| The Tallest Man on Earth – The Sparrow and the Medicine Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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at first i thought this song was just someone getting over heart break, but now to me this song is about someone who chose their addiction over their lover... he's reminiscing about how he left things, wondering why/how he made the decision he did and (it sounds to me like)hes hating himself for making the wrong choice. "Lookin' 'round the corner where I left you Wonderin' whatever led me there" He knows he can get something to numb the pain "Knowin' that a quiet, unconscious feeling could be bought to drown a memory anywhere" but then he remembers what she said to him "She said, 'I don't want your medicine and I don't need the sparrow in my heart'" she doesn't want his "medicine" (drug of choice) in her life anymore, and she doesn't need the sparrow (which is traditionally symbolic of love and life) that is their relationship if it means she cant escape the drug. and he remembers how he took advantage of her when things got hard "When I'm covered by the thunder I get rid of all *your* breath deep in *my* lungs" and he starts daydreaming that he could leave that cold place and start anew represented by the spring day that exists simultaneously with the frozen lake which (in my mind) is referring to winter becoming spring He wants to rise above it and be her medicine but this time medicine doesn't mean a drug it just means something that truly makes bad things better, he wants to "feed the Sparrow (love) in her heart" instead of the craving in his mind. and he wants to share the burden when time gets rough "When I'm covered by the thunder I'll get rid of all *the* breath deep in *our* lungs" maybe i looked too far into it but i think it makes a beautiful song either way and when i look at it through this light it's kind of a sad beauty because you sympathize with both of the people in the song and you can almost feel their heartbreak what do you think does this make sense to anyone else? |
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