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She said that time is unfair
To a woman her age
Now that wisdom has come
Everything else fades
She said she realizes
She's seen her better days
She said she can't look back
To her days of youth
What she thought were lies
She later found was truth
She said her daddy had dreams
But he drank them away
And her mother's to blame
For the way she is today
Life's river shall rise
She Said
And only the strong shall survive
She Said
But I'm feeling quite weak
She Said
Will you comfort and forgive me
She Said
She said she's still searching
For salvation's light
She said she wishes all day
And then she prays all night
She said she won't speak of love
Because love she's never known
She said it's moments like these
She hates to be alone
Forgive me
She Said
Forgive me
She Said
To a woman her age
Now that wisdom has come
Everything else fades
She said she realizes
She's seen her better days
She said she can't look back
To her days of youth
What she thought were lies
She later found was truth
She said her daddy had dreams
But he drank them away
And her mother's to blame
For the way she is today
Life's river shall rise
She Said
And only the strong shall survive
She Said
But I'm feeling quite weak
She Said
Will you comfort and forgive me
She Said
She said she's still searching
For salvation's light
She said she wishes all day
And then she prays all night
She said she won't speak of love
Because love she's never known
She said it's moments like these
She hates to be alone
Forgive me
She Said
Forgive me
She Said
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Great song. Great song! One of my favorite Soul songs, definetly unknown. From the Scream 2 soundtrack (which is pretty damn good actually!)
this is a great song. I am amazed no1 has written anythng about it. to me the meaning is as follows: about a middle aged woman who feels life has just passed her by wthout any of her dreams of youth being attained.
It's about a woman who is getting older and regrets the way she spent her early years. She is lonely and looking possibly for God "still searching for salvation's light", or maybe just someone she can love and spend time with "but i'm feeling quite weak, will you comfort and forgive me". Collective Soul lyrics speak often of faith and God so it wouldn't surprise me if this is what the song is about.
Always favourite of mine :). This has always reminded me of a woman I knew- she had an affair and totally destroyed her family, for the simple buzz of excitement, of feeling wanted. Now she tries to get her daughter to understand why she did the things she did, and even though she knows that nobody can possibly trust her, at least they know that she knows she won't make it without them.
Actually it's a secret song on Dosage but it's popularity transformed it into its own song. Friend showed me up with that knowledge one night... that bastard...
True JLC, it is a secret song, but the Scream 2 soundtrack came out 2 years before Dosage, didn't it? Hopefully you'll check this and maybe shed some light, I love this song sooo much.
You're right Foundation. The Scream 2 soundtrack came out in 1997, while Dosage came out in 1999. Thanks for the correction! I'll be sure to rub it in next time I see my buddy. I love the song too!
This is another really great, genuine song by Collective Soul that I think is generally about the artist empathetic-ally listening and understanding a woman in his life describing her experience of some of the difficulties to grow older as a female, and then I believe it is implied that he gives her the comfort and forgiveness that she is asking from him for her current self and situation.
The reason I think that is because "she says" that "time is unfair to" a woman her age and even though she has more wisdom as she is older, she has seen the vibrancy and celebrated beauty of youth "fade" as well. She says she cant even look back at her youth because she feels like she had it all wrong back then, and largely blames her parents for the mess she feels like today. Though she is older and wiser, she feels weak from having to be strong in lifes river, because she has had to struggle in the difficult stream, as "only the strong will survive". For all of this, and her current not-as-young-anymore and "still searching" situation, she yearns for comfort from the artist, and even goes so far as to ask him for forgiveness that she is the way she is today from him, and even shares that she feels like she has never really been loved. Though Im not sure the song specifically states it, he sweetly listens to how she feels, and presumably gives her all the comfort she could need, to heal her and make her feel complete, as he is trying to speak of love to her (which she refuses to speak of because she has never known it) and do whatever he can to help make her whole.
This song is cool because it shows a caring man sweetly and genuinely listening to a woman's (probably very personal and private) feelings, and truly understanding how she feels and what she is going through, and then offering her the comfort and forgiveness she needs. It is one great capability/part of love and a loving relationship.
When they say "its moments like these she hates to be alone" I think they mean its the healing power from another loving person that helps her feel better, and that the power of being with another person can sometimes be really important for us.
This song reminds me of the sweet tender moments when a person opens up their true inner thoughts and sometimes difficult feelings to you, and the wonderful comfort that con be offered to them by a caring lover to make them better.
Such an awesome song!