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Red shoes go sailing through the trees
leaving no traces at all
not even a scatter in the leaves
the reflections are only memories

Evergreen, lay down beside me
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen, make me feel whole again
Help me undo these chains, love
Evergreen never says nothing that's mean
Evergreen
Evergreen, my love
My love

It might be easy to judge all that kindness
If you had grown accustomed to the darkness in the light
but certainly any room with a view of other windows
Must have doors that you can use
So you can be happy for the first time in your love
Amen, it's your destiny
It can start any time
And maybe you'll find someone to lay some roots down next to you
And be more like the trees and less like the clouds stop moving around so much

Evergreen, lay down beside me
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen, make me feel whole again
Help me undo these chains, love
Evergreen, lay down beside me
Evergreen
Evergreen, make me feel whole again
Help me undo these chains, love
Evergreen never says nothing that's mean
Evergreen
Evergreen, my love
My love
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Cover art for Evergreen lyrics by Ryan Adams

I love love love this song. It's about Mandy Moore.

Cover art for Evergreen lyrics by Ryan Adams

So you can be happy for the first time in your love -it's life, instead of love. great song.

Cover art for Evergreen lyrics by Ryan Adams

And maybe you'll find someone to lay some roots down next to you And be more like the trees and less like the clouds stop moving around so much

whoaaa

It is about Mandy Moore, and I'm a little ashamed to admit that I checked out some of her stuff and on her most recent album she has a song called, "Everblue" that seems like it's a response that goes with Evergreen. Ha, this has been a favorite song of mine this summer. No one compares to Ryan!

Cover art for Evergreen lyrics by Ryan Adams

I think this song is about chilling, plain and simple. The emo side of chilling.

My Interpretation

*chilling with the one you love

Cover art for Evergreen lyrics by Ryan Adams

This song is about Mandy Moore, I would imagine it was written a few months before they got engaged.

IMO the best lines in the song - 'It might be easy to judge all that kindness/If you had grown accustomed to the darkness in the light'

= This line is talking about how you can go most of your life learning reasons to distrust people, constantly being let down, being so un-assured, hating yourself, blaming yourself for whatever darkness you find yourself in -- and so when you find the right person, it's easy to be weary and it's understandable to take some time before you can honestly let yourself believe that it's right. But as stated, 'any room with a view of other windows' will have a door that you can leave from, so for as long as you spend looking at other people's happiness, convincing yourself that you're never going to feel that way about someone, all you have to do is leave from the door and you'll be there too (it's up to YOU to realise what you've got with someone).

 
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