To Move A Little Closer To You

Steve Lacy “Give You the World”

There’s a time jump in the lyrics of “Give You the World,” with the first verse coming from the perspective of trying to get closer to someone and start a relationship, and the second verse zooming ahead to the point where the relationship has run its course. The music stays placid and lovey dovey throughout, you have to listen closely to even pick up on the shift of perspective. There’s certainly another way of doing this song in which Steve Lacy pushes the second half towards a darker, more depressive tone but that would defeat the purpose and the beauty of a song in which the desire for intimacy and overwhelming generosity is the entire point. I don’t think Lacy wants us to focus on the end of things so much as a pure feeling that carries beyond conclusions and disappointments. This is a song where love, however fleeting, is never a failure.

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