Jacob Collier "Little Blue" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Genius Verified

I have an incredible mom when I was a very young child she would make me and my little sisters uh Little Creatures tiny creatures it's just a shape in two eyes there's so much in the eyes so much in the eyes always these creatures which were actually blue they were really really important everywhere I go even now I have a little blue creature with me [Music] always some of my favorite songs in the whole wide world are about many things at once right there's not one way of taking the lyrics and I think for me that's always something I aspire to as a Lyricist is writing a poem or a song that's open-ended and invites you to see yourself or see somebody else in the song and that's definitely something I was hoping for in this song um to leave it open for people to come in and find whatever they need to find in the song or see whatever they need to see in the song little blue be my shelter be my C be my be my River be the still the soft the Moon being the boat and also being the river is something that I think about a lot you are kind of one cm of life going around and projecting and perceiving and absorbing but you're also made of everything a boat is the river they're the same if I could I go with you to a place I never knew in your eyes so dark and open there's a light that leads me back to you sometimes when I'm feeling like out of it I just walk down the street and look at everybody's eyes and it brings me straight back to myself which is kind of an amazing thing I think again about the idea of being a very very very young child and looking into the eyes of your mother right or father and also being the mother or father and look looking into those deep deep eyes of a baby I think about being you know very very young and very very old as well at the same time and how those two things speak to each other something magical going on there cuz you're not so far away I hear you say You'll Never Walk Alone a lot of your life is lived without the people you love right next to you I think the idea that those you love are never truly away from you is a huge idea and something i' really carry and the idea that even if the person is not there they're never further away than they are in your heart and your mind you're never truly alone as long as you have ever loved sing in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark in your heart you're going to find a way to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders you're going to find find a way home the only dark I'm ever afraid of is the dark in my heart in a sense we think of ourselves as cameras right but we're we're just projectors and so if you see the dark then you are the dark and yeah there are days where where I am afraid of that dark and think am I what's going on here how do I find the way back up and then the way will come so yeah this course for me is something to sing for myself as much as for the people of the world little blue be my anchor be my light my comp star be my darkness be my danger be the strings of my guitar little blue how I love you something strong and something true in your eyes so dear gentle there's a home that leads me back to you for me in the writing of this song A lot of the the process and the study of it was um all the different ways you can get home my idea of Home has has evolved a lot over the years it used to be one room where I made all my music and then over the last 10 years or so I've been doing much more traveling and now home is like in my body there's a home that me back to you it's almost like the idea of this home whatever that means for you is a magnet of sorts and and will will pull you back to that truth and that that Solace cuz you're not so far away I hear you say You'll Never Walk Alone harmonically this goes into kind of some outrageous places it feels like you're going on this journey right so this song is an EF flat major one of the best keys in the world like don't even argue with me in the comments it was important for me in what the song is about to depart from E flat out moments and then find your way back you know it's kind of literal in a sense but this second preor is I think it's my favorite moment of the song harmonically because it starts in c minor and then it goes to a minor which is gorgeous and then to F and then it goes to D major which is like whoa D major so amazing I really enjoyed the challenge of threading together these key centers and then getting from D back to E flat major was was was was an interesting challenge I had to hop through and then to that that helpful um there like a of d flat 7 over E flat which is like just such a helpful Avenue and once I finish that precourse like that's when I really knew this song like it this song has to be written and everything lined up and it was a good feeling singing Don't Be Afraid of the Dark in your heart you're going to find a way to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders you're going to find a way don't be afraid of the light it's all right you're going to find your way to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders you're going to find your way home the first chorus is about finding OA finding o way what is OA and by the end of the song you found your way find your way home it starts as a path and and ends as your path is is important for anyone who travels and looks and seeks and finds in life I've been a fan of Brandy caral for so many years she's a master Storyteller and when she sings a word you believe her you trust her and she has that way just in in every note that she sings of pulling from her life Brandy really came through and I got those stems and it was just like straight in my heart

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Length: 7min 1sec (421 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 08 2024