This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
You need not to climb mountain tops
You need not to cross the sea
You need not to find a cure
For everything that makes you weak
You need not to reach for the stars
When life becomes so dark
And when the wind does blow against the grain
You must follow your heart
You must follow your heart
When all your friends have come and gone
And the sun no longer shines
And the happiness for which you long
Is washed away like an oceans tide
When all the hard times outweigh the good
And all your words are misunderstood
When the day seems lost from the start
You must follow your heart
You must follow your heart
If you feel you've paid the price
And your wounds should cease to heal
And everything you love in life
Spins like a winding wheel
If you should wake to find you're abandoned
And the road you traveled leads to a dead end
When death creeps in to play it's part
You must follow your heart
You must follow your heart
You need not to cross the sea
You need not to find a cure
For everything that makes you weak
You need not to reach for the stars
When life becomes so dark
And when the wind does blow against the grain
You must follow your heart
You must follow your heart
When all your friends have come and gone
And the sun no longer shines
And the happiness for which you long
Is washed away like an oceans tide
When all the hard times outweigh the good
And all your words are misunderstood
When the day seems lost from the start
You must follow your heart
You must follow your heart
If you feel you've paid the price
And your wounds should cease to heal
And everything you love in life
Spins like a winding wheel
If you should wake to find you're abandoned
And the road you traveled leads to a dead end
When death creeps in to play it's part
You must follow your heart
You must follow your heart
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
This is a truly beautiful song...
I feel that it talks about how there is a man who is trying to convinve the one that he loves that she is making the right choice, no matter how painful it may be...
Even when the decisions that she made have taken her down the wrong path and further away from him, he continues to encourage her to follow her heart, in hopes that it will lead her back to him...
Once again, this is a beautiful song, and it choked me up the first time I heard it...
Jiminy Cricket heard this and cried.
Does anyone else feel like he's speaking directly to you? I can't listen to this without crying, it just feels so personal.
great song. one of those songs i could see myself sending to someone in a funk. I don't want to call it a self-help song, but that's kinda what it is. the good friend talking to another from the bottom of his/her heart trying to sincerely help the other person.
meaning is pretty straight forward, too.
some don't like the new harmonica songs, but i think it fits well in most of the songs.
Like John Mayer's "Heart of Life," this is a pick-up song.
It's prettymuch saying that when you're depressed, life isn't as far away as you think it is. You don't need to "reach for the stars,/ when life becomes so dark," all you need to do is follow your heart. Then he gives a few more examples of how life gets tough, but all you need to do is listen to your heart.
You need not. For everything that makes you weak. *Does blow against the grain.
one word: beautiful
It makes my day better by infinity. Its truly amazing.
Absolutely beautiful.
In fact, Dallas Green is just absolutely beautiful. Went to see him the other night: was incredible :]
Probably my favorite off of BMYL.