| Iron & Wine – Tree by the River Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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As "noiamnotwhereibelong" stated, the surface meaning is very clear for this song... but the imagery and the beauty of the relationship the speaker & "Mary Anne" had just makes me reminisce on my first love. So much beauty there. Most of the song just mentions little things that only those two would know the real meaning behind. He mentions in an interview that the lyric "and all the thorns and the roses" is a reference to the good and the bad being there in one place. "Time isn't kind or unkind," you liked to say But I wonder to who And what it is you're saying today. ^ this is my favourite line, by far. Everyone has that one person they remember & wonder what they're up to. Such a beautiful song. In the same interview, Sam mentions that it took him almost 10 years to write this song because he wanted to avoid it being too "saccharine" or "sappy". I am so glad he put those moments into this song... it shows. |
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