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I am the son of a soap opera town
Mayberry rebel, a middle class clown
You were the backflip, doe eyed
Tree climbing angel from heaven who finally came down
I never thought that I could be
Getting my grey hair with you beside me
And it's something I'm blind to
But you still see
<i>But it couldn't be better, I know
And it shouldn't be easier
I should just stop waiting for the other boot to fall</i>
I wanna be the toy in your cereal box
I wanna be Carter at your peace talks
I wanna get almost too familliar
But still notice the way that you walk
And if you said you were going away
I would run on the tarmac
And I would lay down in front of the plane
Just to get you to stay
<i>(Chorus)</i>
I've got everything I've ever wanted here
Everything and damn this constant fear
I'm sure I'm gonna lose it all
Just waiting for the other boot fo fall
And if you thought I could be replaced
I wouldn't just stop with an ear
I would cut off my whole fucking face
Just to make my point clear
<i>(Chorus)</i>
The other boot to fall
Waiting for the other boot to fall
Mayberry rebel, a middle class clown
You were the backflip, doe eyed
Tree climbing angel from heaven who finally came down
Getting my grey hair with you beside me
And it's something I'm blind to
But you still see
And it shouldn't be easier
I should just stop waiting for the other boot to fall</i>
I wanna be Carter at your peace talks
I wanna get almost too familliar
But still notice the way that you walk
I would run on the tarmac
And I would lay down in front of the plane
Just to get you to stay
Everything and damn this constant fear
I'm sure I'm gonna lose it all
Just waiting for the other boot fo fall
I wouldn't just stop with an ear
I would cut off my whole fucking face
Just to make my point clear
Waiting for the other boot to fall
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Glen Phillips is so hot. Cannot lie. i.e. THIS SONG.
I want a guy who can say things like Birkenstock, geek-rock dude and who is a guy like that.
I can't wait until I get to feel this way when I get married.
His lyrics amaze me with each listen. Can't get enough...
When singing "Easier" live, Glen often replaces the first verse with this one:
I was eighteen, so were you I was that Birkenstock, geek-rock dude You were the back-flipped, doe-eyed tree-climbin' Earth-mama Beautiful evergreen girl
This is such a great song, and probably needs no explanation.
I don't know much about Glen's personal life, but it sounds like it's about his relationship with his wife - he feels undeserving and in some way inferior, and those feelings are going to inveitably lead to losing everything, though he wants nothing more than to cling to it.
I personally think the lines:
"And if you said you were going away I would run on the tarmac And I would lay down in front of the plane Just to get you to stay"
are the best.. such a good song.
I can really relate to this song as I can to most of Glen's songs. It's finding the relationship you wanted for your whole life and thinking it will fall apart at any time.
I can really relate to this song as I can to most of Glen's songs. It's finding the relationship you wanted for your whole life and thinking it will fall apart at any time.
"i wanna be the toy in your cereal box" -- i love it. the whole idea of it.
terrific song. he does amazing collaborations, but i always forget how much i like him on his own.
The CD recording of this does feature the beginniing verse of "I was eighteen, so were you I was that Birkenstock, geek-rock dude You were the back-flipped, doe-eyed tree-climbin' Earth-mama Beautiful evergreen girl " I have never heard it sang any other way, and I've heard it performed 4 times now.
"I wanna get almost too familiar But still notice the way that you walk"
How is this not the best line in a song ever. I want to know you so well that im on the brink of being bored with you but I still want to notice every little thing about you a Love you for it. Even if its something as simple as the way you walk or twirl your hair or say I love you.