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Iris Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If I could be just one thing
I would be what you're craving
6 foot 3 with steel blue eyes
Sweep you off of your feet, before you count to 5
But the truth is I am just a man
Standing 5 foot 10 doing the best I can
And I've lived long enough to see
You will never be craving me
[Chorus]
Oh, I watched her go
After she planted her love in the top soil
And from the top soil, an iris bloomed
It was pretty in May, but it died in June
[Verse 2]
If I could sing the way I feel inside
It'd sound happy and sad at the same damn time
'Cause when you smiled at me on that dance floor
It was the prettiest mask that you ever wore
[Chorus]
Oh, I watched her go
After she planted her love in the top soil
And from the top soil, an iris bloomed
It was pretty in May, but it died in June
[Outro]
From the top soil, an iris bloomed
It was pretty in May, but it died in June
If I could be just one thing
I would be what you're craving
6 foot 3 with steel blue eyes
Sweep you off of your feet, before you count to 5
But the truth is I am just a man
Standing 5 foot 10 doing the best I can
And I've lived long enough to see
You will never be craving me
Oh, I watched her go
After she planted her love in the top soil
And from the top soil, an iris bloomed
It was pretty in May, but it died in June
If I could sing the way I feel inside
It'd sound happy and sad at the same damn time
'Cause when you smiled at me on that dance floor
It was the prettiest mask that you ever wore
Oh, I watched her go
After she planted her love in the top soil
And from the top soil, an iris bloomed
It was pretty in May, but it died in June
From the top soil, an iris bloomed
It was pretty in May, but it died in June
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“If I could be just one thing I would be what you're craving Six foot three with steel blue eyes Sweep you off of your feet before you count to five But the truth is I am just a man Standing five foot ten doing the best I can And I've lived long enough to see You will never be craving me”
Clearly a love story about a man loving a woman, but she doesn’t love him back. He identifies that he isn’t what she is after, but he is doing the best he can.
“Oh whoa I watched her go After she planted her love in the top soil And from the top soil an iris bloomed It was pretty in May, but it died in June”
The chorus makes me think that she has made an impact enough for him to think that they have a chance at a relationship. It started off strong in May, but in June things ended.
“If I could sing the way I feel inside It'd sound happy and sad at the same damn time ‘cause when you smiled at me on that dance floor It was the prettiest mask that you ever wore”
This verse makes me think that although his feelings are shattered, he still feels for the girl he lost. He reminisces of the time she smiled at him during a dance, but realised that she never really loved him, it was just a mask.