Everyone's making this song too complicated. It's not about Meg either, why would he write a song about a divorce four years after the fact? Meg and Jack got married too young as they grew up a little they realized they were better as friends and so they divorced, no sob story at all. This is about someone else.
Dead leaves and the dirty ground
when I know you're not around (It's fall when they break up)
shiny tops and soda pops
when I hear your lips make a sound (It was summer or spring when together)
Thirty notes in the mailbox
will tell you that I'm coming home (He's been away, possibly on tour and he's been writing her while he's away letting her know that he's coming back)
and I think I'm gonna stick around
for a while so you're not alone (he's saying he's going to take a break from touring to stay with her for awhile)
If you can hear a piano fall
you can hear me coming down the hall (now he's there, and he realizes somethings up so he's running down the hall, probably screaming her name)
if I could just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all (And if she would just answer him you know a 'Jack, I'm in here' he'd be okay)
Soft hair and a velvet tongue
I want to give you what you give to me
and every breath that is in your lungs
is a tiny little gift to me (Simple, he's telling her what he loves about her)
I didn't feel so bad till the sun went down
then I come home
no one to wrap my arms around (He was alright till nightfall and he had to crawl into the bed all alone)
Well any man with a microphone
can tell you what he loves the most (Saying that any musician, any singer always puts his music before everything)
and you don't know your love at all
if you're thinking of the holy ghost (saying the same thing, but going deeper on it, saying that if you believe that he loves anything more than singing and performing then you don't know him at all, even if he told you that. Also explaining more why she left him, she felt like he was choosing touring and music over her and got tired of always being by herself while he was gone)
That's whay I think this song is about. I really don't think it's about Meg, because she didn't leave, they still lived together in his parent's basement after they divorced for awhile, in this song someone left him because they couldn't take him being away so much, and him and Meg didn't have this problem because 1. it was before the band started touring and 2. she's in the frickin band with him, whereever he goes she goes.
I swear you find out they were married and suddenly every song is about them
I really like your analysis of the lyrics, but I think the part:
"If you can hear a piano fall
you can hear me coming down the hall (now he's there, and he realizes somethings up so he's running down the hall, probably screaming her name)
if I could just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all (And if she would just answer him you know a 'Jack, I'm in here' he'd be okay)" has another meaning.
I really like your analysis of the lyrics, but I think the part:
"If you can hear a piano fall
you can hear me coming down the hall (now he's there, and he realizes somethings up so he's running down the hall, probably screaming her name)
if I could just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all (And if she would just answer him you know a 'Jack, I'm in here' he'd be okay)" has another meaning.
The part " If you can hear a piano fall
you can hear me coming down...
The part " If you can hear a piano fall
you can hear me coming down the hall " maybe it´s just my imagination but considering the part "Thirty notes in the mailbox
will tell you that I'm coming home" feels like he is trying to give importance to this point .... and I believe he discovered that she was cheeting on him when he came home, and cought them having sex... therefore he´s saying to her that she could have been more discreet (with the hearing a piano fall part!!) ... and this was probably done on purpouse due to an old infidelity done by him.
And of course the part: "if I could just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all" means that he came home because she didn´t answer the phone calls and therefore he got worried and discovered this situation by visiting her.
Everyone's making this song too complicated. It's not about Meg either, why would he write a song about a divorce four years after the fact? Meg and Jack got married too young as they grew up a little they realized they were better as friends and so they divorced, no sob story at all. This is about someone else.
Dead leaves and the dirty ground when I know you're not around (It's fall when they break up) shiny tops and soda pops when I hear your lips make a sound (It was summer or spring when together)
Thirty notes in the mailbox will tell you that I'm coming home (He's been away, possibly on tour and he's been writing her while he's away letting her know that he's coming back) and I think I'm gonna stick around for a while so you're not alone (he's saying he's going to take a break from touring to stay with her for awhile)
If you can hear a piano fall you can hear me coming down the hall (now he's there, and he realizes somethings up so he's running down the hall, probably screaming her name) if I could just hear your pretty voice I don't think I need to see at all (And if she would just answer him you know a 'Jack, I'm in here' he'd be okay)
Soft hair and a velvet tongue I want to give you what you give to me and every breath that is in your lungs is a tiny little gift to me (Simple, he's telling her what he loves about her)
I didn't feel so bad till the sun went down then I come home no one to wrap my arms around (He was alright till nightfall and he had to crawl into the bed all alone)
Well any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most (Saying that any musician, any singer always puts his music before everything) and you don't know your love at all if you're thinking of the holy ghost (saying the same thing, but going deeper on it, saying that if you believe that he loves anything more than singing and performing then you don't know him at all, even if he told you that. Also explaining more why she left him, she felt like he was choosing touring and music over her and got tired of always being by herself while he was gone)
That's whay I think this song is about. I really don't think it's about Meg, because she didn't leave, they still lived together in his parent's basement after they divorced for awhile, in this song someone left him because they couldn't take him being away so much, and him and Meg didn't have this problem because 1. it was before the band started touring and 2. she's in the frickin band with him, whereever he goes she goes. I swear you find out they were married and suddenly every song is about them
I really like your analysis of the lyrics, but I think the part: "If you can hear a piano fall you can hear me coming down the hall (now he's there, and he realizes somethings up so he's running down the hall, probably screaming her name) if I could just hear your pretty voice I don't think I need to see at all (And if she would just answer him you know a 'Jack, I'm in here' he'd be okay)" has another meaning.
I really like your analysis of the lyrics, but I think the part: "If you can hear a piano fall you can hear me coming down the hall (now he's there, and he realizes somethings up so he's running down the hall, probably screaming her name) if I could just hear your pretty voice I don't think I need to see at all (And if she would just answer him you know a 'Jack, I'm in here' he'd be okay)" has another meaning.
The part " If you can hear a piano fall you can hear me coming down...
The part " If you can hear a piano fall you can hear me coming down the hall " maybe it´s just my imagination but considering the part "Thirty notes in the mailbox will tell you that I'm coming home" feels like he is trying to give importance to this point .... and I believe he discovered that she was cheeting on him when he came home, and cought them having sex... therefore he´s saying to her that she could have been more discreet (with the hearing a piano fall part!!) ... and this was probably done on purpouse due to an old infidelity done by him.
And of course the part: "if I could just hear your pretty voice I don't think I need to see at all" means that he came home because she didn´t answer the phone calls and therefore he got worried and discovered this situation by visiting her.