| The Tallest Man on Earth – The Gardener Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This song is about being insecure in a relationship. He's finding his biggest enemy is himself. He knows his own weaknesses, insecurities, and past, and is constantly worried that his girl will find these out to. What he wants to be to her: The tallest man, the king, the puppy (something innocent). This is what she sees him as right now. But, he is worried she will eventually know him as he knows himself and reject him. This is the runner, the spy, the leak- insecurity that would blow his cover and let on that he isn't as strong as he appears. But, by the end of the song, we see he's conquered these self doubts or weaknesses. They dance in a beautiful garden, and no longer does he have to lie (...ain't no fraud), he believes in himself. He is a gardener, a man. What a beautiful song about internal struggles that threaten a relationship, and conquering those insecurities. Line by line: Stanza 1- He has a pattern of self doubt and doesn't trust himself. He's worried she'll find out he's no cowboy (some ideal man). Stanza 2- He's fought hard to cover up these insecurities or his past, burning evidence. He's worried the "spy" will read the evidence- and the narrator will go back to what he once was (ashes). The jig will be up. "not my flag up in the pole"- the narrator isn't the strong man he says he is, he is an imposter; this is what is trying to hide. Stanza 3- He is covering up his weakness and feels like he is lying to her. He's not innocent- she is not with a "puppy". Last Stanza- all sources of doubt in the relationship ship have been buried. He has overcome his own past, weakness, or insecurity (represented by killing those things) and now truly stands as the king, the tallest man, and doesn't have to lie about it. He can be honest and say he's a man to her and he isn't a fraud in saying that- he believes in himself. |
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