This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
I am an old and sleepy house
but I stand among the trees
That weave their crooked arms above the path
Which winds it's way over the ground
That's who, now I can't see
Cause the moon is gone and everything is black
Forever's fresh and restless
It cannot find a speed
And autumn chill chases summer into the past
The sun is sleeping longer
I've noticed that the leaves
Are giving up the view that they knew wouldn't last
Because tonight, it smells like rain
The creeks have begun to stretch their banks
And the lights have left, it reminds me
How you would sit by the fire place
And you would read all night
In the chair with the tall sides
And the flickering light
And we would both feel so warm
So loved
So alive
So alive
But tonight my floors are quiet
They don't groan and they don't creak
And the candles are still asleep inside the drawer
There was a noise down the dark hallway
The one you thought was so scary
You would sit, afraid you forgot to lock the door
The fear would fade as sudden as it afraid
And you would be so content with everything...
but I stand among the trees
That weave their crooked arms above the path
Which winds it's way over the ground
That's who, now I can't see
Cause the moon is gone and everything is black
Forever's fresh and restless
It cannot find a speed
And autumn chill chases summer into the past
The sun is sleeping longer
I've noticed that the leaves
Are giving up the view that they knew wouldn't last
Because tonight, it smells like rain
The creeks have begun to stretch their banks
And the lights have left, it reminds me
How you would sit by the fire place
And you would read all night
In the chair with the tall sides
And the flickering light
And we would both feel so warm
So loved
So alive
So alive
But tonight my floors are quiet
They don't groan and they don't creak
And the candles are still asleep inside the drawer
There was a noise down the dark hallway
The one you thought was so scary
You would sit, afraid you forgot to lock the door
The fear would fade as sudden as it afraid
And you would be so content with everything...
Lyrics submitted by BashTheFash
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
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
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.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
lyrics aren't finished for some reason:
...that you were and there was something in that quiet when it was only you and me and now i'm scared that it may be gone forever
because it's been so long since that tall chair has had any company and the fire place is cold and damp and the wind has begun winning 'cause for so long, i stood for you i fought the wind each time it blew because her face it made me (?) and now i fall each day you're gone please come back soon