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I wish I was a flame dancing in a candle
Lighting up your living room high on the mantle
I could bring some romance without any scandal
And then when you were done you'd just put me out
I wish I was a tune you sang in your kitchen
Putting your groceries away and washing your dishes
I could float around your tongue and ease the tension
And then when you were done you'd just quiet down
But if I get too close
Will the magic fade?
Would I turn you off or away?
If I pull you in
Would I push you out
Of something here you care about?
I'm at a loss for what to do
I'm drawn to you
I wish I was a sweater wrapped around your hips
And when it got too cold into me you'd slip
And when the sun came back you would hang me up
And I would watch you while you undress
But if I get too close
Will the magic fade?
Would I turn you off or away?
If I pull you in
Now would I push you out
Of something here you care about?
Well I'm at a loss for what to do
But I'm drawn to you
I'm not a song
I am not a sweater
I'm not a fire
I am something better
I'm a man in love writing you a letter
Will you take it
Will you keep it
Will you read it
Believe it
I love you
I'm sorry
Lighting up your living room high on the mantle
I could bring some romance without any scandal
And then when you were done you'd just put me out
I wish I was a tune you sang in your kitchen
Putting your groceries away and washing your dishes
I could float around your tongue and ease the tension
And then when you were done you'd just quiet down
But if I get too close
Will the magic fade?
Would I turn you off or away?
If I pull you in
Would I push you out
Of something here you care about?
I'm at a loss for what to do
I'm drawn to you
I wish I was a sweater wrapped around your hips
And when it got too cold into me you'd slip
And when the sun came back you would hang me up
And I would watch you while you undress
But if I get too close
Will the magic fade?
Would I turn you off or away?
If I pull you in
Now would I push you out
Of something here you care about?
Well I'm at a loss for what to do
But I'm drawn to you
I'm not a song
I am not a sweater
I'm not a fire
I am something better
I'm a man in love writing you a letter
Will you take it
Will you keep it
Will you read it
Believe it
I love you
I'm sorry
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
I Wish I Was Lyrics as written by Scott Avett Robert Crawford
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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To me, this song is about a man, in love with a woman who has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). She can not abide in a relationship with someone who loves her. Love freaks her out and causes the magic to fade and she pushes away.
The overwhelming feeling that one gets when dealing with someone suffering from BPD is being at a loss for what to do. It seems that the more you try, the harder they push back.
So, this in-love man, fantasizes about being the mundane and non-triggering things in his woman's life. A candle, a tune sung in the kitchen, a sweater. So that he can be intimate with her, but not cause the big drama freak out that BPD will inevitably bring on.
In the end, he has to write her a letter, presumably from a safe distance. Confessing his fantasies and then naming them as such... "I am not a sweater."
In the end, he apologizes for loving her. He knows how hard it is for her to accept that love. She can't take it. She cant keep it. She cant believe it. And it causes her deep pain to have driven away this thing she cares so much about.