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Bartering Lines Lyrics
hold me up
hold me down
leave me in the withering pines
steal my love
steal my kisses
take em to to the bartering lines
ten cents up
two bucks down
ship it out and turn it into fuel
three bucks shy
leave it on the table
til somebody else with money's got use
spinning so hard
i can't stand
shadow of a shadowy man
hold me up
hold my hand
the treasures that she misses makes the man
ten cents up
two bucks down
ship it out and turn it into fuel
three bucks shy
leave it on the table
til somebody else with money's got use
so hold me up
tie me down
leave in the withering pines
steal my love
steal my kisses
evaluate the differences and lie.
hold me down
leave me in the withering pines
steal my love
steal my kisses
take em to to the bartering lines
two bucks down
ship it out and turn it into fuel
three bucks shy
leave it on the table
til somebody else with money's got use
i can't stand
shadow of a shadowy man
hold me up
hold my hand
the treasures that she misses makes the man
two bucks down
ship it out and turn it into fuel
three bucks shy
leave it on the table
til somebody else with money's got use
tie me down
leave in the withering pines
steal my love
steal my kisses
evaluate the differences and lie.
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I always thought it was about dealing with people (judging from the rest of the album, girlfriends in particular) and the lies people tell each other and how every conversation is just a negotiation, how people are so insincere all the time and stuff like that.
I love this song!
I love this song!
This song is written from the perspective of an old man. An old man who lived in the town where Ryan was recording Heartbreaker. Ryan wrote it from this old man's perspective of life, living in a small shit hole town.
I think this song is like, sitting at a table with some friends at a bar, but you're all in a daze and don't really talk and just drink, and it keeps going and going and going sort of like a trap. Also like, a girl uses him (sort of) and gives him kisses but he totally digs it.
I'm with Guerillabaabaa.
to me, it's the big gambles with a bit of cynicism.
I feel like it's being in love but also being an addict, and trying to balance the two