XX I think this is a song about the death of someone you loved, but someone you hadn't known for very long.
XX If it starts with an "XX" Those are my comments.
She smiled in a big way, the way a girl like that smiles
When the world is hers and she held your eyes
Out in the breezeway down by the shore in the lazy summer
And she pulled you in, and she bit your lip, and she made you hers
She looked deep into you as you lay together quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer
XX Remembering the few times you spent together and what you loved about XX her.
XX This would be a specific memory being recalled.
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
When you only had barely enough to hang on
XX You already lost because she is gone. She died while you were getting to XX know her. You have barely enough to hang on to, because you didn't get to XX share many experiences with her.
And she combed your hair, and she kissed your teeth
And she made you better than you'd been before
XX Remembering how she helped you and made you better.
She told you bad things you wished you could change in the lazy summer
And she told you, laughing down to her core, so she would not cry as she lay in your lap
She said "Nobody here can live forever, quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer"
XX She confided in you and told you things you wished you could help her with.
XX You saw the more vulnerable side of her. This shows how close you were
XX with her.
She said, "No one is alone the way you are alone"
And you held her looser than you would have if you ever could have known
Some things tie your life together, slender threads and things to treasure
Days like that should last and last and last
XX You held her looser than you would have if you knew she was going to be
XX gone so soon.
XX She was what tied your life together, which implies that your life has now
XX come undone.
XX The days of happiness should have lasted a lot longer than they did.
Hang on
Hang on
Hang on
XX Now you are just trying to hang on after the horrible tragedy.
XX This is just my interpretation, although typically mine are kinda depressing XX as you can tell..
XX I think this is a song about the death of someone you loved, but someone you hadn't known for very long.
XX If it starts with an "XX" Those are my comments.
She smiled in a big way, the way a girl like that smiles When the world is hers and she held your eyes Out in the breezeway down by the shore in the lazy summer And she pulled you in, and she bit your lip, and she made you hers She looked deep into you as you lay together quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer
XX Remembering the few times you spent together and what you loved about XX her. XX This would be a specific memory being recalled.
But you've already lost But you've already lost But you've already lost When you only had barely enough to hang on
XX You already lost because she is gone. She died while you were getting to XX know her. You have barely enough to hang on to, because you didn't get to XX share many experiences with her.
And she combed your hair, and she kissed your teeth And she made you better than you'd been before
XX Remembering how she helped you and made you better.
She told you bad things you wished you could change in the lazy summer And she told you, laughing down to her core, so she would not cry as she lay in your lap She said "Nobody here can live forever, quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer"
XX She confided in you and told you things you wished you could help her with. XX You saw the more vulnerable side of her. This shows how close you were XX with her.
She said, "No one is alone the way you are alone" And you held her looser than you would have if you ever could have known Some things tie your life together, slender threads and things to treasure Days like that should last and last and last
XX You held her looser than you would have if you knew she was going to be XX gone so soon. XX She was what tied your life together, which implies that your life has now XX come undone. XX The days of happiness should have lasted a lot longer than they did.
Hang on Hang on Hang on
XX Now you are just trying to hang on after the horrible tragedy.
XX This is just my interpretation, although typically mine are kinda depressing XX as you can tell..