Thrice - Talking Through Glass / We Move Like Swing Sets

“When I brought the swing sets idea to the guys I was a little worried, because it was one of the first ideas I had created with lyrics and me singing. Everyone seemed to like it, but it never really found its place in a full song. Dustin had the idea to place it at the end of Talking Through Glass, and we ran with it. He and I ended up talking about lyrical content from my perspective and linking the two songs together. 

The swing sets idea came about from my memories as a kid, swinging staring at the person next to you. Every once in awhile, you would link up with that person and feel stuck eye-to-eye in some sort of connected stillness amongst all the greater movement around you. It always seemed special to me, but it would never last long unless you were both working together to keep the connection. I felt that that was a perfect metaphor for love and relationships. We all deal with this and often get lost in the movement, unable to connect again.”

- Ed Breckenridge