Every day I picture things falling down
Landscape all tossed around
In cities I start to drown
But when I stop to push the fear out of me
Come steady my shaking knees
And drag the roots out to sea
And it's hard to be steeped in your gaze
You're always drinking me, I have no place
To be awkward and silent
Spoil your tongue with my silence
My flavor ripens inside this
There is no love without trying
There is no easy way when I
Crane my neck to kiss your head, I know
That there is something that I can rely on
And when I strain my thumbs to push this thread I sew
It's some kind of future that I can be sure of
Oh I'm just breathing air
Contracts on everything
Reluctant and measuring
The food that we choose to bring
But I can trace an invisible piece of string
Connects between you and me
Like symbols of property
Oh when I recognize, cut from a cloth
Always solid and breathing
You and I retract like swans
Always advance and receding
Believe in something worth eating
Share love in something like feeding
There is no trust without meaning
There is no easy way when I
Crane my neck to kiss your head, I know
That there is something that I can rely on
And when I strain my thumbs to push this thread I sew
It's some kind of future that I can be sure of
And I wonder why there is no choice in the things that we hear
We hear our lives inside these sounds
There's nothing good on the radio
There's never anything good on
There's never anything good on
There's nothing good on the radio
There's never anything so I stop to sing
And these things come rushing from behind
Life is changing so fast and there's nothing I can do to stop it
But when I crane my neck to kiss your head, I know
That there is something that I can rely on
And when I strain my thumbs to push this thread I sew
It's some kind of future that I can be sure of
Because I love you, because I love you
Because I love you, because I love you
Landscape all tossed around
In cities I start to drown
But when I stop to push the fear out of me
Come steady my shaking knees
And drag the roots out to sea
You're always drinking me, I have no place
To be awkward and silent
Spoil your tongue with my silence
My flavor ripens inside this
There is no love without trying
There is no easy way when I
That there is something that I can rely on
And when I strain my thumbs to push this thread I sew
It's some kind of future that I can be sure of
Contracts on everything
Reluctant and measuring
The food that we choose to bring
But I can trace an invisible piece of string
Connects between you and me
Like symbols of property
Always solid and breathing
You and I retract like swans
Always advance and receding
Believe in something worth eating
Share love in something like feeding
There is no trust without meaning
There is no easy way when I
That there is something that I can rely on
And when I strain my thumbs to push this thread I sew
It's some kind of future that I can be sure of
We hear our lives inside these sounds
There's nothing good on the radio
There's never anything good on
There's never anything good on
There's nothing good on the radio
There's never anything so I stop to sing
And these things come rushing from behind
Life is changing so fast and there's nothing I can do to stop it
But when I crane my neck to kiss your head, I know
That there is something that I can rely on
And when I strain my thumbs to push this thread I sew
It's some kind of future that I can be sure of
Because I love you, because I love you
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Wonderfull song, thanks for the lyrics.
the greatest song in the album=))) thanks 4 lyrics!!
this song is great... stating that love takes work.. and so much more. but a lyric correction nothing really huge but i'm pretty sure it's supposed to say "my flavor ripens inside this" thanks for the lyrics though, i couldn't find them anywhere
"shared love is something like feeding"
I swear this album gets more beautiful every time I listen to it. Gorgeous.
So honest. The ending so so strong. The meaning is obvious, whether it's new love or old, he is willing to do anything to make it stronger. Absolutely perfect.
Thank you for the lyrics, but instead of: "My flavor happens inside this", I hear: "My flavor ripens inside this". I could be wrong.
My interpretation of the song is very different from what others have said, so I wanted to pipe in. What I get from the lyrics is that there is a person emotionally damaged somehow. This person knows that they aren't getting better, this person is doing the best thing they can to get better that they know how, though. The person has remained silent in their experience until meeting a person (I have no place to be awkward and silent), perhaps with a shared experience (perhaps a loss, perhaps a lover or a friend). "Some kind of future that I can be sure of..." - whether this is a future with a loved one or this is just the literal sense there is hope for a future. That's how it strikes me. The lyrics describe desolation, despair, drowning, uncertainty, fear, troubled thoughts ... the symbolism about the radio that we hear and there's nothing good on the radio it's just really really powerful to me. It is as though the turmoil can't get out of repeat out of his head. But the person referenced in the song is the anchor.It seems like the repetition "because I love you" could be self-referencing rather than referencing someone else. It didn't occur to me that it could be referencing another as the logical (for me) ending to this song is that the person has found hope and is willing to love themselves.
I forgot to mention about 10 mins ago that there is a definite theme with food going on here which I originally interpreted to mean self-nurturing, as if nursing back to health. Just my thoughts though. I could be totally off! :)