I will be the one who loves you the most

it's beautiful. he's telling her he will always love her and be there for her when the shallow, fake, worldly things let her down. he loves her for who she truly is and not who she's trying to be.

Romantic. I think it's about loving some one but still waiting for them to love themselves. Like being with some one who's insecure. And this insecure makes a big deal about all these things happening to her (as julysun puts it 'shallow, fake, worldy things)...and she just doesn't feel that fantastic because she's 'not invited to play host' and the 'debutants have deserted' her. And he's trying to say he's still there. I agree with Ize that she doesn't notice because of the 'you want someone who truly loves you'.. She can want it, but she probably can't recognise it because she doesn't love herself.

i don't think this song is about a woman at all, i think it's about learning to love yourself. instead of looking outside yourself for someone to complete you and fill you up, Brett is showing us that all the love we need is inside of ourselves, and when we can finally recognize that, we no longer have to keep searching for someone to love us, because the most powerful love of all is already within us. brilliant message.

Aw this awesome song is so adorably sweet it makes me smile everytime I hear it! To me it is about him admitting that he will always be there, whatever happens, yet at the end, he realises that the one he is confessing to doesnt see him at all. It's really cute the way he sings it. A lovely voice If i do say so. But it's really sad cos she obviously doesnt really appreciate him and his being-there-ness. "and you just want somebody to come find you" He is lost Alone, desperate for her Yet, alas she is pretty much blind. x

oh man...i haven't heard the actual song but the lyrics sound awesome. awn how sweet

Love this song...however there are a couple of mistakes in the lyrics above: It's not in burlesque falls it's and burlesque balls Also, it's not hurting calls..pretty sure it's curtain calls :)

Brett Dennen is such a f*ing amazing poet. I think the rhetorical audience in this song is a girl but really any loved one who is burdened by the fakeness of society as @julysun says and he's singing of how he is there to love them honestly and unconditionally but they will never truly be happy until they have found peace with themselves and learn to love themselves regardless of their own imperfections as @xtine7487 says.

Oh the countless hours I have danced to this song while holding my new born colicky baby. This song will always bring tears to my eyes.

When I listen to this song, I hear a father/mother talking to their daughter through various points in her life...a little girl who is sad for not being invited to play host with the other little girls...or talking to his/her teenaged girl who is upset because she is not cool like all the other debutante (who, I point out, are the epitome of fakeness). I hear a father/mother who is trying to comfort his/her daughter and convey that all these little things, that may, at that moment, seem like the be all and end all, actually don’t matter. That at the end of the day, true happiness will only be found when you can look past these superficialities (... “and you've auctioned all your clothes”...) And love you for who YOU are (imperfections and all).

Has anyone noticed how this is the same exact phrase structure and form as Bob Dylan's Queen Jane? Still a great tune though.