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Hiding Place Lyrics
My face was long
when I heard a whisper in her song
and it pulled me by the wrists
like the words of a hypnotist
make the silence break
yeah, when they snap, you wake.
I heard it all before,
promise not to anymore
but I'm just listenin' to the breeze
I ain't beggin,' sayin' please
there ain't nothin' wrong
tryin' not to bare the bone
tryin' hard to hide alone
and she bursts into my room
carryin' a Bible and a broom
screamin' let me in
but I'm just hearin' her singin'
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Hearts in trouble but it won't break
'cause the whispers in the dark
oh, they'll never know your name
I aint sayin' I believe
and I'm not sayin' you're to blame
but you call this thing love
and I don't think they're the same
It's just a hiding place.
Oh, on the island, just breathe
it treats you kindly, but time
oh, no, it's never quite as sweet
til you're standing on the brink of the open door
can't bring you in
ever since a child I've been
chasin' an image in my head of ...
on my bed, under a cloud of sheets
Yeah, I could always hear her singin'
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
My hands are tied but they won't stay
'cause I'll chew all on the ropes like they were sugarcane
won't stand there with fallen hands and silently wait
til you swear your eyes had seen what you never heard 'em say
can't erase this ... before it drives you insane
and your knees and your whole soul start to tremble and shake
and think of who you were before you gave it away
and you spend all your money tryin' to feel the same.
Gimme some of that hiding place
when I heard a whisper in her song
and it pulled me by the wrists
like the words of a hypnotist
make the silence break
yeah, when they snap, you wake.
promise not to anymore
but I'm just listenin' to the breeze
I ain't beggin,' sayin' please
there ain't nothin' wrong
tryin' not to bare the bone
tryin' hard to hide alone
and she bursts into my room
carryin' a Bible and a broom
screamin' let me in
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
'cause the whispers in the dark
oh, they'll never know your name
I aint sayin' I believe
and I'm not sayin' you're to blame
but you call this thing love
and I don't think they're the same
Oh, on the island, just breathe
it treats you kindly, but time
oh, no, it's never quite as sweet
til you're standing on the brink of the open door
can't bring you in
ever since a child I've been
chasin' an image in my head of ...
on my bed, under a cloud of sheets
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
'cause I'll chew all on the ropes like they were sugarcane
won't stand there with fallen hands and silently wait
til you swear your eyes had seen what you never heard 'em say
can't erase this ... before it drives you insane
and your knees and your whole soul start to tremble and shake
and think of who you were before you gave it away
and you spend all your money tryin' to feel the same.
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I think this song is awesome and is highly underrated. To me it's about a guy that doesn't want a serious relationship because he keeps getting hurt. "He's heard it all before". The line "she bursts into my room caring a Bible and a broom" is so great. The broom is someone coming in to clean up his life, and the Bible is God placing her there. Then is heart is in trouble because he's starting to fall for her. He pulls himself out of falling for her and is trying to keep it casual. She is then in love with him and he tells her, this is just a hiding place. A temporary arrangement. They then split up and he's on an island. It's not terrible but not as sweet as what it could be. His hands are then tied as he finds he's in love with this person and has got to have her back. He then does what ever he can to get her back. Spends all his money, souls trembling. The last line of the song then states, "give me some of that hiding place". Trying to get back to where they were before he ruined it.