Quiet lonely day
On a miracle's highway and traveling takes its toll
The highway's windy road
Didn't open up her soul the way I thought it would
And I don't think that's good
Guess I thought it would have been the best she'd seen
The straw man's off the clock
She's waiting for his knock in her underwear
His foot falls on the stair
She greets him with a glare that says he'll have to fall
But with her back up against the wall
She suddenly recalls the straw man's just her dream
And it's never quite so clean
She makes the world around me seem
Lavender and wintergreen
When we're side by side
Now the straw man's been let loose
My dreams have been reduced by a quest for fame
Still the straw man feels no pain
She realized in shame and then the game is back
Then blue fades into black
Time takes back the slack she had when just seventeen
And it's never quite so clean
I make the world around her seem
Lavender and wintergreen
When we're side by side
Still a quiet lonely day
On a miracle's highway and I am almost home
Pick up the phone
Say that living life alone ain't how the story ends
Cause I am here to mend
But how much can she bend till on my side she'll lean
And it's never quite so clean
She makes the world around me seem
Lavender and wintergreen
When we're side by side
On a miracle's highway and traveling takes its toll
The highway's windy road
Didn't open up her soul the way I thought it would
And I don't think that's good
Guess I thought it would have been the best she'd seen
The straw man's off the clock
She's waiting for his knock in her underwear
His foot falls on the stair
She greets him with a glare that says he'll have to fall
But with her back up against the wall
She suddenly recalls the straw man's just her dream
And it's never quite so clean
She makes the world around me seem
Lavender and wintergreen
When we're side by side
Now the straw man's been let loose
My dreams have been reduced by a quest for fame
Still the straw man feels no pain
She realized in shame and then the game is back
Then blue fades into black
Time takes back the slack she had when just seventeen
And it's never quite so clean
I make the world around her seem
Lavender and wintergreen
When we're side by side
Still a quiet lonely day
On a miracle's highway and I am almost home
Pick up the phone
Say that living life alone ain't how the story ends
Cause I am here to mend
But how much can she bend till on my side she'll lean
And it's never quite so clean
She makes the world around me seem
Lavender and wintergreen
When we're side by side
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I love, i mean LOVE, this song so much... but... I have absolutely no idea what it really means. I am especially interested in the part of 'time takes back the slack she had when just seventeen'... I guess I am just very ignorant because I listen to this song on repeat for hours and i still can't understand it really. I think I am really driven to find the meaning because I link this song to a guy I really like a lot and he was the first one to play it for me, so I like to think it means something that could fit for our situation but who knows. anyways... do tell what you think!!!!!
I agree it is an amazing song. I think the song is pretty simple. an artist who feels torn about his passion for music and ambition while his love is much more rooted in a small town. strawman is often referred to someone who doesn't have a brain. so he is being honest about maybe being non-too-bright about his relationship. i also get that they feel in love in their youth in a much more innocent time before he got all swept up in the mirage of fame- which leaves many empty in its pursuit. who knows -