Stop joking around
For one minute
I'd rather cry right now

And play the sad notes on
The piano
Let the rest of the band go home

'Cause I'll need you
Until the morning
Please be here
Until the morning

Hold my hand
Until the morning
Brings the light of day
To our eyes

And smell the burning leaves
In autumn driveways
We'll be out on the road
'Til way past supper

And leave the lamp lit low
Beside the window
If you can mop up a waterfall

'Cause I'll need you
Until the morning
Please be here
Until the morning

Hold my hand
Until the morning
Brings the light of day
To our eyes

Just hop a train
You hate to fly
Come see the picture of my eyes

You want to laugh
I want to cry
Cry cry cry

Please be here
Until the morning
Hold my hand
Until the morning

Chase my fate
Into your promised land
Please be here
Eye-e-eye-e-eye-e-eyes


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    My Interpretation

    I feel like this song is about losing someone and wishing you could have that person back. The chorus of:

    "Please be here until the morning Hold my hand until the morning "

    leads me to believe that the person gone was someone that the singer held onto as a rock, like a friend, family member, or significant other. He also seems to be somewhat wallowing in his sadness since he'd rather "play those sad notes on the piano" and "let the rest of the band go home," indicating that he wants to be left alone to deal with the loss.

    When he says:

    "And smell the burning leaves in autumn driveways We'll be out on the road to way past supper And leave the lamp lit low beside the window If you can mop up a waterfall"

    he appears to be either remembering some fond memories with that person or fantasizing what they would do if that person came back...kind of makes me think that the person is dead or he doesn't have any way to contact/meet up with the person.

    The last section:

    "Till you promise life Please be here"

    seems like either the person left of his own volition or, to take a bit more drastic/pessimistic viewpoint, committed suicide (which is why he says "till you promise life."

    At any rate the tone is yearning and full of wishes for the past or for things to be better. Sad.

    Emanresu12on April 14, 2009   Link

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