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Explosions pillaging the night
From the fireworks on the fourth of July
It's just my lady, our friends, and I
Smoking cigars and yelling at cars as they drive by
We scaled a ladder ascending to the roof
While five years ago I weeped and no one knew
Holding my guitar, I strummed a tune
I sang "I love you but I have to cut you loose"
As the neighbor lights off the small bombs we watch
from the rooftop... safely, so safely
If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be now
I made a bridge between us then I slowly burned it
Five years ago, in my backyard I sang love away
Little did I know that real love had not quite yet found me
From the fireworks on the fourth of July
It's just my lady, our friends, and I
Smoking cigars and yelling at cars as they drive by
While five years ago I weeped and no one knew
Holding my guitar, I strummed a tune
I sang "I love you but I have to cut you loose"
from the rooftop... safely, so safely
I made a bridge between us then I slowly burned it
Five years ago, in my backyard I sang love away
Little did I know that real love had not quite yet found me
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So glad to have lyrics for this. What little I could make out, I really enjoyed. I hope this guy blows up.
beautiful.
the last line is the only one i can't quite parse. the rest of the song seems to be reminiscing and expressing regret for ending his relationship with someone in a way that was cruel. but when he says "real love had not quite yet found me", is he saying that he would have found love in that relationship had he not ended it? or that he would find love in someone else at a later point in his life, and he shouldn't be sad about losing this one person? or something else? i just can't quite put it together. anyone?
I think he's referring to a current love at the end. He's singing about 2 different occasions on the 4th one where he's having a great time, and another where he's crying in his back yard cause he lost a girl.
I think he's referring to a current love at the end. He's singing about 2 different occasions on the 4th one where he's having a great time, and another where he's crying in his back yard cause he lost a girl.
I don't think regret is what he feels about the ending of the first relationship. He was in love with her, but for whatever reason, the relationship stopped working forcing him to end it even though he still had the feelings he believed to be true love at the time. Only to later discover, with this new love, that the old one was never the real deal. It's pretty much the opposite of regret. The line "If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be know" shows that cutting lose of the early damaging love was the...
I don't think regret is what he feels about the ending of the first relationship. He was in love with her, but for whatever reason, the relationship stopped working forcing him to end it even though he still had the feelings he believed to be true love at the time. Only to later discover, with this new love, that the old one was never the real deal. It's pretty much the opposite of regret. The line "If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be know" shows that cutting lose of the early damaging love was the best thing to do. He is now happy, with his lady (new love) and friends. And it's only because he let go of the first mentioned relationship that he was able to reach the happiness he feels now
I can't help but think that this song is about a realization
the "while 5 years ago i wept and no one knew" [and also the "5 years ago, in my backyard i sang love away] line makes me think that maybe he went there after a bad break up or something thinking that he lost his love or whatnot easing the pain with his guitar. but now 5 years later, with his "lady" and hes come to the realization that he has found love, the real thing this time, and she's sitting right beside him, on the rooftop, watching the little bombs explode in the sky on that 4th of july...
and all because he did let go and was able to move on [i made a bridge between us then i slowly burned it], he realized that what he had 5 years ago and what he has now 5 years later are completely different [as in, what he had 5 years ago was not real love, what he has today is]
just my thoughts..., anyone else get that feeling?
I totally agree.
I totally agree.
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