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Plain Sailing Weather Lyrics
Just give me one fine day of plain sailing weather
And I can fuck up anything, anything.
It was a wonderful life when we were together,
And now I've fucked up every little goddamn thing.
Amelie lied to me, this was supposed to be easy.
I found the one damn person to help me fall asleep in the night.
But sleeping gets tiring, and dark reminds me of dying,
And as long as this feeble heart is still beating,
You will find me rushing through every room, switching on all the lights.
The problem with falling in love in late bars
Is that there's always more nights, there's always more bars.
The problem with showing your lover your scars
Is that everybody's lover is covered in scars.
Things got fractious, and I felt faithless,
At that moment just before the dawn when everything falls apart.
But baby I didn't mean it, for things to get desperate.
I let slip my guard, let go of the rudder,
Now we're drifting in the current away from one another.
So give me one fine day of plain sailing weather
And I can fuck up anything, anything.
It was a wonderful life when we were together,
And now I've fucked up every little goddamn thing,
Every little goddamn thing.
I've been skirting round the rim of doing something
Brave, and not just standing, but jumping in,
Of making circles into squares, of laying down
The bare facts like a burden I can't bear.
And I can almost find the words, but I can see the way you'd
Fold your hands, speak my name like a curse
Upon your pretty lips, the pressured white behind your fingertips.
And when you see me for all that I am
I couldn't make mistakes to make a difference any more.
I'd throw myself down on my knees, at your hands,
And beg you for forgiveness for my fuck ups and my faults.
And maybe you'd relent and return my hope for our forever,
Lift up your precious hands, and then bring yours and mine together,
So just give me one fine day of plain sailing weather.
And I can fuck up anything, anything.
It was a wonderful life when we were together,
And now I've fucked up every little goddamn thing.
I found the one damn person to help me fall asleep in the night.
But sleeping gets tiring, and dark reminds me of dying,
And as long as this feeble heart is still beating,
You will find me rushing through every room, switching on all the lights.
Is that there's always more nights, there's always more bars.
The problem with showing your lover your scars
Is that everybody's lover is covered in scars.
At that moment just before the dawn when everything falls apart.
But baby I didn't mean it, for things to get desperate.
I let slip my guard, let go of the rudder,
Now we're drifting in the current away from one another.
And I can fuck up anything, anything.
It was a wonderful life when we were together,
And now I've fucked up every little goddamn thing,
Every little goddamn thing.
Brave, and not just standing, but jumping in,
Of making circles into squares, of laying down
The bare facts like a burden I can't bear.
And I can almost find the words, but I can see the way you'd
Fold your hands, speak my name like a curse
Upon your pretty lips, the pressured white behind your fingertips.
I couldn't make mistakes to make a difference any more.
I'd throw myself down on my knees, at your hands,
And beg you for forgiveness for my fuck ups and my faults.
And maybe you'd relent and return my hope for our forever,
Lift up your precious hands, and then bring yours and mine together,
So just give me one fine day of plain sailing weather.
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One of my favorite lyrics in a long time. Clearly about making mistakes in a relationship, but my main question is if the phrase "Things got fractious, and I felt faithless, at that moment just before the dawn when everything falls apart" refers to an affair.
The last stanza is really powerful; I feel like it's insinuating a disconnect between the two of them that doesn't allow him to actually say he's sorry, making it impossible for them to coexist. So even though he wants "forever", she still doesn't truly accept him as he is.
One of my favourite songs at the minute as it kind of relates to my current feelings.
I see this as a song in the perspective of someone who has been searching for a relationship, someone to be comfortable with and to be able to fall asleep with and be happy with. They have found that person and things are going smoothly, he is plain sailing. However, comfortableness can get boring and that seems to have happened to him. He's saying he had a wonderful life with this person he found and that they were the 'one damn person' that he could fall asleep with, however 'sleeping gets tiring' in other words, he's bored. He thought this is what he wanted from life but now he has it he's realised this isn't it at all. As the comment above says, the song suggests an affair, making him realise that he does want to be with this person and that he made a mistake 'I'd throw myself down on my knees, at your hands, And beg you for forgiveness for my fuck ups and my faults.' He's obviously admitted his wrong doings or they came out some other way and it's hit him how good his life was & he is begging for forgiveness, but it isn't forthcoming.
I simply can't stop listening to this song, it plays out exactly how I feel. Thinking I wanted a long term partner and now I have it and I need him to fall asleep, I am bored and want to venture elsewhere & be free. How will this play out? Time will tell I suppose.
i think he's blaming himself for the end of a relationship. he basically says he found the perfect person and screwed everything up and he is trying to explain/apologise