Animals Were Gone Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SparksOfGold 

Cover art for Animals Were Gone lyrics by Damien Rice

This song is just a brilliant modern day love song. He realises that she's not perfect yet he loves her anyway- "I love your depression and I love your double chin". He has hurt her in the past ("I've left you in places of despair", "I know i've been a liar and I know i've been a fool") but loves her beneath this. "Please throw down your hair" refers to the fairytale of Rapunzel- he wants to save her from her current state of depression.