Leap Year

I think the first stanza is:

Save my money for that plane, I've boarded plenty. Heavy sunlight autumn's bounty, bread and red wine In a hurry, but there's so much time...

And the chorus is: I will wait for you, Growing love, but like water time will always slip through. I will wait for you. But please come soon.

This song is so beautiful, what an opener for a great debut album.

maria said in an interview that this album represents her life, so I guess it's safe to link her songs with things from her life. this one seems to be about a long-distance relationship, probably the one she had (or still has) with Conor.

the first stanza is ::

"Save my money, for that plane ride horn of plenty, heavy sunlight Autumn's bounty, bread and red wine In a hurry, but there's so much time"

I'm almost positive about that too.

The chorus that tiki_12 posted is the correct one as well. (:

This is my most favorite song ever. It is really really gorgeous, and the first time I listened to it, I cried. It just reminds me of being seperated from someone for too long, and not knowing where to begin, but just knowing that you have to see them again. I don't know. It's just beautiful. (:

This song is about a relationship that is in a holding pattern for some reason, either one person isn't ready to move forward, or there is a question of distance or desired outcome.

The happiness the author finds in the relationship is almost too heavy to bear, and the placement of autumn in the lyrics bends towards the tricky beauty of autumn; the leaves are brilliant, but they fall to the ground, turn brown, and reveal bare trees; truth is revealed.

The author knows that her love will continue to grow for her lover, and she realizes it isn't necessary to have a solution just yet.

In the second verse she acknowledges her own strength and confidence, and accepts that she was anxious in the past. She also alludes to an idealism that she has abandoned.

"Is it in a plan, written in your hand? Believe or understand, something other than Fear is blinding lights, squeeze my eyes so tight Could you make a flower grow? Would you let me know?"

In this section, she is directing her lover to tell her his intentions and she is open to ideas and solutions that haven't been illuminated just yet. She also expresses her fear that she might lose her lover.

Overall, she is telling her lover that he/she is her one true love, so time is immaterial, and she waits endlessly.

Who changed it to "for the plenty"? I hear "Horn" and it makes sense because she's talking about the bounty of Autumn and the bread and wine. It's Thanksgiving and a horn of plenty is a cornucopia.

at the end it says "but please come soon" not too

At the end, she says, "Baby, please come soon." Not 'but.'

I heard this song for the first time today, and I just have to say that it's beautiful :] It makes me happy.

3rd stanza.

the wind sounds angry, but my coat's so kind

i love that lyric!

god, this song is epic. i get uncontrollable chills.

The melody of this song is infectious, as is Maria Taylor, period.

Pretty straightforward in the meaning, but I have to say it's one of the best lyrics on the passage of time I've ever heard.

<3