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Those books you've read
in your youth
like holidays at home
continue to remind you
of who you were
and who you are
Some pages bent
the spines are creased and worn:
all signs of being adored
And those words
and how it meant more to you
than who they were written for
Those blankets in your bed
so tattered and sad
They've seen enough sleepless nights
both good and bad
to [pad?] a short story (use your words)
or a few love songs
Or ain't it about time you've moved on?
Those books that you've read
that you'll read again
(after enough time passes)
you'll remember some names
but not how they end
(after enough time passes)
and your heart will break all over again
(after enough time passes)
and so on, and so forth
in your youth
like holidays at home
continue to remind you
of who you were
and who you are
the spines are creased and worn:
all signs of being adored
And those words
and how it meant more to you
than who they were written for
so tattered and sad
They've seen enough sleepless nights
both good and bad
to [pad?] a short story (use your words)
or a few love songs
that you'll read again
(after enough time passes)
you'll remember some names
but not how they end
(after enough time passes)
and your heart will break all over again
(after enough time passes)
and so on, and so forth
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i think it's "to pen a short story."
Those blankets in your bed so tattered and sad They've seen enough sleepless nights both good and bad
so descriptive, so genius
i think the outro music to this song is the prettiest thing i've ever heard. amazing song.
"And those words somehow meant more to you, Than who they were written for."
"to pen a short story of a few love songs"
from the sleeve lyrics.
amazing song, amazing artist. album came in the post today.
to me, this songs speaks to how powerful the creation of one person can be to another ("...and how it meant more to you than who they were written for"). how we are often influenced by the creativity of others, as a result of our own idiosyncratic interpretation. we, as humans, have the incredible ability to imbue things (creatively speaking) with meaning, a meaning that is often very personal, and may not be exactly the same as that which the "thing" was created for (or by).
i love this song.
http://www.myspace.com/thatstrangeredafternoon
I think he's describing a time when reading a book he hasn't read in a long time brought back memories of his youth that he had forgotten, possibly also memories of being with someone. To me, it reminds me of how unfamiliar something becomes that was once so familiar, but how quickly something of that era of my life can bring back vivid memories of it.
The ending I think is the regret that comes with that flood of memories. He's telling himself that just as reading the book feels familiar, yet he can't really remember it, given enough time he'll be healed from the regret he's feeling and be able to move on again.
To me, using the analogy of reading a book again after a long time to being in love again after a long time is beyond genius.
I think it's "those words somehow meant more to you than who they were written for." could be wrong but that makes more sense to me.
The word is pen, yeah. I have the lyrics on the CD case! :)
I think I've got a couple books like he's talking about, some of the first ones I read and fell in love with. I managed to keep them this long. It's amazing the memories that I recall when I pick them up. Like going to camp in the sixth grade with only one book and the stuffed bear I was ashamed that I still needed to fall asleep. I read that book and cried to sleep every night. Poor banderbear.