| Tom Waits – Falling Down Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think Sparks is on the right track with this.. I didn't get it at all at first though now i think I have a pretty good idea. I think it is referring to a sort of irony and sadness in finally belonging.[came from 500 miles just to see..] One reaches the point desired, only to find that it lacks heart or genuineness. [give a man luck, he must fall in the sea] now they have the love and gratification they always wanted but for all the wrong reasons. [love you for all that you're not] He thought he could see clearly before what it was that he wanted and now realizes that he was blind, naive to the truth. [Roses] I took to mean like the rose colored glasses, a myth a fairy tale one maintains while still unaware. [Sundays] morality and the notion or presence of God. Also now gone to this person. I think the biggest line is [She's not gonna choose you for standing so tall.] Tall like proud and noble. This says that integrity is irrelevant here. You won't be chosen on account of it, at least not by this force. Accept the fact that what you thought was so great is toxic..[take a swig of the poison and like it] because it's exactly what you asked for. |
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