I don't agree that its a love song or about breaking up, I think its a song written about or to a child. it seems to me its about the child growing up and needing the parent less and less; the song speaks of growth, of care ("wash your face"), of teaching ("see I show you things..."), "blossoming" is often used as a metaphor for something or someone reaching maturity. The parent hopes the child will always need them, which is why he doesn't feel them slipping from his hands.
anyways probably the song that got me into candlebox, well this and "change" (which coincidentally uses the exact same chords and picking). i think i was sold from the grungey "I don't feel..." breakdown and awesome guitar solo...how can you not headbang to that.
yeah candlebox is way underrated, i love that heavy-metal / grunge combo, also like soundgarden and alice in chains. It pisses me off that they've been branded post-grunge, this was a genuine Seattle band whose masterpiece CD (this self-titled one) was released the same year as Nirvana's most popular, "Nevermind", a year before AiC's "Dirt", 3 years before Soundgarden's "Superunknown". they deserve their place as founders of the Seattle grunge music scene.
I don't agree that its a love song or about breaking up, I think its a song written about or to a child. it seems to me its about the child growing up and needing the parent less and less; the song speaks of growth, of care ("wash your face"), of teaching ("see I show you things..."), "blossoming" is often used as a metaphor for something or someone reaching maturity. The parent hopes the child will always need them, which is why he doesn't feel them slipping from his hands.
anyways probably the song that got me into candlebox, well this and "change" (which coincidentally uses the exact same chords and picking). i think i was sold from the grungey "I don't feel..." breakdown and awesome guitar solo...how can you not headbang to that.
yeah candlebox is way underrated, i love that heavy-metal / grunge combo, also like soundgarden and alice in chains. It pisses me off that they've been branded post-grunge, this was a genuine Seattle band whose masterpiece CD (this self-titled one) was released the same year as Nirvana's most popular, "Nevermind", a year before AiC's "Dirt", 3 years before Soundgarden's "Superunknown". they deserve their place as founders of the Seattle grunge music scene.