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Women I Belong To Lyrics
I wake in the night and I want to write
About what we went through
I've been lying still for weeks
Got this new piano, and it's older than my dad
But it sings the way I think so I stay at home and play
I get in and out some of these days
I'd rather swing below this old red tree
But I get tired, I've seen too much
I ain't got a dollar to my name but full of stories I am
I ramble on about love and her and her
There were two of them, one left and one died
One year in the life, you know I lost everything
But I found a new home in the women I belong to
They make me tired, I've seen too much
I ain't never been so alone and I've never felt so cold
And I swear that I want love more than I want gold
I'd trade it all for one more story with you
Or one more kiss with her, one more year innocent
And there was a time not so long ago
When I knew I had the world
And I held it close, close enough to let me go
It made me tired, I've seen too much
My past swings away from me
As I swing beneath this old red tree
Been swinging here for years now
And I swung through their deaths and weddings
And confessed love to the women I belong to
My mother's getting older
And she watches colder winters as we age
Who does she belong to
I bet she's tired, bet she's seen too much
I'm tired, I know I've seen too much
I'm tired, I've seen too much
About what we went through
I've been lying still for weeks
Got this new piano, and it's older than my dad
But it sings the way I think so I stay at home and play
I get in and out some of these days
I'd rather swing below this old red tree
But I get tired, I've seen too much
I ramble on about love and her and her
There were two of them, one left and one died
One year in the life, you know I lost everything
But I found a new home in the women I belong to
They make me tired, I've seen too much
And I swear that I want love more than I want gold
I'd trade it all for one more story with you
Or one more kiss with her, one more year innocent
And there was a time not so long ago
When I knew I had the world
And I held it close, close enough to let me go
It made me tired, I've seen too much
As I swing beneath this old red tree
Been swinging here for years now
And I swung through their deaths and weddings
And confessed love to the women I belong to
My mother's getting older
And she watches colder winters as we age
Who does she belong to
I bet she's tired, bet she's seen too much
I'm tired, I know I've seen too much
I'm tired, I've seen too much
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This song is about his sister Sara Antonoff that died in 2002ish. She died from a brain tumor. :(
Wow, so I can relate to this song big time. Where to start
My interpretation. First verse he's having trouble sleeping but thinking about everything he's been through, he plays the piano and it is a great feeling for him. (Which is crazy after my gf dumped me i bought a keyboard piano and started playing, it makes me feel great)
Second verse he's just saying he's not rich or anything all this time later but he sure has lived his life to the fullest, and he still talks about his past love, and who ever died in his life, i doubt his ex. All of it happend within one year. (Both my grandmothers died the same week my ex dumped me)
Third verse he's surrounded by women but he's still not in love like he was before, he still misses his ex. He misses feeling like he was ontop of the world.
(I have tons of girl friends, but i'm not interested in any of them, i just miss my ex)
Fourth verse, he's pretty much just saying the past is getting further and further and he's just rolling through the motions of life and trying to fall in love again. He also talks about his mom aging, just relating to her that by the time he's her age he'll see a lot.
I'd say you pretty much hit it on the head. I love this song but I bet you must really love it because of your situation.
I'd say you pretty much hit it on the head. I love this song but I bet you must really love it because of your situation.
best song on the new album, hands down.
just sitting and listening... it obviously a story of things that have happened to him and memories he has made and is looking back on... its beautiful to look back on memories that someone else had... always some type of nostalgia there, even if the story isnt yours.