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It's not the long flowing dress that you're in
Or the light coming off of your skin
The fragile heart you protected for so long
Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
It's not your hands, searching slow in the dark
Or your nails leaving love's watermark
It's not the way you talk me off the roof
Your questions like directions to the truth
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone
If we were vampires and death was a joke
We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
And laugh at all the lovers and their plans
I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
Maybe time running out is a gift
I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
And give you every second I can find
And hope it isn't me who's left behind
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone
Or the light coming off of your skin
The fragile heart you protected for so long
Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
Or your nails leaving love's watermark
It's not the way you talk me off the roof
Your questions like directions to the truth
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone
We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
And laugh at all the lovers and their plans
I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
And give you every second I can find
And hope it isn't me who's left behind
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone
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I'll tell you right now, this song is not about his wife. I know who he's in love with, and I'm actually worried for him. I'd pack my bag, and get out of town. Hell is on it's way. You'll wish it was just vampires to descend. I've been in those rooms, that guy isn't fooling no one.
Tighten the rope and hold on if you can, you might fall when the wind blows. This is all I'm saying in the Twilight of the night.
Tighten the rope and hold on if you can, you might fall when the wind blows. This is all I'm saying in the Twilight of the night.
You might need to tighten the bolts on your neck, they are coming loose - what if it wasn't just a game of toss and catch?
You might need to tighten the bolts on your neck, they are coming loose - what if it wasn't just a game of toss and catch?
@secretncasual what does this even meaaaaaan?????
@secretncasual what does this even meaaaaaan?????
AWESOME! Yes!!!! Jason, the Gladiator King, ruler supreme, is going to be in Philly, June 19th! I got my tickets! I suppose the man Jason is masterfully combining his roadrally with an epic birthday visit to the second best songwriter in the world, Amos Lee!! - There sure to be songs written for all time, honoring the Great-God of Mercury!!! 4 days til you have to be in New York, it's like there's no tomorrow!! Get back safe to your family, Bro! -jj! -Ya'll gonna burn-it d-OW-n!!!!!
I cannot listen to this song without shedding tears. The love I have for my wife put down in words! Song writing at it's best!
First of all if we consider songwriting an artform and songwriters artists and I am pretty sure we are all on agreement on that ....then this song is an artist creating an absolute masterpiece. This song is perfect in every way. There are very few songs that can nearly bring me to tears ON DEMAND with every listen but this is one of those rare fucking brilliant gems. It's absolutely heartbreaking in it's brutal honesty.
What I really love is how he has written a love song that is not like all the other love songs. He spends the majority of the song telling us WHAT IT IS NOT but still managing to explain the amazing traits of this person he is deeply in love with has.
It's not the clothes she wears but yet she looks beautiful in that long flowing dress. It's not the heart she protected for so long...but she certainly has a sense of right and wrong...The MERCY IN YOUR SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG.
What a beautiful line.
My favorite part is the next few lines and I relate to this so personally that this a about where I start to tear up.
It's not the way you talk me off the roof. Your questions like directions to the truth.
So as many artists suffer from depression, addiction and personal struggles I think he is inferring some of this by this statement.
In our manic states or depression we tend to get ourselves into some messy situations or other trouble. Her talking him off the roof is her way of being a voice of reason in the middle of his own insanity. And of course we would never be willing to admit that we are in trouble or in distress so we can pike lies on top of lies and the truth or reality of any situation can get clouded as we convince ourselves of some of it.
Instead of telling him to snap out of it or making him feel like an idiot or blatantly calling him out on his lies ....she helps him get himself unstuck and back to the reality and peace of a quiet mind....
QUESTIONS LIKE DIRECTIONS TO THE TRUTH!! Brilliant.
So then if it's NOT all of those things...what is it. What is the underlying pain that we have when falling in love ....TRUE LOVE with someone.
Yeah it's know that it's GOING TO END SOMEDAY. This life is all there is as far as we know so think about someone you love....like your spouse and project out 40 years or so....and losing that person. You realize oh my God....FORTY YEARS IS NOTHING. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TIME....NOT TO SHARE WHAT I FEEL WITH SOMEONE I LOVE THIS DEEPLY....HOW HEARTBREAKING.
If we were vampires....in other words if we were immortal and lived forever...each day would be just as meaningful as the last one or the next one because you have unlimited days you can always make up for days you weren't at your best...but each day is a gift. Hold that hand.
But the last verses are the true gems...this gets right to exactly how I feel about my wife.
Maybe time running out is a gift. I'll work hard til the end of my shift TO GIVE YOU EVERY SECOND I CAN FIND AND HOPE IT ISNT ME WHOSE LEFT BEHIND.
I don't think I need to expand on any of that. Yeah I can't imagine watching my wife die and then being alone....it hurts my heart literally right now just thinking about it....I hope to God I die first so I don't have to feel that pain....but then...she is going to feel that pain. It's absolute agony and so fucking real...and true
Live each day like it's your last because someday it will be
A man crazy in love with his wife - I can relate. . Love it while you got it folks - cause it's all going away. Songwriting at it's best ... Jason is the Guy Clark of this generation.
This is some of the finest work from one of the finest songwriters in the world right now.
It's so bleak, melancholy and morbid, but it shows just how much he adores Amanda. He can't even imagine a time where one of them could live without the other but he is coming to a realization that it will happen. Absolutely gut-wrenching
Brilliant.