
In a foreign tongue, you could hear that singin' that wouldn't wait to be sung.
Recognizing a message or song in a foreign language that demands expression.
You could hear that singing that won't wait to be sung.
Emphasizing the urgency of the message or song waiting to be expressed.
Carbon copy portraits in a box that I was shuffling through,
Sorting through memories depicted in pictures, acknowledging their partial truth.
(it was) stuffed with paper memories that are only partially true.
Memories captured on paper may not fully represent reality.
I was waiting to get a feeling about someone a lot like you
Awaited a significant feeling about someone resembling the listener.
Looking up looking out.
Remaining observant and open-minded.
Witnessed classic meltdowns and devastating rain,
Witnessed intense emotional breakdowns and challenging times.
Hurried up for waiting more times than I care to say,
Experienced impatience after waiting repeatedly.
But it's clearer to us now that it's starting to change.
Recognizing positive changes in the present moment.
We're moving up moving out.
Moving forward and progressing in life.
Moving forward moving out.
(Repetition for emphasis, no new meaning.)
When you're always on you feel defeated, so you call yourself lost.
Feeling defeated in a constant active state, leading to self-identification as lost.
In a foreign tongue, you could hear that singin' that wouldn't wait to be sung.
Recognition of a message or song in a foreign language waiting to be expressed.
Will you hear that singing that wouldn't wait to be sung?
Emphasizing the urgency of the message or song waiting to be expressed.
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