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I Can Tell Lyrics
It's in the way you caress my face
Like you always used to, but differently
We can smile to hide the shame
Here in the pouring rain
Waiting for the sun
I'm crying here all alone
Standing next to you
You have done your best to see it through
Chorus:
But oh baby I can tell
By the way that you love me, I can tell
That the fire's burning out
Oh baby, I can tell
By the way that you hold me
I can tell that the fire's burning out
Moving down an open road
Asking out hearts for direction, cause we're so close
I can see the faded signs leading to the same destinations
But you're not there
We're dancing to the music, that ended long ago
You've done everything that you can do
(Chorus repeat)
Bridge
My heart is in the wind
Drifting over you
I've done everything that I can do
Chorus to fade
Like you always used to, but differently
We can smile to hide the shame
Here in the pouring rain
Waiting for the sun
I'm crying here all alone
Standing next to you
You have done your best to see it through
But oh baby I can tell
By the way that you love me, I can tell
That the fire's burning out
Oh baby, I can tell
By the way that you hold me
I can tell that the fire's burning out
Asking out hearts for direction, cause we're so close
I can see the faded signs leading to the same destinations
But you're not there
We're dancing to the music, that ended long ago
You've done everything that you can do
(Chorus repeat)
My heart is in the wind
Drifting over you
I've done everything that I can do
Chorus to fade
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Its about a couple that is drifting apart after being together for a long time. Things have changed and they are not headed in the same direction anymore. Their relationship has faded away
I just heard this song on the TV, and I had to go check for the lyrics. This is exactly how I feel right now...Not with a boyfriend, but with a friend.
Hmm.. what I like about this song, is that when they sing 'I can tell, that the fire's burning out', it's all breathy, like they are running out of breath like the guy and girl are running out of love, or like they are blowing out a candle. (Fire burning out..) But maybe that's just me. ;)
Anyway, I'm not sure about the specific meaning of this song. Of course it's about a relationship that has 'run its course', as the saying goes, but it's more complex than that. It's like... they both want to save the relationship, but the guy isn't sure that's possible. In her life, the girl is moving in a different direction, even if on the outside it seems that they are the same. They act like everything is the same, that nothing has changed.. but it isn't the same. They are holding on to something that started dying long ago, and they aren't sure what to do with it. That's how I see it, anyway.