Shelter

Regardless of the meaning Ray intended it for, this will be my wedding song. Promising to shelter one another for the rest of each other's lives during our first close embrace together as man and wife through this song...I can't think of a more perfect memory.

I feel like an ass coming so late to the Ray party . . . he has inspired me to take up the guitar. I think that is song can mean so many different things. I am all about the chorus: "All of this around us'll fall over I tell you what we're gonna do You will shelter me my love And I will shelter you I will shelter you" May be too simplistic but, I feel like he means that all the shit in life will come and go, but what will always be there is this imperfect love between two people sheltering each other from the storm.

this is the best song on the album.

agreed. i have practically lived this song

i think this song is about a couple who used to date and somehow things dried up between them but they still have this strong attraction to one another. During their separation they build different lives but they understand that its only temporary, and once these separate lives fall apart they will still have eachother.

The live version of this song is much better than the album version - Ray evokes so much more conviction emotion. Beyond that, however, the constant and repetitive refrain "I will shelter you" so aptly describes love - the thing one lover wants to do to the other and what the one wants the other to do.

I think it's about two people that have broken up, and have no intentions of getting back together, but they still love each other and would do anything for one another. It very lovely.

i think this song is about him apologising for something that hes done, that he keeps hurting her and he wants forgiveness and another try "Iguess you dont need it i guess you dont want me to repeat it" means that he always says this when he lets her down. "its not like we planned it" meaning he somethingmite have happened between them to cause this" "to see me shut down so low as if it was an easy thing to do" meaning the thing that happened effected him badly and it wasnt easy. the shelter part of the song is about being there fore each other through everything no matter how hard life gets sheltering each other is all they need but he needs her to shelter her only if she does the same. i love the bit were he softly says "if you shelter me too" meaning he needs to be sheltered more i suppose because hes going through a rough time" quality song. love it.

It's just a beautiful song about what and how you should love. Sometimes it hurts, sometimes its hard but the ones we love cannot always be the strong

AMAZING