Man, I wish there were more DBT fans around here, because I can't believe nobody's commented on this one yet. I think it's one of the best songs on the "Decoration Day" album.
I guess it's a fairly simple song. This is about a guy who's a singer or in a band who at one time thought he was going places. He found this girl who he apparently at one time was good enough for, but after years of leaving her behind to chase his dreams on the road ("I might as well have slipped that ring on her finger from the window of a van as it drove away"), he's now no better than the many guys who wanted to be with her but could never offer her anything. She stuck beside him and waited for his dreams to work out for him, but put her dreams aside in the process. Now that she sees he's not willing to do the same for her, after she's wasted all these years on him, she's gone. He realizes he was wrong for it and knows he can't ever make it right.
@Muck Man I'm one of the newer DBT fans and I find that nearly every song in their vast library of incredible songs gets better and better with each listen. Multi-layered band and my favorite songs tend to be Cooley-written ones.
@Muck Man I'm one of the newer DBT fans and I find that nearly every song in their vast library of incredible songs gets better and better with each listen. Multi-layered band and my favorite songs tend to be Cooley-written ones.
Man, I wish there were more DBT fans around here, because I can't believe nobody's commented on this one yet. I think it's one of the best songs on the "Decoration Day" album.
I guess it's a fairly simple song. This is about a guy who's a singer or in a band who at one time thought he was going places. He found this girl who he apparently at one time was good enough for, but after years of leaving her behind to chase his dreams on the road ("I might as well have slipped that ring on her finger from the window of a van as it drove away"), he's now no better than the many guys who wanted to be with her but could never offer her anything. She stuck beside him and waited for his dreams to work out for him, but put her dreams aside in the process. Now that she sees he's not willing to do the same for her, after she's wasted all these years on him, she's gone. He realizes he was wrong for it and knows he can't ever make it right.
@Muck Man I'm one of the newer DBT fans and I find that nearly every song in their vast library of incredible songs gets better and better with each listen. Multi-layered band and my favorite songs tend to be Cooley-written ones.
@Muck Man I'm one of the newer DBT fans and I find that nearly every song in their vast library of incredible songs gets better and better with each listen. Multi-layered band and my favorite songs tend to be Cooley-written ones.