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there you were day after day
six feet
twenty feet
two feet away
right in my pocket singing me a song
making my heart race all day long
and we talked it out and we talked it down
but your eyes were not listening
and my ears were looking around
for another song to sing
but it was you each time
it was you
the answer to each moment must be yes
and the question: can you live with that?
becomes the test
so you weigh it against that aching in your chest
and that secretly relentless emptiness
and you talk it out and you talk it down
but your eyes are not listening
and my ears are running around
looking for another song to sing
but it is you each time
it is you
so my heart finally broke
it was so long bent
and it broke in three places
when it finally went
it wanted only to say what it meant
so it suffered every punishment
now it lives in a shack outside of town
and only the wolves are out there listening
and in her dreams they chase her down
their moonlit eyes are glistening
and it is you each time
it is you
six feet
twenty feet
two feet away
right in my pocket singing me a song
making my heart race all day long
but your eyes were not listening
and my ears were looking around
for another song to sing
but it was you each time
it was you
and the question: can you live with that?
becomes the test
so you weigh it against that aching in your chest
and that secretly relentless emptiness
but your eyes are not listening
and my ears are running around
looking for another song to sing
but it is you each time
it is you
it was so long bent
and it broke in three places
when it finally went
it wanted only to say what it meant
so it suffered every punishment
and only the wolves are out there listening
and in her dreams they chase her down
their moonlit eyes are glistening
and it is you each time
it is you
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"so my heart finally broke.." that whole paragraph seems to explain why when we go out of our comfort zone to be completely honest and everything, we were taking a risk...... and the person who reacted ended up chasing us from their lives
ive fallen in love with this song give it a chance =)
reminds me of not wanting to understand something or being in a really awkward situation- "your eyes are not listening and my ears are running around..."
it seems like it's more of a poem almost.....
i adore her writing.
I think in general the song is about temptation. How in the beginning of a relationship you have that "pull" to the other person. Then when time passes you start to wonder if there might be someone else, and every time you feel the temptation to cross the line you weigh your options and either end up with the one you are with, or just give in.
As Ani says: the answer to each moment must be yes, and the question can you live with that becomes the test. On the other hand you ponder if there could be something better, someone better, but still can't let go of the one you're with. It's just the same person you end up to each time.