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Love ridden, I will look at you
With the focus I gave to my birthday candles
I've wished on the lidded blue flames under your brow
And, baby, I wished for you
Nobody sees when you are lyin' in your bed
And I wanna crawl in with you but I cry instead
I want your warm but it will only make me colder when it's over
So I can't tonight, baby
No, not baby anymore
If I need you, I'll just use your simple name
Only kisses on the cheek from now on
And in a little while we'll only have to wave
My hand won't hold you down no more
The path is clear to follow through
I stood too long in the way of the door
And now I'm givin' up on
You
No, not baby anymore
If I need you, I'll just use your simple name
Only kisses on the cheek from now on
And in a little while we'll only have to wave
No, not baby anymore
If I need you, I'll just use your simple name
Only kisses on the cheek from now on
And in a little while we'll only have to wave
With the focus I gave to my birthday candles
I've wished on the lidded blue flames under your brow
And, baby, I wished for you
Nobody sees when you are lyin' in your bed
And I wanna crawl in with you but I cry instead
I want your warm but it will only make me colder when it's over
So I can't tonight, baby
No, not baby anymore
If I need you, I'll just use your simple name
Only kisses on the cheek from now on
And in a little while we'll only have to wave
My hand won't hold you down no more
The path is clear to follow through
I stood too long in the way of the door
And now I'm givin' up on
You
No, not baby anymore
If I need you, I'll just use your simple name
Only kisses on the cheek from now on
And in a little while we'll only have to wave
No, not baby anymore
If I need you, I'll just use your simple name
Only kisses on the cheek from now on
And in a little while we'll only have to wave
Lyrics submitted by SNYder
Track duration: 03:22
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She transitions from baby to just his name, no more terms of endearments, no more intimate kisses, just friendly kisses then to simple hellos.
She reached the point where she's given up on the relationship - but is still extremely sorrowful about it.
'and now im givin up on... you'
that just gives me complete shivers... its amazing
and so's fiona :D
xxx
How amazing are the lines
"Nobody sees when you are lying in your bed
And I wanna crawl in with you but I cry instead
I want your warm but it will only make me colder when it's over
So I can't tonight, baby"?
Just so goddamn, true. Sometimes you can want someone so badly but you know they're only going to hurt you so you have to walk away.
it's better than ice cream
It's her telling about the stages of her relationship - she wished for him, she got him, and now that she has him no longer she wishes for him again Things have turned awkward and sad, and whenever they see each other the distance seems bigger between them, and the recognition seems to always be a little dimmer than the last time because they are both changing but what happened between them is still there and still affects her. "I want your warm but it will only make me colder when it's over" - means that she understands the relationship is over, but she is sorry it had to be that way. So beautifully sad.
I stood too long in the way of the door" i think she feels as if she was igsignificant to him. She was just some girl in the way of his path and i think she needs or wants something far more than that. And with him she can't find that so they have to seperate even though she doesn't want to. Fiona Apple is one of the most meaningful artists i know
"Nobody sees when you are lyin' in your bed
And I wanna crawl in with you but I cry instead
I want your warm but it will only make me colder when it's over"
She is trying to give up the eating disorder and wants to "climb" into it again, but she knows it is best for her not to.
"No, not baby anymore
If I need you, I'll just use your simple name
Only kisses on the cheek from now on
And in a little while we'll only have to wave"
Slowly trying to get away from it.
"My hand won't hold you down no more
The path is clear to follow through
I stood too long in the way of the door
And now I'm givin' up on
You"
she isn't hiding it anymore and is letting it go. She "stood in the way of the door," she doesnt want to give it up, but it is getting to a point where it is too hard.
That is just my thoughts. I saw so many people writing about breaking up, which also is a good analysis, but i feel it could be this as well.
The path is clear to follow through
I stood too long in the way of the door
And now I'm givin' up on
You"
it kills me.