He certainly did earn that reputation.
I'm standing on a hilltop
A hundred miles from home
I can see the light surrounds me
I want you to show me round
I'm standing here
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
I'm drifting through the city
I'm swinging from a tree
I can touch but you can't feel me
You hear me as you sleep
I'm standing here
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
And I'm everywhere
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
But I don't think you think like I do
No matter how how hard I try
I always thought I'd have the answer
Let me tell you what I've got
I'm looking through your window
I might just have the key
Over me my free-fall baby
You hear me as you speak
I'm standing here
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
I'm standing here
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
But I'm everywhere
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
But I don't think you think like I do
No matter how how hard I try
I always thought I had the answers
Let me tell you what I've got
Oh let it rot I made them stop
I could park a juggernaut in your mouth
And I can feel a hurricane when you shout
I should be safe forever in your arms
I should be safe forever in your arms
I could park a juggernaut in your mouth?
And I can feel a hurricane when you shout
I should be safe forever in your arms
I should be safe forever in your arms
A hundred miles from home
I can see the light surrounds me
I want you to show me round
I'm standing here
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
I'm drifting through the city
I'm swinging from a tree
I can touch but you can't feel me
You hear me as you sleep
I'm standing here
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
And I'm everywhere
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
But I don't think you think like I do
No matter how how hard I try
I always thought I'd have the answer
Let me tell you what I've got
I'm looking through your window
I might just have the key
Over me my free-fall baby
You hear me as you speak
I'm standing here
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
I'm standing here
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
But I'm everywhere
I really don't think you could know
That I'm in heaven when you smile
But I don't think you think like I do
No matter how how hard I try
I always thought I had the answers
Let me tell you what I've got
Oh let it rot I made them stop
I could park a juggernaut in your mouth
And I can feel a hurricane when you shout
I should be safe forever in your arms
I should be safe forever in your arms
I could park a juggernaut in your mouth?
And I can feel a hurricane when you shout
I should be safe forever in your arms
I should be safe forever in your arms
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Great damn track! My interp as follows:
He travels to see her but makes it seem like he's travelling around the town. The guys a drifter. He met his match in this girl, she's distant and he doesn't know how to pull in closer. He tours around of course and enjoys it, but he stands absolutely still when she smiles. She slows him down.
The window bit I interpret is that he's arrives at her door and she's not home. So he looks through her window to get into her place and she's on the roof and she just falls on top of him and she muffles his yells of "ow!" while apologizing loudly. Weird but funny. A nice way of saying she's the key to "home" and it's common knowledge that is where the heart is.
Then he goes on to say he's everywhere, meaning he doesn't stay in one place. But she makes him stand still. And he wants her to know what kind of effect her smile has on him, so he's trying to find the words to explain. Then he just goes screw it, and quits thinking about it so much.
Throughout the song, he acknowledges that the girl doesn't get him. She doesn't think like him. She doesn't feel him when he tries to get close. I think these are fears born from not wanting to acknowledge his feelings because he would have to transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Then the girl has to yell to the daft boy that she would feel safe forever in his arms and makes him feeling secure. What a powerful way to end the song. This song well captures my adolescent romances. I especially like the line "always thought I'd have the answer." No sh** I thought that back then. It's only when you become an adult, you realize you didn't know anything at all!