Mason Jennings

Fourteen Pictures

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There you said it, it slipped out
Now it's out there and I'm filled with doubt
Please say something to let me back in
What are you saying, what are you saying

This conversation is a mountainside
It's a long way down and there's no place to hide
When we started up it didn't look this high
What are you saying, what are you saying

My hands are sweating on the countertop
I'm looking at you and I, I can't stop
Looking for something that was just right here
What are you saying, what are you saying

Stuck in a dream, is it the only one
Forever ending, never done
We're still talking but it's a memory
What are you saying, what are you saying

Fourteen pictures on the freezer door
Fourteen pictures and there'll be no more
Little magnets hold up a family
What are you saying, what are you saying

I'm sleeping, I'm dreaming, I'm ten feet tall
I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming you up against the wall
Louder, louder then silently
What are you saying, what are you saying to me

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stoney On Mar 09, 2007

Adrian

Ballad For My One True Love

Bullet

Jackson Square

California

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2007-03-09 04:36:27

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by 13chad

19y ago

great song.

I kind of get the vibe that it's about a couple splitting up. I would assume the woman cheated (unless the song is for some reason sung from the woman's perspective) and thats what slipped out causing the doubt. The second verse I gather is about them trying to work it out, but it doesn't get anywhere and the battle to keep their relationship alive only goes uphill. Also in "Forever ending, never done." even though their relationship is over, they have children (implied by the family part later in the song although it's not definite) and they have years of raising their children and with that comes interaction between them that would be a reminder of what happened. Also he would take down the pictures of the family if they split up/divorced. You get the picture.

The last verse I don't really think fits in though so I could be totally wrong.

Just my thoughts.

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