I'd Like To Make Myself Believe That Planet Earth Turns Slowly
Owl City is Adam Young with a synthesizer. His most popular song to date is "Fireflies", a sweet little song that seems to be about a boy whose dreams are inhabited by countless of the aforenamed insects (in actuality, it's a song about Adam's insomnia, but very few people seem to either know or care). Some of his other songs include "Vanilla Twilight", a nostalgic look at unrequited love, and "Umbrella Beach" which is about...something. His music tends to cause lots of WAFF, and is rather polarizing.Discography:
Cue the Sun: While not actually the sun, the Aurora-cloud... thing in the "Vanilla Twilight" video glows more colorfully and brightly when Adam starts the last verse, and the onlookers react quite happily. It is, of course, fitting the lyrics:
When violet eyes get brighter, and heavy wings grow lighter, I'll taste the sky and feel alive again.
"Have a seat", he says pleasantly As he shakes my hand and practically laughs at me "Open up nice and wide", he says peering in And with a smirk he says, "Don't have a fit This'll just pinch a bit", as he tries not to grin.
"I've been to the dentist a thousand times / so I know the drill."
"Golf and alcohol don't mix / and that's why I don't drink and drive."
"When hygienists leave on long vacations / That's when dentists scream / And lose their patience."
If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining / Cause I've heard it said that every MUSHROOM cloud has a silver lining... Incredibly Lame Pun and Lyrical Dissonance at the same time.
Adam's particularly fond of Incredibly Lame Puns on his Twitter. Just check a backlog, and you'll see. Here's one "gem":
Me: Whale you be my valentine? You: Dolphinitely.
In "Cave In", one line is "Riding a dirtbike down a turnpike/always takes its toll on me."
Special mention for "The Bird and The Worm": "If my segments get separated, I'll scream / and you'll be there! "
This might be a metaphor for falling apart at the seams/feeling overstressed, and if you call out, the person you love will be there.
"Cheer up and dry your damp eyes / And tell me when it rains / And I'll blend up that rainbow above you / And shoot it through your veins"
From the song "Galaxies", off his latest album: "Summit the sunset / Dovetail the dragnet / And blow your backbone to bits!"
Justified in that it's about the Challenger explosion.
"And the chatty tree frogs will never wanna leave your throat."
"Plant Life" has a section in the chorus where Adam sings about "daisies to push through the floor." As in, pushing daisies. The lyrics around it go kind of the same way.
Not Christian Rock: Adam Young is a professed Christian, but does not sing about it at all, which is rather nice actually.
He does have a couple songs with some definite Christian overtones (see "Meteor Shower" and "Tidal Wave") and does mention Jesus in "Christmas Song" (because it's, you know, a Christmas song) but that's really it.
There are a couple more coming up on his new album; Galaxies being a notable one that got leaked, and being an example that is a lot of fun, even if you're not religious.
Also, said new album is called All Things Bright and Beautiful. As in, the name of a hymn.
Scenery Porn: "The Real World" has some very neat examples:
"From the green belt balcony, the wildfires look so pretty." "To the ruby redwood tree, and to the velvet climbing ivy, painted all mahogany, I'd never leave if it were up to me." "With a starry brush, paint the dusk venetian blue, because in the evening hush, you'll never believe the view'
All Things Bright and Beautiful brings a more traditional, but no less awesome and sweet example, "Honey and the Bee". Made more sweet dream-y by the beautiful chorus, including the following fuzzies-inducing lyric:
"But if I reached for your hand would your eyes get wide?"
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