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On the Picket Fence Lyrics
Things are good
We should take a polaroid, a memento
Before the moment's destroyed
We constantly bicker, these flickering moods
We’re hardly making any sense
Either you love me or you leave me
Don’t you leave me on this picket fence
It’s been hard
We’ve both got our histories
That haunt these homes
But I ain’t bathing in our misery
So pour me a drink and don’t pour it too weak
And grab it from the top shelf
I ain’t asking for redemption
And this ain’t no cry for help
Well, things are good
We take it all for granted
We turn that wheel
Back to all our bad habits
But I don’t believe we need love to succeed
But the least you could do is pretend
Either you love me or you leave me
Don’t you leave me on this picket fence
Either you love me or you’ll leave me, don’t you leave me
We should take a polaroid, a memento
Before the moment's destroyed
We constantly bicker, these flickering moods
We’re hardly making any sense
Either you love me or you leave me
Don’t you leave me on this picket fence
We’ve both got our histories
That haunt these homes
But I ain’t bathing in our misery
So pour me a drink and don’t pour it too weak
And grab it from the top shelf
I ain’t asking for redemption
And this ain’t no cry for help
We take it all for granted
We turn that wheel
Back to all our bad habits
But I don’t believe we need love to succeed
But the least you could do is pretend
Either you love me or you leave me
Don’t you leave me on this picket fence
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Submitted by
aaronheeb On Aug 26, 2007
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wow this song is amazing. tim kasher is genius, the whole cd rules
Can someone explain what the picket fence means? this album is amazing by the way. not what i expected but its growing on me.
I CRY EVERYTIME I HEAR HIS VOICE :(
Being on the fence about something means your preference or feelings land in the middle, hence the love me or leave me part. I think he added picket fence for imagery purposes and the connotation or symbolism the white picket fence has.
sounds awfully familiar
it does sound familiar. i think the lyrical progression reminds of lua by bright eyes. i think the syllables in the picket fence part are the same as the syllables in the "simple in the moonlight" part of lua. i could be wrong.
soooooo lua
I think it's "When things are good" in the third part.