Permeate by BEDROOMS & MARCUS SMITH celebrates love as words do not do, employing a tongue by work of art to speak. Marcus places current musicians and fashions in his poems, indicating how high on his list of importance his wife’s presence sits. When comparing his wife to masterworks and referring to color bleeding into his heart, Marcus makes his emotions feel so real and harsh. He doesn’t view her as merely lovely; she tints and illuminates his life and makes everything rich.

The repetition of “I didn’t know I could love this much” rings as sincere and bewildered as if Marcus continues to find out how much he loves. It lends a song a persistent and gentle heart. Referrals to color and canonical paintings do not seem forced; rather, it explains how Marcus ties what he experiences inside to a larger circle, as good pictures endure.

Bedrooms provides more scope by delving into small, day-to-day things that are real and personal. His lyrics are consumed by how his love is not a matter of big things to do, but little things—seeing a person nod off or having a cup of tea. His lyrics are soft and laid-back, and his love is a matter of things to see and savor endlessly, like a photograph you can never have enough of.

Together, Marcus and Bedrooms create lyrics warm and intimate and personal feelings into a sort of universal. This particular song is brilliant as it isn’t a cliched “I love you,” as you can see by showing instead, in thoughtful, descriptive images. Permeate is a love letter in brushstrokes and soft color and showing that true love can become savoring life itself as part of a work.