In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Four seasons in one day
Lying in the depths of your imagination
Worlds above and worlds below
The sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain
Even when you're feeling warm
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day
Smiling as the shit comes down
You can tell a man from what he has to say
Everything gets turned around
And I will risk my neck again, again
You can take me where you will
Up the creek and through the mill
Like all the things you can't explain
Four seasons in one day
Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day
It doesn't pay to make predictions
Sleeping on an unmade bed
Finding out wherever there is comfort there is pain
Only one step away
Like four seasons in one day
Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day
Lying in the depths of your imagination
Worlds above and worlds below
The sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain
Even when you're feeling warm
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day
Smiling as the shit comes down
You can tell a man from what he has to say
Everything gets turned around
And I will risk my neck again, again
You can take me where you will
Up the creek and through the mill
Like all the things you can't explain
Four seasons in one day
Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day
It doesn't pay to make predictions
Sleeping on an unmade bed
Finding out wherever there is comfort there is pain
Only one step away
Like four seasons in one day
Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I also think it's about life's ups and downs and how you mood can change (like the seasons). It think the song focuses on the downs mainly. "Smiling as the shit comes down" is one of my favourite lines ever.
I agree with you! it's not really about the wheater.. it is a metafor
Neill Finn has told that this song is about Melbourne. And on the surface it definitely is...But he gets deeper, and speaks about much more. As Kaatrien said, its about the good and the bad, or as Neill has put it "the rough with the smooth...the clean with the dirty"
"Smiling as the shit comes down"...Keeping a brave face whilst all around u seems to be collapsing...looking to the bright side of life.
Paul Hester is the drummers name, and he says "you have to be prepared to take the good with the bad" during a live performance of "sister madly" where he made a mistake...Neill goes on to say Rough with smooth, clean with dirty etc..
Wherever there is comfort, there is pain only one step away.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG EVER!!! just gorgeous. Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter do a lovely version of this one as well.
Each day can bring anything.......good and bad, summer and winter
The thing which makes this song great is that it can mean something to everyone. The ambiguity of the lines allows it just to represent one heck of an emotional day.
I dont think there was any need for the up-tempo of the chorus. it seems like it doent fit in the melancholy song, what does everyone else think?
Everyday is a new surprise, who knows what the dawn may bring. Each morning is like starting over, getting another chance to find what you're looking for. And like everyone else has said just taking the good with the bad because you can never know how great the good things in life are without experiencing the bad.
For years the only only Crowded House tracks I knew were 'Weather With You', 'Don't Dream It's Over' and 'Fall At Your Feet' - they all are favourites of mine. Now I stumbled across this track, and it's beautiful and fantastic - I love it basically!
All in all, I think the song is basically about change and growth. Something can be so perfect one minute, and then totally shitty the next. It's about taking things as they come and dealing with them, each, different day can bring anything your way.
That's what it means to me anyway.
Thought I should add..
After analysing this song some more, I think that it is also very much about Paul Hester, who is known to be veyr moody. Infact 'Black and White Boy' is also said to be about Hester.
I agree with nails_in_my_feet. Even if it wasn't intended to be about the great Hessie, it certainly could be applied to him (from what i've heard).
Amazing song - my fave of all Crowded House tunes. I will always adore the lyrics, esp. "Finding out wherever there is comfort There is pain Only one step away"
surely this song is about auckland and not melbourne, as neil finn is an aucklander and it is known that it like four seasons in a day there. awesome song all the same
The band was formed in Melbourne…
And the domain referenced is in the first verse is the King’s Domain - an area of parkland in inner Melbourne.