| Dave Matthews Band – Raven Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Look at lyrics from the original 2000 live version for the real deal on this song. Examples: "What guilt for a little bit of sugar, stolen from her youth" "I've got the weakness, it's for the younger thing." "Should've kept my fingers off that, that angel's little face." ... and more. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – The Idea of You Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Dave has finalized the lyrics to this song, now from the point of view from him as a child having a crush on his babysitter. Earlier version from '06 are clearly from the point of view of an older man having a crush on a much younger girl. In fact, in Dave's description in his past two shows about it being about his babysitter, he's said... "It all came true", and "Who would've known". Take that with the current lyric, "One day you're gonna fall for me.", tells me that he's saying "who would've known" that it finally came true. His dream came true. The young babysitter finally has the crush on HIM. But guess what, he's 40 years old now, and it's pretty creepy having a crush on a teenager when you're 40. So, you can see that although the perspective of the song has changed, it's basically about the same thing. Dave trying to deal with the little girls that are falling for him now. He still has the crush of his childhood, where the infatuation began. But come on, he's a rockstar, give him a break. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – The Idea of You Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I like this version. He's said some pretty sketchy things, though (in other versions this tour): "I'm too old to be sitting here, but I'm not going to pull your hair." "Wish I could clean out my head. / What if you could read what's inside my head, you'd run screaming away... but I'm no danger my friend." "Wish we lived long, long ago, so I'd get away with loving you this much." Sounds like a pedophile. |
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