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Riff: Leon Bridges – “Beyond”

Apr 23, 2018

She might just be my everything and beyond (beyond)/Space and time in the afterlife/Will she have my kids? Will she be my wife?/She might just be my everything and beyond

from Beyond lyrics by Leon Bridges

A gentle rain of percussion and the soft strumming of an acoustic guitar has Leon Bridges inching away from traditional soul. Despite the slight shift in sound, Bridges still keeps his foundation of love, hope, and compassion intact. He’s expressing a deep anxiety over his lady, not because of infidelity or a clashing of personalities but because she might actually be the one. If all goes accordingly, he thinks that one day he will marry this woman and they’ll have kids. The feeling is having him think outside the box, and into other galaxies where there are no limitations. He’s enamored, and couldn’t be happier.

 

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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