Maple Leaves Lyrics
I'm walking home to my suburb
Rain falls hard on the city
On every homeless kitty
Even if it's only brief
Then she says that we were just make-believe
But I thought she said maple leaves
And you cried into my sheets
You said you hated your body
That it was just a piece of meat
I disagreed
But it's impossible
To make you understand
That if you don't take my hand
I’ll lose my mind completely
Madness will finally defeat me
But I thought you said maple leaves
And when she talked about a fall
I thought she talked about a season
I never understood at all
And when she talked about about a fall
I thought she talked about Mark E Smith
I never understood at all
I never understood at all
I never understood at all
this wordplay is excellent, and the mention of Mark E. Smith is really damn funny
The strings are actually a sample from "Do You Wanna Dance" by the Mamas and the Papas. I love how Jens uses samples in his music--they just fit so well!
I love his linguistic creativity too, oh the puns!
has anyone ever read the unbearable lightness of being. there is a section in the book called "misunderstood words." i think they address the exact same thing, the role and inadequacy of language in a relationship. i love them both.
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Wait. When she talked about "the fall" she wasn't talking about the season or Mark E. Smith...so what was she talking about? Haha.
Maybe she fell down and hurt herself? Maybe she has a limp or big scars from a bad fall -- hence her insecurity about her body.
Maybe she fell down and hurt herself? Maybe she has a limp or big scars from a bad fall -- hence her insecurity about her body.
I'm guessing he means the fall between the two of them; their relationship.
I'm guessing he means the fall between the two of them; their relationship.
Surely she's being melancholic as in the rest of the song, and talking about THE fall, as in when Adam and Eve went along with devil in the garden of Eden...
Surely she's being melancholic as in the rest of the song, and talking about THE fall, as in when Adam and Eve went along with devil in the garden of Eden...
I think this is about a person who is in love with a depressed girl. The girl is talking about how much she hates herself and how her life is falling apart, but the narrator fails to realise this (and also concentrates more on how they feel about her, not how she feels about herself). I think the style of the lyrics is very typical of Jens Lekman; while the narrator sounds somewhat humoristically naive (thinking that she is talking about the band when she's talking about "the fall"), it is yet very honest and human (mishearing, seeing things from a slightly different perspective than the other).
"The Fall" is likely a reference to the Camus novel by the same name. This might support your theory, however, as, although I've never read any Camus, I've noticed his work is often loved by brooding, depressed, young intellectuals.
"The Fall" is likely a reference to the Camus novel by the same name. This might support your theory, however, as, although I've never read any Camus, I've noticed his work is often loved by brooding, depressed, young intellectuals.
i absolutely love this song. he has the most amazing voice, and he's so gorgeous!
To me this song is about the perplexities of this guys relationship with whoever this woman is. He says it all in the last few lines...
"I never understood at all"
This girl think she is ugly, and sometimes he doesn't understand what she is saying.
Great song, and good play on words.
So we talked for hours and you cried into my sheets you said you hated your body that it was just a piece of meat, I disagreed
I think you're beautiful but it's impossible to make you understand that if you don't take my hand I lose my mind completely Madness will finally defeat me
This song is so meaningful. I long for someone who is as compassionate at jens to come along... to wear their feelings so broadly.
I never understood at all
Awesome song. I love the strings. And the drums, and his voice, and everything else too. Does anyone who has the album know why there are 2 different versions of this song? (EP version + 7" version.) They're basically the same. I think I like the EP version better, but anyway... Jens Lekman rocks.
completely fabulous!