How love can conquer
The most reluctant souls
I'll take my chances
If you give back what you stole
(She's not used to the whole relationship thing, but she'll give it a try because she's already fallen)
Let me give you a spade
To dig your merry hole
I dig your smile too
and you dug my poker face
(They are entering the relationship but she already knows that it's going to be a disaster, his "merry hole," a much nicer phrase for his grave.)
I couldn't get in so
Threw stones at your window
Love like an arrow
The arrow has left its bow
(Eyes are the window to the soul and all that...he won't let her in emotionally, so all they do is fight.)
Travelling overseas
I'm missing my sweet pea
Airports and Handkerchiefs and broken families
(Even so, when she's away from him, she misses him)
On the Bridge To Canada
I wish you'd fall but not drown
On the Bridge To Canada
Yes I would wear you like a crown
(She's frustrated with him, "falling" but not "Drowning" suggests that although he aggravates her, she still loves him)
I threw the dice on you
Went very far away
Some people they don't hurt
Just in it for the chase
0-7-9-5-6-0, 1-2-3-4
deleted numbers, but remembered to the core
(she took a chance on him...left...he doesn't seem as emotionally invested in the relationship...perhaps cheating while she's away...blah)
Maybe disappointments
Must be our appointment
Naive and hyper
Now I can't decipher
(Maybe the relationship is just doomed to fail...at first she was just so in love and excited but now he just confuses and frustrates her)
Before you close the curtains
Be sure that you're certain
When losing your patience
For flirtation and free loving
(warning him that if he really wants to close the curtain on the relationship, he should make sure that he prefers the life of a bachelor to being with ~her~)
"You lost your PASSPORT!!
You lost your HEAD!!!
You lost your PASSPORT!!
Have you lost your HEAD???!!"
You're waking up in a foreign bed
(wtf, is he crazy for not picking her? is that motherfucker crazy?)
On the Bridge To Canada
I wish you'd fall but not drown
On the Bridge To Canada
Yes I would wear you like a crown
On the Bridge To Canada
I wish that you could see me now
On the Bridge To Canada
I'll play the fool but not your Clown
On the Bridge To Canada
"I hear the band have just left town"
On the Bridge To Canada
How I miss you now
On the Bridge To Canada
You can wear me like a frown
On the Bridge To Canada (oh how I will)
Play the fool in this lucky town
On the Bridge To Canada
I hope that you are happy now
On the Bridge To Canada
I'll play the fool but not your clown
(they broke up she's sad and misses him but knows that he was just playing her for a fool)
My Halfass Blow by Blow Commentary/Interpratation
How love can conquer The most reluctant souls I'll take my chances If you give back what you stole
(She's not used to the whole relationship thing, but she'll give it a try because she's already fallen)
Let me give you a spade To dig your merry hole I dig your smile too and you dug my poker face (They are entering the relationship but she already knows that it's going to be a disaster, his "merry hole," a much nicer phrase for his grave.)
I couldn't get in so Threw stones at your window Love like an arrow The arrow has left its bow (Eyes are the window to the soul and all that...he won't let her in emotionally, so all they do is fight.)
Travelling overseas I'm missing my sweet pea Airports and Handkerchiefs and broken families (Even so, when she's away from him, she misses him)
On the Bridge To Canada I wish you'd fall but not drown On the Bridge To Canada Yes I would wear you like a crown (She's frustrated with him, "falling" but not "Drowning" suggests that although he aggravates her, she still loves him)
I threw the dice on you Went very far away Some people they don't hurt Just in it for the chase 0-7-9-5-6-0, 1-2-3-4 deleted numbers, but remembered to the core (she took a chance on him...left...he doesn't seem as emotionally invested in the relationship...perhaps cheating while she's away...blah)
Maybe disappointments Must be our appointment Naive and hyper Now I can't decipher (Maybe the relationship is just doomed to fail...at first she was just so in love and excited but now he just confuses and frustrates her)
Before you close the curtains Be sure that you're certain When losing your patience For flirtation and free loving (warning him that if he really wants to close the curtain on the relationship, he should make sure that he prefers the life of a bachelor to being with ~her~)
"You lost your PASSPORT!! You lost your HEAD!!! You lost your PASSPORT!! Have you lost your HEAD???!!" You're waking up in a foreign bed (wtf, is he crazy for not picking her? is that motherfucker crazy?)
On the Bridge To Canada I wish you'd fall but not drown On the Bridge To Canada Yes I would wear you like a crown
On the Bridge To Canada I wish that you could see me now On the Bridge To Canada I'll play the fool but not your Clown
On the Bridge To Canada "I hear the band have just left town" On the Bridge To Canada How I miss you now
On the Bridge To Canada You can wear me like a frown On the Bridge To Canada (oh how I will) Play the fool in this lucky town
On the Bridge To Canada I hope that you are happy now On the Bridge To Canada I'll play the fool but not your clown
(they broke up she's sad and misses him but knows that he was just playing her for a fool)