childhood:
Put your hair back, we get to leave - instructions to a young girl
Eleven gallows on your sleeve - ?
Shallow figure, winner's paid - ?
Eleven shadows way out of place - nice call on the "kids playing football - poorly"
Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room - when you're a kid - trying to be big, trying to impress
College years:
Pull your dress on and stay real close - sex and after
Who might leave you where I left off? - ?
A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends - college friends
Drink another, coin a phrase - out at bar, being clever
Heaven assumed, shoulders high in the room - your confidence in the future
early career:
Try to win and suit your needs
Speak out sometimes but try to win - i can just picture this young person, trying to impress
Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room - again you're a kid, trying to be big
They were maybe at the early career stage when they wrote this, so to me it kind of fits
to me it's about the three stages of life:
childhood: Put your hair back, we get to leave - instructions to a young girl Eleven gallows on your sleeve - ? Shallow figure, winner's paid - ? Eleven shadows way out of place - nice call on the "kids playing football - poorly"
Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room - when you're a kid - trying to be big, trying to impress
College years: Pull your dress on and stay real close - sex and after Who might leave you where I left off? - ? A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends - college friends Drink another, coin a phrase - out at bar, being clever
Heaven assumed, shoulders high in the room - your confidence in the future
early career: Try to win and suit your needs Speak out sometimes but try to win - i can just picture this young person, trying to impress
Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room - again you're a kid, trying to be big
They were maybe at the early career stage when they wrote this, so to me it kind of fits