I played this for someone I was seeing and they thought it was about them. It is literally about the sun, my dudes, and how unusual it is to find a planet-sun situation the right temperature to support life.
Fortunately we broke up before I played them Dear Stranger, which was, in fact, about them.
lyrics
The flowers in my skin turn towards you
They follow you with their hands and their eyes open wide
None of this, none of this will live on without you
None of this will survive when you’re gone
The river of my skin shines beneath you
It throws what you give it as far and as fast as it can
All of us reach out to hold you
All of us, all of us
And you fall down on me
And I rise to meet you
Rare sun
The Australian folk-pop singer tackles deconstruction, her Christian childhood, and sexuality on her infectious sophomore album. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2023