It weighs too much this time
My hands are broken
She'll disappear again
Before we've spoken
The night we took that year
In Black Leaf Falls
All of the trees were bare
Next to the dance hall
I saw you outside
The bathroom stalls
You were just standing there
Out in the hall
You leaned your hip against
Against the wall
I'd love you anywhere
But Black Leaf Falls
Her perfume was so
I smell it still
I put her leaf upon
The window sill
I found it there today
Its color gone
It's in the water now
It's been too too long
I saw you outside
The bathroom stall
You were just standing there
Out in the hall
You leaned your hip against
Against the wall
I'd love you anywhere
But Black Leaf Falls
I'll fall asleep tonight
See where they take me
Fly with the maple seeds
See if she wakes me
I saw you outside
The bathroom stalls
You were just standing there
Out in the hall
You turned your eyes to me
I felt it all
I'd love you anywhere
But Black Leaf Falls
Oh, Black Leaf Falls
My hands are broken
She'll disappear again
Before we've spoken
The night we took that year
In Black Leaf Falls
All of the trees were bare
Next to the dance hall
I saw you outside
The bathroom stalls
You were just standing there
Out in the hall
You leaned your hip against
Against the wall
I'd love you anywhere
But Black Leaf Falls
Her perfume was so
I smell it still
I put her leaf upon
The window sill
I found it there today
Its color gone
It's in the water now
It's been too too long
I saw you outside
The bathroom stall
You were just standing there
Out in the hall
You leaned your hip against
Against the wall
I'd love you anywhere
But Black Leaf Falls
I'll fall asleep tonight
See where they take me
Fly with the maple seeds
See if she wakes me
I saw you outside
The bathroom stalls
You were just standing there
Out in the hall
You turned your eyes to me
I felt it all
I'd love you anywhere
But Black Leaf Falls
Oh, Black Leaf Falls
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Maybe it's about ending the relationship.
They took a trip to "Black Leaf Falls"
and he'd "love her anywhere but Black Leaf Falls"
maybe a pivotal location at the end of a doomed relationship.
Still, very catchy.
I believe she was sick... dying
You can tell its not just about a break up.. the mourning is soooo powerful, black leaf falls is the sign of death and the changing of the seasons. My heart aches when I hear these powerful lyrics, perhaps she will wake him in his dreams
"I'll fall asleep tonight
See where they take me
Fly with the maple seeds
See if she wakes me".
The song is a strikingly beautiful mix of intimacy, mystery, sex, loneliness, longing, and nostalgia about a dreamlike meeting between two strangers and the love they find.
ghost[777] phrased it better than i could.