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I had ducked out of the rain
Into Maria's wedding day
And I sat there with her friends
And with her family
And I was happy
I wasn't someone they'd invite
Because I didn't know the groom
Or know the bride
But when I stood next to her brother
For the photograph
He was laughing
Take another picture with your click, click, click, click camera
Sure, I've got pictures of my own
Of the people and the places that I've known
Here's one: I'm carrying your suitcase
Outside of Alphabet City
But in someone else's life
Where Maria is a wife
I'm on the mantle in the corner of the photograph
Smiling pretty
Take another picture with your click, click, click, click camera
Are you tired of where you've gone?
And you think you might belong
In a moment when you step out of the rain?
And you've ended up in someone else's frame?
And they're memory now is never quite the same
And they never even thought to ask your name
Take another picture with your click, click, click, click camera
Into Maria's wedding day
And I sat there with her friends
And with her family
And I was happy
Because I didn't know the groom
Or know the bride
But when I stood next to her brother
For the photograph
He was laughing
Of the people and the places that I've known
Here's one: I'm carrying your suitcase
Outside of Alphabet City
Where Maria is a wife
I'm on the mantle in the corner of the photograph
Smiling pretty
And you think you might belong
In a moment when you step out of the rain?
And you've ended up in someone else's frame?
And they're memory now is never quite the same
And they never even thought to ask your name
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It's definately about finding worth in your life. He talks about how you do make all these little impressions on people's life. For instance that family will probably wonder who he is for the rest of their lives when they look at that picture. So to say you can find meaning in your life through those seemingly trivial events.
I've always wondered if I'm in the background of anyone else's vacation photos, and if anyone out there has ever wondered who I was. It's weird and yet reassuring that I might be out there on someone's mantle, or in their photo album, hanging out, and they'll never know who I am, and I'll never know I'm even there.
this is the first bishop allen song i heard and i was instantly attatched but the beautiful ukalele. it is so good.
so this means he's the random guy in the photo staring right at the camera.
this song reminds me of not knowing where you're going to end up, but just how coincidences are life. idontknow...
this song reminds me of not knowing where you're going to end up, but just how coincidences are life. idontknow...
I took it be about a guy who has recently been dumped by his girlfriend. His life is going downhill so he ducks in from the rain to a wedding. He doesn't actually know the people at all, but has a good time and in the end winds up in the wedding party picture. The part about the picture on mantle I thought was like no matter how horrible his life ends up, there will always be that picture of him happy, in someone else's life. I could be wrong, I am a fairly depressing person so I might be making worse than it is meant to be.
i think you nailed it, man. he knows how he really feels, but everyone else just remembers the picture.
i think you nailed it, man. he knows how he really feels, but everyone else just remembers the picture.
This song reminds me of that part in the Great Gatsby about the guy who stayed at at Jordan's (i think hers) house forever and didn't even know the bride or the groom although he claimed he did.
i see this as a story of coincidence, perspectives, and the everlasting record of photographs. He just happened to drop in to the wedding and met people he will never see again. And even though the picture remains on their mantle they don't know who he is because he was of no importance to them. still without a title he has altered their lives by dodging the rain into a wedding.
this song makes me happy.
the idea of being captured randomly happy in someone elses life is nice.