I think the song's set up can confuse people. How I hear it:
[her asking] "Where'd you get them scars?
How blue is your heart?
Is it sad enough to break?" She said
[him responding] "it's sad enough to break"
[her asking] How long was your life?
Was it cold and strange like mine?
Are you man enough to lay here?
She said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me"
I had a dream about you once, and I could barely see your form
And I met you between the wax and the needle,
In the words of my favorite song
Your black hair was like a raven with your tan skin on the beach
Your backdrop were the auroras and my sidekick was all this grief
I've been so low down, I'm almost level with the ground
"Where'd you get them scars?
How blue is your heart?
Is it sad enough to break?", She said
[him responding] "it's sad enough to break"
[her asking] "How long was your life?
Was it cold and strange like mine?
Are you man enough to lay here?", She said,
[him reponding] "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me"
[him recalling] Did they take you to the carnival to get locked up on a ride?
Me, I got caught up with the fortune tellers
And the ladies with the sleepy eyes
It took years my baby just to come clean,
Every streetlight a reminder
And all those apologies
And the night was lonely next to me
Even the night was lonely next to me
Does everyone agree with this formatting? I was talking to a friend who was confused about the singer asking the girl if she was "man enough", so this is how I explained it to him.
I think the song's set up can confuse people. How I hear it:
[her asking] "Where'd you get them scars? How blue is your heart? Is it sad enough to break?" She said
[him responding] "it's sad enough to break"
[her asking] How long was your life? Was it cold and strange like mine? Are you man enough to lay here? She said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me"
I had a dream about you once, and I could barely see your form And I met you between the wax and the needle, In the words of my favorite song Your black hair was like a raven with your tan skin on the beach Your backdrop were the auroras and my sidekick was all this grief I've been so low down, I'm almost level with the ground
"Where'd you get them scars? How blue is your heart? Is it sad enough to break?", She said
[him responding] "it's sad enough to break"
[her asking] "How long was your life? Was it cold and strange like mine? Are you man enough to lay here?", She said,
[him reponding] "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me"
[him recalling] Did they take you to the carnival to get locked up on a ride? Me, I got caught up with the fortune tellers And the ladies with the sleepy eyes It took years my baby just to come clean, Every streetlight a reminder And all those apologies And the night was lonely next to me Even the night was lonely next to me
Does everyone agree with this formatting? I was talking to a friend who was confused about the singer asking the girl if she was "man enough", so this is how I explained it to him.