In an open room that echoes well, this is where I can tell you everything.
This is where I meet my muse, and it feeds me.
This is how I buy the sun, and it feeds me.
This is why I burn this candle, I light it so that I can handle this.
You're so still, you're so safe,
appear severe,
you are so nonchalant.
I'm so still
I'm so safe.
and I appear severe,
I am not.
This is where I meet my muse, and it feeds me.
This is how I buy the sun, and it feeds me.
I told David I won't die, and this is how I watch the sky,
this is why I burn this candle, I light so that I can handle this.
You're so still,
you save face.
Try to erase all you feel inside.
Stand still,
I save face,
I misplace all the feelings I can't hide.
Of all the rooms I've loved before it's you I love inside this room.
They test me can I train my evil eye to see like they do -
Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes.
Of all the rooms I've loved before,
it's you I love.
This is how I meet my muse.
This is where I meet my muse, and it feeds me.
This is how I buy the sun, and it feeds me.
This is why I burn this candle, I light it so that I can handle this.
appear severe,
you are so nonchalant.
I'm so safe.
and I appear severe,
I am not.
This is how I buy the sun, and it feeds me.
I told David I won't die, and this is how I watch the sky,
this is why I burn this candle, I light so that I can handle this.
you save face.
Try to erase all you feel inside.
I save face,
I misplace all the feelings I can't hide.
They test me can I train my evil eye to see like they do -
Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes.
Of all the rooms I've loved before,
it's you I love.
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this song is beautiful. There is just no way to explain it. the lyrics say it all.
no they don't!! someone pleeeeeease tell me what this song means. It would be greatly appreciated
it's about a room.
Is Lisa Loeb Jewish?
Loeb: "David is one of my closest friends. I've known him since I was a young teenager. We did plays together in high school, and even went to prom together. We went to college together and then moved to NYC at the same time. 'I told David I won't die' is a literal reference to the way I was feeling at the time - sometimes really depressed, but that, don't worry, I wouldn't let anything drastic happen to me. Many years ago when I wrote the song, I played music to help me get through depression, and to express myself, and work through difficult feelings. Also, it was almost like something I repeated - a mantra - to remind myself to get through the day. Like in Snow Day, 'You're not too tired for this life, and it's not gonna matter if you fall down twice.'
You'd never guess a song this upbeat sounding was about someone reassuring a friend she was't suicidial, but there you have it.