First comment?
Anyway, I think this could be about being in love with someone but having to pretend that you're not, because you're afraid, or know, that if you express your feelings you will (or might) lose the one you love. And so you love from a distance.
However, you don't want the person you're in love with to act the same way because it's painful and it's not getting you anywhere, except seeming to be together from the outside. That's how I think of it anyway..
@brainisinthedirt lukewagoneer: That's because it's written by one Padma Newsome :) she also plays the guitar and provides back-up vocals on this song, as well as back-up vocals on All Dolled-up in Straps and violin and viola through the Cherry Tree EP.
Funny story, I read your comment about this song being different a long time ago. It was just after I'd gotten the Cherry Tree EP and in the leaflet thing (??) with information on the album, I'd noticed how the last song was by someone else. Hence, when I started looking up the lyrics on this site and saw...
@brainisinthedirt lukewagoneer: That's because it's written by one Padma Newsome :) she also plays the guitar and provides back-up vocals on this song, as well as back-up vocals on All Dolled-up in Straps and violin and viola through the Cherry Tree EP.
Funny story, I read your comment about this song being different a long time ago. It was just after I'd gotten the Cherry Tree EP and in the leaflet thing (??) with information on the album, I'd noticed how the last song was by someone else. Hence, when I started looking up the lyrics on this site and saw your comment, I had the explanation to why you felt it was so different! But... I hadn't made an account then and I was too lazy to do so just for that one small queation that you'd probably never see the answer to anyway :P anyway, I just heard this song for the first time in a few years and I remembered that one comment on it that I wanted to reply to years ago, so here it is! You might not read it, but I'll have some peace of mind, at least :o)
First comment? Anyway, I think this could be about being in love with someone but having to pretend that you're not, because you're afraid, or know, that if you express your feelings you will (or might) lose the one you love. And so you love from a distance. However, you don't want the person you're in love with to act the same way because it's painful and it's not getting you anywhere, except seeming to be together from the outside. That's how I think of it anyway..
Well said. This song is VERY different from every other song of theirs I've heard. I like it too!
Well said. This song is VERY different from every other song of theirs I've heard. I like it too!
@brainisinthedirt lukewagoneer: That's because it's written by one Padma Newsome :) she also plays the guitar and provides back-up vocals on this song, as well as back-up vocals on All Dolled-up in Straps and violin and viola through the Cherry Tree EP. Funny story, I read your comment about this song being different a long time ago. It was just after I'd gotten the Cherry Tree EP and in the leaflet thing (??) with information on the album, I'd noticed how the last song was by someone else. Hence, when I started looking up the lyrics on this site and saw...
@brainisinthedirt lukewagoneer: That's because it's written by one Padma Newsome :) she also plays the guitar and provides back-up vocals on this song, as well as back-up vocals on All Dolled-up in Straps and violin and viola through the Cherry Tree EP. Funny story, I read your comment about this song being different a long time ago. It was just after I'd gotten the Cherry Tree EP and in the leaflet thing (??) with information on the album, I'd noticed how the last song was by someone else. Hence, when I started looking up the lyrics on this site and saw your comment, I had the explanation to why you felt it was so different! But... I hadn't made an account then and I was too lazy to do so just for that one small queation that you'd probably never see the answer to anyway :P anyway, I just heard this song for the first time in a few years and I remembered that one comment on it that I wanted to reply to years ago, so here it is! You might not read it, but I'll have some peace of mind, at least :o)