Kiss

I was always told 'Nothing's perfect' and I believed it. Then I heard this song.

This is a great song.

This is such a beautiful song. I love the duet of Scout Niblett and Will Oldham. I'm a huge Bonnie "Prince" Billy fan.

To me this song is about a couple of friends that both have feelings for each other. Their is a built up of love turns to passion, leading to their first kiss. This is about true love.

That one moment, the moment you put your heart out on the chopping block to see what happens. It could kill you. It could. Or it could be magical. Only one way to find out, cowboy. One way. Kiss her, man, just kiss her.

I did it. Now we're getting married. I love this lady and now this'll be our song for the rest of our lives. But it could have killed me.

This song holds a very different meaning to me. I believe this song is about a toxic relationship that almost destroyed them. They refer to the relationship as a kiss and they refer to the break up as the rain. I believe the guy broke up with her as she begins by saying she had a feeling it (the breakup) was coming and that she was a fool (maybe for believing things could work?). Then she says her heart is soaked implying the rain (breakup) has saturated her heart and she welcomes death. The song then goes back to the beginning of their relationship when they first fell for each other up until the point where they both say "don't break my dream". After that lyric the music changes showing a fast forward in time. Then they say "let the rain (breakup) exalt us" meaning they want to be dignified again now that they have gotten rid of the tocicity that has been surrounding them. "What a way to start a fire broken with the break of day" is self explanatory. They had a burning fire for a fleeting moment but as the sun rose it vanished. Then they say again that "A kiss kiss could've killed me if it were not for rain" signifying the rain put out the fire and the love they once felt became nothing more than wet ashes. They finish by saying that they both "felt it (the rain) coming on". I could be completely wrong but that's what this song means to me. Either way it is a beautiful song and one of my favorites.