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The Bonsai Tree Lyrics
You told me the rain would be coming down
So I stayed inside with my bottle
I heard what you said, I always hear
I just don't learn so good, I know I should listen more carefully, more carefully
You said our love was like a bonsai tree
And of course, you were right
Oh, that's why, darling, it's a tragedy
To find me drawing bonsai trees tonight
Oh how the light reflected off you when you came to me
Ya floated like Mary into my darkened room
We were there once things were fine, I was yours, you were mine
We had it all, it was ours, oh my god, below the stars
And then you told me our love was like a bonsai tree
And I knew you were right
Oh, that's why, darling, it's a tragedy
To find me drawing bonsai trees tonight
So I stayed inside with my bottle
I heard what you said, I always hear
I just don't learn so good, I know I should listen more carefully, more carefully
And of course, you were right
Oh, that's why, darling, it's a tragedy
To find me drawing bonsai trees tonight
Ya floated like Mary into my darkened room
We were there once things were fine, I was yours, you were mine
We had it all, it was ours, oh my god, below the stars
And I knew you were right
Oh, that's why, darling, it's a tragedy
To find me drawing bonsai trees tonight
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how is it possible this song has no comments, it's the best song off of Lightness. The meaning to me is an end of love, or a love that is shrinking. Still, an amazing song.
I have recently fell in love with this song
I have recently fell in love with this song
I think the song is about a man who loves a girl and when he tells her she doesn't love him back the same way. She tells him that their love is like a banzai tree, small and insignificant, but it is complex and beautiful.
I absolutely love this song. Fell in love with it in high school, this and Sayonara Suckers… I have a terrible memory for song chords but this one is always my go to for the uke…. Anyways I think this song is about falling in love with someone who wants more. That the love was real and beautiful but in the end it was small and required too much attention (from them). They want a bigger tree. Any you, the bonsai are happy with what you have. Lyrics like the ones where he sings that she said it would be raining so he stayed inside drinking or that she said love is a bonsai tree and now he’s drawing them, makes me think that she was giving him hints to the fact she was unhappy but he took that incorrectly and instead tried to find comfort and beauty in the words instead of growing or fixing. We had it all it was out oh my god below the stars… he thought they were perfect but in the end she had other views. Some may love like a great red wood and some may love like a bonsai… still love but depends on who sees the beauty in which. Maybe it’s just my break up that’s making me think this but this dude can write some beautiful songs.
@Spacegrotesque *and you, the bonsai, are happy….
@Spacegrotesque *and you, the bonsai, are happy….
I absolutely love this song. Fell in love with it in high school, this and Sayonara Suckers… I have a terrible memory for song chords but this one is always my go to for the uke…. Anyways I think this song is about falling in love with someone who wants more. That the love was real and beautiful but in the end it was small and required too much attention (from them). They want a bigger tree. Any you, the bonsai are happy with what you have. Lyrics like the ones where he sings that she said it would be raining so he stayed inside drinking or that she said love is a bonsai tree and now he’s drawing them, makes me think that she was giving him hints to the fact she was unhappy but he took that incorrectly and instead tried to find comfort and beauty in the words instead of growing or fixing. We had it all it was out oh my god below the stars… he thought they were perfect but in the end she had other views. Some may love like a great red wood and some may love like a bonsai… still love but depends on who sees the beauty in which. Maybe it’s just my break up that’s making me think this but this dude can write some beautiful songs.