Kiss me
Out of the bearded barley
Nightly
Beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing
Swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress
Oh, kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand
Strike up the band
And make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me
Down by the broken tree house
Swing me
Upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring
Bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
Oh, kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand
Strike up the band
And make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand
Strike up the band
And make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
So kiss me
So kiss me
So kiss me
Out of the bearded barley
Nightly
Beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing
Swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress
Oh, kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand
Strike up the band
And make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me
Down by the broken tree house
Swing me
Upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring
Bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
Oh, kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand
Strike up the band
And make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand
Strike up the band
And make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
So kiss me
So kiss me
So kiss me
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First of all, i'd like to point out, as some of you had said previously, that this song is in fact a recollection of the past between the two lovers, as the song drifts to and fro, past to present.
"Kiss me
Out of the bearded barley"
Crop-field, they run through it as children, and the singer wants her/his other to kiss when their "out of the bearded barley"
"Nightly
Beside the green green grass"
They kissed so often, they lived in the country, hence the green green grass
"Swing swing
Swing the spinning step"
Describing the spinning step they used to play on, song is in the present now, they want to relive that old feeling of the swinging step
"You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress"
Again, wanting to relive the past, by donning stuff which were unique to them or made them recognizable at the time.
"Oh, kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlight floor"
This is pretty obvious, a description of what the singer wants her other to do.
"Lift up your open hand"
She wants him to take her by the hand (aka, lift up your open hand, as if motioning to dance)
"And strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moons are sparkling
So kiss me""
This is basically the emotions she wants to feel when she finally gets that long-awaited kiss, the feeling as if a band were playing, fireflies danced in the background, as well as the shimmering light of the moon glimmered on the two.
"Kiss me
Down by the broken treehouse
Swing me
Upon its hanging tire"
Again, we'er back to the recollections, of doing what they used to do in the past
"Bring bring
Bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map"
And so the reminescing continues..Why he has a flower hat, still beats me, but what i think is that the hat was so memorable, that is why the singer is asking for it again,it all about the memories to them.
After that, it was time to follow the trail "marked on her boy's, map of the country, which belonged to his dad.
And then it goes back to the chorus
Now to clear up some misconceptions. The song was indeed written by the guitarist Matt slocum, but he wrote it in the shoes of his wife according to him, this also adds to the fact, that slocum said that when he wrote songs, he tried to write songs whilst picturing how the lead vocalist (leigh) would sing it, therefore, writing in the shoes of a female.
The only other part i could'nt be 100% sure of was the flowered hat, but what I said above, should be a more than logical explanation.
And finally, what I feel about this song, its really beatiful lyrically, with a great melody, no wonder it was (and still is) such a hit, but all I have to say is, seeing how this song is so likable,
there seems to be an 12 year old girl in each and everyone of us lol
I hope this helped everyone out.
cheers
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress (Perhaps not lesbian, but shoes are conspicuously gender-neutral)
Lift up your open hand (Sounds like a spanking reference to me)
Bring your flowered hat (OK, now we're on thin ice. Find me a guy who wears a flowered hat. But the big question is, does it go with "those shoes"?)
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
All this being said, I love this song. Makes me feel like a young girl in love. I think I'll go get my flowered hat...
hah i think you're reading too much in to it.
Anyhoo, I think it's way cool how they made the dong gender-neutral, so we can all join in with the romance. Sigh, this song makes me feel sad and happy all at the same time... songs like that are the best, you see.
P.S I think bearded barley refers to the seed bit on barley, which sort of looks like a beard.