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In this room
I'm sitting by your side
It rains for hours and the phone is off its hook
Standing on the edge
Casting lots to set me up
Before you knock me down
Off the Summer's edge and drown me
We're betting on our own lives
Making up for all the time we lost.
In this house of cards
We're all holding hearts and spades
(One breath. one step could knock it all down)
But you lead with your eyes and you give it away
(Design to cut from the clouds)
When the people you love get lost in the shuffle
You let it go and then you fold
So we stay on the open road
We drive for hours and still no end in sight at all
Driving in your car
Miss the stop sign
Fall in love
Just to get knocked down
Pull your punches and burn with your cigarettes
Pulled like a punch and burnt like a cigarette
Forever
I'm sitting by your side
It rains for hours and the phone is off its hook
Standing on the edge
Casting lots to set me up
Before you knock me down
Off the Summer's edge and drown me
We're betting on our own lives
Making up for all the time we lost.
In this house of cards
We're all holding hearts and spades
(One breath. one step could knock it all down)
But you lead with your eyes and you give it away
(Design to cut from the clouds)
When the people you love get lost in the shuffle
You let it go and then you fold
So we stay on the open road
We drive for hours and still no end in sight at all
Driving in your car
Miss the stop sign
Fall in love
Just to get knocked down
Pull your punches and burn with your cigarettes
Pulled like a punch and burnt like a cigarette
Forever
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“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
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In regards to the meaning of this song: Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
this song has so much poetic insight and i think it means different things to different people...to me its falling in love at bad times, in the wrong places, with the wrong people...but remembering...and it hurts to remember
thursday.............words don't describe the meaning of this band. go see them, buy their cd's. you won't believe your ears.
this song is extremely poetic, and i agree with ska ally on it, but more of the fact that this was an old love, and pretty much giving advice to everyone who reads it, saying be careful who you fall in love with, becuz if u do one thing wrong, everything can fall apart, and vice versa.
this is probably my favorite song on full collapse and i agree with ska ally on the meaning of it, i guess this song just has some deep meaning for me
This is my favorite Thursday song! "So we stay on the open road. We drive for hours and still no end in sight at all. Driving in your car, miss the stop sign, fall in love, just to get knocked out." bootiful!
when he is talking about "we're all holding hearts and spades (one breath, one step could knock it all down) but you lead with your eyes and you give it away" is sad because she let him know just how much he menat to her or reverse, how much he didn't mean to her.
Im in love with this song... When you think about it (while your listening to the song/lyrics) It's actually pretty sad. Geoff's voice peirces right through you.
i absolutely adore this song. im not real big into emo much, but this song is most definitly the best song i've heard in awhile. to me, it's about love, the trials, nothing really positive about it. i also agree w/ ska ally. love..bah. we can all live w/o out.
I can't describe how much I love this song. Not only are the lyrics incredible, the music, the singing, everything fits perfectly, and it's probably my favorite Thursday song.