Jesus, don't cry
You can rely on me, honey
You can combine anything you want

I'll be around
You were right about the stars
Each one is a setting sun

Tall buildings shake
Voices escape singing sad sad songs
Tuned to chords strung down your cheeks
Bitter melodies turning your orbit around

Don't cry
You can rely on me, honey
You can come by any time you want

I'll be around
You were right about the stars
Each one is a setting sun

Tall buildings shake
Voices escape singing sad sad songs
Tuned to chords strung down your cheeks
Bitter melodies turning your orbit around

Voices whine
Skyscrapers are scraping together
Your voice is smoking
Last cigarettes are all you can get
Turning your orbit around

Our love
Our love
Our love is all we have

Our love
Our love is all of God's money
Everyone is a burning sun

Tall buildings shake
Voices escape singing sad sad songs
Tuned to chords strung down your cheeks
Bitter melodies turning your orbit around

Voices whine
Skyscrapers are scraping together
Your voice is smoking
Last cigarettes are all you can get
Turning your orbit around

Last cigarettes are all you can get
Turning your orbit around
Last cigarettes are all you can get
Turning your orbit around


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    alright sorry but im becoming obsessed with this song. i think ive changed my mind. I think the song is about two people in love. one dies. the one that dies is now looking down on the other person. the dead lover writes this song and is singing it to the live person.

    I'll be around you were right about the stars each one is a setting sun

    this is the dead person saying that he is now in the heavens. He is in fact everywhere, which is common for people to claim about spirits. The speaker obviously knew the other person well because he knew the persons view about the stars from before. The dead person is now confirming the belief, also proving that he is in a better place, the heavens. He is among the stars looking down.

    dont cry you can rely on me is simply stating that the dead one will watch over the live one and protect him.

    tall buildings shake voices escape singing sad sad songs tuned to chords strung(?) down your cheeks bitter melodies turning your orbit around

    the tall buildings part confuses me but the rest is all about a song. I am going to say that it is referencing itself. The dead person is singing this song and ind the song is saying, use this song when you are feeling low. let the tears out. cry and sing and eventually your world will turn back around.

    don't cry you can rely on me honey you can come by anytime you want

    this is saying, again, that this person is dead but still out there in the universe or in the persons heart. all the live one needs to do is sort of pray and the dead one will be there.

    our love our love our love is all we have our love our love is all of Gods money everyone is a burning sun

    obviously speaking of the strength of their love. it is all they have because one person died but there love cannot. everyone is a burning sun relates to the other line about that. you can rely on me...... possibly the dead person has "become one of the stars" i guess sorta to paint the picture that the live person can look up and see his lover above.

    great song ill prob change my mind on it tomorrow though

    buddycathedralon January 07, 2008   Link

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