Red House Painters

Things Mean A Lot

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a descending climb
my feet can't make the hill
to the top where your house hides
tomorrow she comes
the one who i've sworn and broke
loyalty
to take your place
in the bed next to me
you threaten to make me dead
and none of this will matter
or surface again
scares you to know that we won't be
watching the same sun
or brooding the same thoughts
in the same part of the world
scares me how you get older
how you forget about each other
things mean a lot at the time
don't mean nothing later

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threemilesdown On Dec 17, 2001

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by Masetto

12y ago

These are the lyrics of "Rollercoaster", a song from the same album. The right lyrics are:

a descending climb my feet can't make the hill to the top where your house hides tomorrow she comes the one who i've sworn and broke loyalty to take your place in the bed next to me you threaten to make me dead and none of this will matter or surface again scares you to know that we won't be watching the same sun or brooding the same thoughts in the same part of the world scares me how you get older how you forget about each other things mean a lot at the time don't mean nothing later

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by DubJ

16y ago

I guess this is about a love that died. In the beginning the relationship meant everything to him, but after it ends, you just move on. It doesn't mean anything later.

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by 2006200720082009 15y ago

I feel like it's not about a deceased love, but rather one who ends up leaving him due to distance. The lines about not watching the same sun and "brooding the same thoughts in the same part of the world" is what tips that off.

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