Yeah, like OnDistantShores said, I think this song is asking a daisy flower to give itself away-- to bloom, rather than hold back. Jon takes the rain as an example and basically tells the daisy: look at how the rain and sunshine gives itself away so that you can exist! so take the cue and open yourself up, let go, bloom, so that everyone can see you not as an unbloomed bud but for the beautiful way you were created to look, as a flower.
Obviously, he's not talking to a daisy for real, but taking it as an example to encourage people who need to let go, to pour oneself out like the Rain. Like Him, "when He gives Himself away."
I love the part where Jon hums nasally.. the song has such an amazing rainy-day vibe. And the climax where the whole band kicks in.
Jon Foreman: "Ah, daisy! sweet daisy... this one is my wife's favorite. I wrote it a while ago yet somehow it didn't make it onto the last record. I'm really thankful it didn't; I don't think we were ready for it then. Some songs age like wine and others age like milk finding a sour, over-thought, overproduced end. This one lasted for a long time and kept getting better. I feel really great about how it came out. In fact the end of the tune might be my favorite rock moment on the record, ironic because the beginning of the tune is anything but rock- so sparse and pretty. Because of the different tuning, it's a pain to get the guitar back to normal afterwards so we've never played this one live. I want to wait for just the right moment. I remember chad was hitting so hard on this one that he ended up breaking the kick pedal on the last hit of the song, he shouts out,"I think I broke the kick pedal!" We ended up cutting it out for the record because it seemed a little camp. Maybe we'll put it up online or something, because it needs to be heard. Classic Chad: the man with the iron foot strikes again! For me, this is an appropriate way to finish the record- A song about letting go."
Yeah, like OnDistantShores said, I think this song is asking a daisy flower to give itself away-- to bloom, rather than hold back. Jon takes the rain as an example and basically tells the daisy: look at how the rain and sunshine gives itself away so that you can exist! so take the cue and open yourself up, let go, bloom, so that everyone can see you not as an unbloomed bud but for the beautiful way you were created to look, as a flower.
Obviously, he's not talking to a daisy for real, but taking it as an example to encourage people who need to let go, to pour oneself out like the Rain. Like Him, "when He gives Himself away."
I love the part where Jon hums nasally.. the song has such an amazing rainy-day vibe. And the climax where the whole band kicks in.
Jon Foreman: "Ah, daisy! sweet daisy... this one is my wife's favorite. I wrote it a while ago yet somehow it didn't make it onto the last record. I'm really thankful it didn't; I don't think we were ready for it then. Some songs age like wine and others age like milk finding a sour, over-thought, overproduced end. This one lasted for a long time and kept getting better. I feel really great about how it came out. In fact the end of the tune might be my favorite rock moment on the record, ironic because the beginning of the tune is anything but rock- so sparse and pretty. Because of the different tuning, it's a pain to get the guitar back to normal afterwards so we've never played this one live. I want to wait for just the right moment. I remember chad was hitting so hard on this one that he ended up breaking the kick pedal on the last hit of the song, he shouts out,"I think I broke the kick pedal!" We ended up cutting it out for the record because it seemed a little camp. Maybe we'll put it up online or something, because it needs to be heard. Classic Chad: the man with the iron foot strikes again! For me, this is an appropriate way to finish the record- A song about letting go."