Three Rounds And A Sound

I'd say the lyrics are slightly different than they are posted...i think they are...

They're playing our song They're playing our song Can you see the lights? Can you hear the hum?

Of our song I hope they get it right I hope we dance tonight Before we, get it wrong

And the seasons Will change us new But you're the best I've known and you know me I could not be stuck on you If it weren't true

I was swimming My eyes were dark Til you woke me And told me that opening is just the start it was

Now I see you, til kingdom come You're the one I want To see me for all the stupid shit I've done

(Chorus) Soil and six feet under Kept just like we were Before you knew you'd know me And you know me

Blooming up from the ground 3 Rounds and a sound Like whispering you know me And you know me

So this was our song This was our song I still see the lights I can see them

And the criss cross Of what is true, won't get to us Cause you know me I could not give up on you It wouldn't feel true.

And the fog of what is right Won't cover us cause you know me I could not give up a fight Wouldn't feel right

(Chorus)

And if it is like this then i think it makes a bit more sense. Essentially i think it is about a relationship. The first verse is about how the beginning of a relationship can feel like you lose it all at any moment, with the lines; "I hope we dance tonight, before we get it wrong." I think this means how he wants them to enjoy it all before they maybe mess it all up.

The second verse is talking about change, how people in relationships change, but she knows him and he could not "be stuck on" her if she didnt. Almost like the changes they go through as individuals don't matter because they know the hearts of each other.

The verse about him swimming (or sleeping...i guess it could be either but it sounds most like swimming) really reminds me of the Bright Eyes song "First Day of My Life"....the idea of meeting someone who opens your eyes and makes you feel as though your life is just beginning. That his eyes were dark...as opposed to being bright...and that opening your eyes to everything is just the beginning.

"Now i see you, to kingdom come, you're the one i want"....i think this is obvious. He'll love her till they reach heaven (kingdom). How he wants her to see him for him, even if he does stupid things, things that are out of character maybe, because she knows him, she'll still see who he really is inside.

The chorus i think is just about death, how even when they are six feet under, and kept just like they were when they were together....how they eventually turn in to flowers "blooming up from the ground". The title of the song comes from a military tradition during funerals: to fire 3 rounds of fire and then playing a tune on a bugle.

Basically i just think it is about being with someone and loving them for who they are. Believing in your relationship above all other things...but then this is all just what i get from the song, i think it means different things to different people.