it has this beautiful simplicity in the lyrics. and twinges of sadness that sort of pop out of nowhere and really create depth. in the first verse for example, she sets it up to be like she's taking down someone's picture because she doesn't care or he's a total jerk and then there's strange sort of mature complexity in the admission "It just makes me sad whenever I see it".....and then the part about the tire swing seems like a plain old happy thing "I sang along while I was swinging, The sound of our voices made us forget everything" but then the meaning of the song one again submerges itself in something deeper with the next line
"That had ever hurt our feelings"...so not just everything but everything that had hurt feelings and obviously implicit in this is the fact that there was a painful history.
"if i'm a spinster for the rest of my life
my arms will keep me warm on cold lonely nights."
how does this not have more comments.
it has this beautiful simplicity in the lyrics. and twinges of sadness that sort of pop out of nowhere and really create depth. in the first verse for example, she sets it up to be like she's taking down someone's picture because she doesn't care or he's a total jerk and then there's strange sort of mature complexity in the admission "It just makes me sad whenever I see it".....and then the part about the tire swing seems like a plain old happy thing "I sang along while I was swinging, The sound of our voices made us forget everything" but then the meaning of the song one again submerges itself in something deeper with the next line "That had ever hurt our feelings"...so not just everything but everything that had hurt feelings and obviously implicit in this is the fact that there was a painful history.
"if i'm a spinster for the rest of my life my arms will keep me warm on cold lonely nights."
i looove this.