• Interpretation of lyrics of Winding Wheel by Ryan Adams

    by tropichunger on December 13, 2013

    "Yeah I’m talking to you" seems to be addressing the person she is with but he is telling him he wants her. At "nighttime" she is free to let go without her current man stopping her, probably dancing, being free etc.


    "With eyes that dance around without their clothes" her eyes are naked, he can see how she really feels about him, she keeps looking at him and he is confident he has her in his sights "So buy a pretty dress/Wear it out tonight/For anyone you think could out do me." no matter all the men who will like her, she will want him.

     my first thought for winding wheel is a cog in a machine, it powers or aids the machine (him). he is a map that need places of interest added. he needs her to spice him up, make him come alive. “And I’m further north than south” suggests he doesnt feel like he belongs where he is, comparing where he is to where he belongs. needs her to change that.

    "If I could shut my mouth she’d probably like this" wants him to stop talking and just dance and let it flow OR that he is being too cocky in the fact that she wants him and he needs to just shush and let her take control.

    "Well the children laugh and sing a song that ushers in her driving rain" the children singing along spurs on her energy/passion to dance. "And I’m standing in the station like some old record waiting on a train" hes waiting for her to ‘play’ him again like an old record, simply waiting on her to bring him alive

     

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    Well nighttime let her through
    Yeah I'm talking to you
    I want to see her
    Precious little thing

    With eyes that dance around without their clothes
    So buy a pretty dress
    Wear it out tonight
    For anyone you think could out do me

    Or better still be my winding wheel
    Cause I feel just like a map
    Without a single place to go of interest
    And I'm further north than south

    If I could shut my mouth she'd probably like this
    So buy a pretty dress
    And wear it out tonight
    For all the boys you think could out do me
    Or better still be my winding wheel

    Be my winding wheel
    Well the children laugh and sing a song that ushers in her driving rain

    And I'm standing in the station like some old record waiting on a train
    So buy a pretty dress
    Wear it out tonight
    For anyone you think could out do me
    Or better still be my winding wheel

    Be my winding wheel

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