There's a girl in my yard
Reading to me my tarot cards
She don't know anything
But she's beautiful to me
My eyes are opening again
I see you as you're marching in
I'll bring you cover when you're cold
You'll bring me youth when I grow old
Do you remember when you were small
How everybody would seem so tall
I am your shadow in the dark
I have your blood inside my heart
Reading to me my tarot cards
She don't know anything
But she's beautiful to me
My eyes are opening again
I see you as you're marching in
I'll bring you cover when you're cold
You'll bring me youth when I grow old
Do you remember when you were small
How everybody would seem so tall
I am your shadow in the dark
I have your blood inside my heart
Lyrics submitted by foxyurchin
Me and the Bean Lyrics as written by John Clayton
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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The relationship described by the song, with her offering idealism and him offering strength, seems to mirror that between a father and daughter.
Plus the last line takes on a literal AND figurative meaning.
The title is, after all, "Me and the Bean," which ultimately suggests that the self is defined from something much more than just the brain.
A few lyrics highlight this idea, but as previously stated, "I have your blood inside my heart" is incredibly poignant. The singer is crying out to his rational mind [brain, bean, whatever], "can't you understand my heart's blood [my emotion, my 'soul'] is the very same blood that flows through you?" With this central theme in mind, some more of the verse becomes clear.
An amazingly angsty song about the battle between reasons and emotions. Beautiful.
I agree though, it seems this is about a man and his daughter. the writers above have done a good job elaborating.
here's mine: a naive girl swept up in the grandeur of gothicism, living it all through a veil of naïveté. he takes advantage of her childish infatuation, and forgives her for her meaningless playtoys (ex: tarot cards) that he knows are silliness. he doesn't mind that she buys into such foolishness, she is beautiful to him in spite of all that because he is a vampire, and she, his source of life. "you'll bring me youth when i grow old" & "i am your shadow in the dark" & lastly,
"i have your blood inside my heart."