I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
She left a week to roam
Your protector's coming home
Keep your secrets with you
Safe from the outside
You walk along the stream
Your head caught in a waking dream
Your protector's coming home, coming home
As you lay to die beside me, baby
On the morning that you came
Would you wait for me?
The other one
Would wait for me
As you lay to die beside me, baby
On the morning that you came
Would you wait for me?
The other one
Would wait for me
You run with the devil
You run with the devil
Tell your brother to be good
Tell your sister not to go
Tell your mother not to wait
Tell your father I was good
As you lay to die beside me, baby
On the morning that you came
Would you wait for me?
The other one
Would wait for me
Your protector's coming home
Keep your secrets with you
Safe from the outside
You walk along the stream
Your head caught in a waking dream
Your protector's coming home, coming home
As you lay to die beside me, baby
On the morning that you came
Would you wait for me?
The other one
Would wait for me
As you lay to die beside me, baby
On the morning that you came
Would you wait for me?
The other one
Would wait for me
You run with the devil
You run with the devil
Tell your brother to be good
Tell your sister not to go
Tell your mother not to wait
Tell your father I was good
As you lay to die beside me, baby
On the morning that you came
Would you wait for me?
The other one
Would wait for me
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
Midnight
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Midnight” is a song about finding a love that is so true that it provides a calming feeling through every storm. Ed Sheeran reflects on his good fortunes in landing someone with such peace and support and speaks of not fearing the dark days because he knows they’ll all end in the safety nets of her arms.
“Well, good morning there / What a way to start the day / With everything laid bare,” Ed Sheeran sings in the first verse, enthusiastic to be waking up beside his woman. He apologizes for missing her calls in the second verse and promises to return them because for him, speaking to her is the most important thing. “Well, I get lost inside my head / In this chaos, you’re my calm / And I will find my feet again / ‘Cause еven the worst days of my life will always еnd / At midnight in your arms,” sings Ed Sheeran in the chorus, revelling in his good luck.
I think that: "I'm the one in the shootin' game"
Should be: "On the morning that you came"
correct! - shooting & dying? wrong in both cases!
It's a song about a resistance fighter, told from the viewpoint of his lover who has a premonition of his death.
The girl and her family are living under an occupation but are sympathetic to the resistance- hence the need to "keep your secrets with you...safe from the outside world" and "you run with the devil." In the dream, she is there with him when he is killed. The resistance fighter tells her what she needs to tell her various family members: "tell your sister not to go (looking for me)," "tell your mother not to wait (for me)," "tell your father I was good."
She's gone to look for him "she left a week to roam." The resistance fighter is coming home to her as a dream since he can't come back physically and telling her to go home.
I agree.
Such a beautiful song by such a lovely band. I don't know about favourite songs but this one really captured my attention.
Also not relating to this song, but to the band in general, I love the end of the description on the album: Music is a weird and cosmic thing, its own strange religion for nonbelievers, and what a joy it is to make, in any form.
LyricWiki says:
"She left a week to roam, Your protector's coming home. Keep your secrets with you girl, safe from the outside world.
You walk along the stream, Your head caught in a waking dream, Your protector's coming home, coming home.
As you lay to die beside me, baby, On the morning that you came. Would you wait for me? The other one would wait for me.
As you lay to die beside me, baby, On the morning that you came. Would you wait for me? The other one would wait for me.
You run with the devil. You run with the devil.
Tell your brother to be good, Tell your sister not to go, Tell your mother not to wait, Tell your father I was good.
As you lay to die beside me, baby, On the morning that you came. Would you wait for me? The other one would wait for me."
...and I agree.
Love the collaboration to get the lyrics just right. <br /> Here's my addition:<br /> <br /> "She left her wheat to roam"<br /> <br /> ...as in, she left the security of her homestead to complete the task to which she was called. <br /> I also like the resistance fighter idea.
A) "She left her wheat to roam" instead of "she left a week to roam"
D) "As you lay to die beside me, on the morning the shootin' came" instead of "As you lay tonight beside me on the morning that you came"
"As you lay TONIGHT beside me ON THE MORNING" makes no sense... it can't be both night and morning.
It simply sounds like "to die" and not "tonight"
Although it does sound like he could be saying "that'ch'you ca'ame", it also sounds like he could be saying "the shootin' ca'ame".
If she's dying, that also seems to imply that it's "the morning the shootin' came". Otherwise, why is she dying? There is no other explanation for why she's dying, which is why the lyric "shooting" makes more sense.
"Shooting" fits in with the possible old world/old west feel to the song
E) While I'm not sure about the meaning of:
Tell your brother to be good, Tell your sister not to go, Tell your mother not to wait,
I do think, "Tell your father I was good" fits in with the old world/old west theme again, because here it appears that perhaps he was some sort of renegade and because she got involved with him, she got caught in the crossfire of whatever trouble he was involved in. I think the "tell your father I was good" lyric is the renegade saying that he was a good guy or that his intentions were good, even if his actions were misunderstood.
I meant to add in there that I think the sound of the music has to be taken into account. It's very old world/old west sounding. It could be interpreted either way with the sound of the flutes, tambourines, and drums, I think.<br /> <br /> Also, the album the song is on has a medieval scene on the cover and many of the other songs on the album have old world titles. Another song seems to have "old America" type titles, like "Blue Ridge Mountains".<br /> <br />
P.S. I wish you could edit your posts here. Clearly I have botched my post--apologies for the A) D) thing. Not sure what happened there. I started my post here but moved it to notepad and obviously I made some mistakes in the transfer. ;)
@elojas Could be.
I must agree with OVNS.
Also, "As you lay to die beside me" is "As you lay tonight beside me", no?
I think it's supposed to be
As you lay tonight beside me On the morning that you came Would you wait for me The other one Would wait for me
It's such a beautiful song, my favourite Fleet Foxes song.
femfleur's got it right.
Maybe my favorite, why choose a favorite though? There are certainly none that I dislike.