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It is happening again
It is happening again
It is happening again Beach House – Silver Soul
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The hook comes in during a time in the song where the music becomes even more washed out and this line is repeated. The repetition illustrates that this cycle is repeating; there is nothing we can do to stop it.

It is widely believed that this line is inspired by a pivotal and emotional scene in Twin Peaks Season 2, Episode 14. During the episode, the line is repeatedly spoken by an otherworldly character known as The Giant (and later as The Fireman), as he warns the show’s protagonist that the murderer he is investigating is currently taking another life.

Beach House has also referenced the influence of Twin Peaks in their “Wishes” music video, which featured actor Ray Wise (who plays a vital role in the show’s core mystery) atop a white horse (a reoccurring visual from the show), and given the show’s themes of “visions”, “complete illusions”, and “bodies lying in the sand,” this connection seems likely. Victoria Legrand is known to respect Twin Peaks director / co-creator David Lynch and has mentioned this in interviews:

That’s why David Lynch is one of my favorite American filmmakers, because he’s all about that flipside. I love him to death, and not to be really corny about astrology, but I’m a Gemini, so I’m very dual. I love something and I hate it at the same time, so that probably comes out in the lyrics.
– Victoria LeGrand

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I love Lynch I knew it was a reference to this

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The needle on the spinning wheel
Collecting silver coil Beach House – Silver Soul
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This is possibly referencing a record player spinning, while the needle that plays the music picks up the vibrations from the record

Or this could mean a spinning wheel (or spindle) like the one used in the children’s story Rumplestilskin where a woman is trapped in a tower and forced to spin straw into gold

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6 years

Continuing the Twin Peaks' reference in this song, the key scene from the series with the “It is happening again” line also prominently features a record player spinning blankly.

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I believe this is continuing the conceit of overpowering love, she is specifically referencing sleeping beauty, when the princess is possessed by maleficent, or in this case, love

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Could mean life being spun away, and the “coil” kind of suggests the “mortal coil” as well.

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It's just amazing to me
The heat against the city all it's energy Kilo Kish – Indigo/July
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The summertime brings out everyone in the city. They are all out enjoying the sun and the women in cut up shorts. Everyone seems to be full of energy when the sun shines

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And the water dripped from my faucet top
If I collect it all, could we get it back The Internet (Ft. Coco O. & Kilo Kish) – Ode to a Dream
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If Kilo Kish could collect each drop of water that dropped slowly as time passed…Could she go back in time and restart the entire relationship?

The drops of water symbolize seconds, or moments spent with her lover. Like drops of water, the time spent is near immeasurable. But she wants it all back. To begin the dream again.

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The faucet dripping water is her crying, and she wonders if she collects all the tears and memories will she ever get the experience back?

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Once you find your shoulders dropping
And your speech gets slow and hazy Common (Ft. Maya Angelou) – The Dreamer
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When you fall into the daily routine of work, school, scraping by each day, you become somewhat of a zombie. You don’t excite yourself with new discoveries, or test yourself against new challenges, You simply go through life doing the same thing. Never achieving your dreams, something Maya and Common are trying to break people out of.

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When you become lazy and less active, both physically and spiritually, you’d better change because in that way of behaving you’ll never achieve your dreams.

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