[Verse 1] You wave at the sky with wide lovely eyes Waves and waves of love goodbye Through the garden with your secret key Down the tunnel that leads to the sea Step on the beach beneath the iron skies You wave and wave with your wide lovely eyes Crystal waves and waves of love You wave and say goodbye
[Verse 3] The night expands, I am expanding I watch your hands like butterflies landing All among the myths and the legends we create And all the laughing stories we tell our friends Close the windows, clear up the mess It's getting late It's darker and closer to the end
The song is about Cave’s wife Susie Bick, and how he feels happy with her in his adoptive home of Brighton. A recurring theme on the album.
There are references to the waves of the sea at the beach in Brighton, alongside the waves of emotion he feels in this place, as well as the feelings he gets from the waves goodbye of his wife.
The song plays with the different uses of the word ‘wave’, to beautiful effect.
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