Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Oh mother, say a prayer for me
Jesse's back in town, it won't be easy
Don't let him near me
Don't let him touch me
Don't let him please me
Jesse, I won't cut fresh flowers for you, no
Jesse, I won't make the wine cold for you, no
Jesse, I won't change the sheets for you
I won't put on cologne
I won't sit by the phone for you
Annie, keep reminding me
That he cut out my heart like a paper doll
Sally, tell me once again
How he set me up just to see me fall
Jesse, I won't cut fresh flowers for you, no
Jesse, I won't make the wine cold for you, no
Jesse, I won't change the sheets for you
I won't put on cologne
I won't sit by the phone for you, no, no, no
Jesse, quick come here
I won't tell a soul
Not even myself
Jesse, that you've come back to me
My friends will all say, "She's gone again"
But how can anyone know what you are to me
That I'm in Heaven again because you've come back to me
Oh Jessie
Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you, no
Jesse, I can easily change my mind about you
And put on cologne
And sit by the phone for you
Jesse, let's open the wine
And drink to the heart
Which has a will of its own
My friends, let's comfort them
They're feeling bad
They think I've sunk so low
Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I will change the sheets for you
Put on cologne
And I will wait by the phone for you
Oh Jesse
Jesse, I will cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I will make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I will change the sheets for you
I will put you on cologne
Jesse's back in town, it won't be easy
Don't let him near me
Don't let him touch me
Don't let him please me
Jesse, I won't cut fresh flowers for you, no
Jesse, I won't make the wine cold for you, no
Jesse, I won't change the sheets for you
I won't put on cologne
I won't sit by the phone for you
Annie, keep reminding me
That he cut out my heart like a paper doll
Sally, tell me once again
How he set me up just to see me fall
Jesse, I won't cut fresh flowers for you, no
Jesse, I won't make the wine cold for you, no
Jesse, I won't change the sheets for you
I won't put on cologne
I won't sit by the phone for you, no, no, no
Jesse, quick come here
I won't tell a soul
Not even myself
Jesse, that you've come back to me
My friends will all say, "She's gone again"
But how can anyone know what you are to me
That I'm in Heaven again because you've come back to me
Oh Jessie
Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you, no
Jesse, I can easily change my mind about you
And put on cologne
And sit by the phone for you
Jesse, let's open the wine
And drink to the heart
Which has a will of its own
My friends, let's comfort them
They're feeling bad
They think I've sunk so low
Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I will change the sheets for you
Put on cologne
And I will wait by the phone for you
Oh Jesse
Jesse, I will cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I will make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I will change the sheets for you
I will put you on cologne
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It is very sad that we can let ourselves be so weak for someone who has proven to not be worth it. (If someone has a weakening effect on us, and not a strengthening, uplifting effect, they aren't worth it.) I can relate to this song, because i, too, had a lover that i kept accepting back into my life, after repeated break-ups and fights. It's stupid that we do this to ourselves. It's not love, it's dysfunction. If only we would get that through our heads.
I don't believe that this song necessarily condones weakness or gives us permission to be weak in the way the storyteller is weak. I love how she is calling out to others to help her be strong. Mother, Annie, and Sally are asked to help her, because she knows what she may do, and fears that she'll do it yet again. She needs reminders of how this guy mistreated her, wasn't right for her, to help her keep her focus.
She ends up letting down her guard yet again for this guy.. and feels sorry for her friends who don't understand her devotion for him. She begins the song with sentiments of "Friends, please help me. He's not good for me." She then transitions to sentiments of "Friends, you don't understand. I love / need him. He is good for me."
A very well done song. But we can't let songs like this give us an excuse for settling for dysfunctional relationships that just are not sustainable.. We need to learn lessons from it and grow and mature in our understanding of what love is and what it isn't. A song like this is good, but only if it is balanced by songs of strength or empowerment. This song is too much about feeling sorry for yourself and then finding a false strength and false empowerment.
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This is so freaky my ex-boyfriend cheated on me and we are no longer together and my name is Annie
This song hurts me to listen to. I've been there when you're so in love with someone who hurts you and always will. I guess I've played the other role, where I can see how much I affect a certain person and I am affected too, but I know that I hurt them with the things I do. Ugh, this song is so powerful!
So I really identify with this song. I actually married my Jesse, but before that there were many breakups and makeups. We were entwined in our madness. That line about "And drink to the heart/which has a will of its own." Ah yes, Jesse. We were married ten years, but those years nearly destroyed me physically and emotionally. Thing is nowadays, many years later, we're good friends who care for each in our old age. I remarried, he did not. He's acknowledged how bad he was as my husband. But we will continue to know each other for the rest of our lives and make sure those ten years were not in vain.
This reminds me of our friend Jesse who recently passed away, he will be dearly missed.
R.I.P Jesse Sharp -2004-
o and his name is jesse lol forgot to add that
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Jesse…James …Taylor.