I do think he was still reeling from his friends being dropped by the band when he wrote this song but I honestly can't find a trace of it in the lyrics. This is a love song about his wife, pure and simple.
"Well this is just a simple song to say what ya done
I told you about all those fears, and away they did run
You sure must be strong, and you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun"
Right off the bat, he dedicates it to his wife. I don't think he's talking about any fears in particular but rather all those he's confessed to his wife over the years and how she helped him get over them. He admires her and enjoys the feeling he gets by being around her.
"I know that things can really get rough when you go in alone
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough to bleed like a stone
Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical as this little home"
His wife is an independent woman and tries to take a lot on by herself but he wants to be there for her. He wants her to ask for help when she needs it and to not be so tough all the time. Then he reminds her that the matters which trouble her the most are trivial. Building their little family is the one thing that truly deserves their attention.
"When I was just nine years old, I swear that I dreamt
Your face on a football field and a kiss that I kept under my breast
Apart from everything, but the heart in my chest"
Not sure if they knew each other as children or he's just implying that he's been dreaming about her his whole life. Right after high school football games, family and friends shuffle onto the field to greet the players and coaches. He probably saw her after a game and they kissed. Since then, he's been in love.
"My life in an upturned boat, marooned on a cliff
You brought me a great big flood and you gave me a lift
Girl, what a gift when you tell me with your tongue
And your breath goes in my lungs and we float over the rift"
His life was a mess before his wife came along and she saved him. The gift he's talking about is when she kisses him. She uses her tongue, breathes into his mouth, and together, they get lost in their passion.
"Remember walking a mile to your house aglow in the dark
I made a fumbling play for your heart and the act struck the spark
You wore a charm on the chain that I stole especial for you"
He's recalling a favorite memory with her; a night where they were walking back to her house. They were "aglow;" either drunk on alcohol or just drunk on love. He made a move and, despite him being nervous, she reacted well and it kick started their relationship. He took a necklace from her that night to cherish.
"Love's such a delicate thing that we do with nothing to prove
Which I never knew"
Love comes naturally for them. It's delicate in the fact it can't be faked or augmented by their own will. It's not inspired by a desire to prove something to one another. It just is.
I do think he was still reeling from his friends being dropped by the band when he wrote this song but I honestly can't find a trace of it in the lyrics. This is a love song about his wife, pure and simple.
"Well this is just a simple song to say what ya done I told you about all those fears, and away they did run You sure must be strong, and you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun"
Right off the bat, he dedicates it to his wife. I don't think he's talking about any fears in particular but rather all those he's confessed to his wife over the years and how she helped him get over them. He admires her and enjoys the feeling he gets by being around her.
"I know that things can really get rough when you go in alone Don't go thinking you gotta be tough to bleed like a stone Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical as this little home"
His wife is an independent woman and tries to take a lot on by herself but he wants to be there for her. He wants her to ask for help when she needs it and to not be so tough all the time. Then he reminds her that the matters which trouble her the most are trivial. Building their little family is the one thing that truly deserves their attention.
"When I was just nine years old, I swear that I dreamt Your face on a football field and a kiss that I kept under my breast Apart from everything, but the heart in my chest"
Not sure if they knew each other as children or he's just implying that he's been dreaming about her his whole life. Right after high school football games, family and friends shuffle onto the field to greet the players and coaches. He probably saw her after a game and they kissed. Since then, he's been in love.
"My life in an upturned boat, marooned on a cliff You brought me a great big flood and you gave me a lift Girl, what a gift when you tell me with your tongue And your breath goes in my lungs and we float over the rift"
His life was a mess before his wife came along and she saved him. The gift he's talking about is when she kisses him. She uses her tongue, breathes into his mouth, and together, they get lost in their passion.
"Remember walking a mile to your house aglow in the dark I made a fumbling play for your heart and the act struck the spark You wore a charm on the chain that I stole especial for you"
He's recalling a favorite memory with her; a night where they were walking back to her house. They were "aglow;" either drunk on alcohol or just drunk on love. He made a move and, despite him being nervous, she reacted well and it kick started their relationship. He took a necklace from her that night to cherish.
"Love's such a delicate thing that we do with nothing to prove Which I never knew"
Love comes naturally for them. It's delicate in the fact it can't be faked or augmented by their own will. It's not inspired by a desire to prove something to one another. It just is.