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I can't begin to compete with you
and everyone knows
I know you know it, too.
It's a complicated fear
that grows with every year
and it's walking on it's own, finally
All I can offer are farmer chords,
these simple rhymes and you painted in words
You can sing this when alone
or whistle it through your teeth
and it will feel like home
no matter how far you'll be
from my lonely arms outstretched
just beyond your reach
singing "ooh, baby, please..."
and everyone knows
I know you know it, too.
It's a complicated fear
that grows with every year
and it's walking on it's own, finally
All I can offer are farmer chords,
these simple rhymes and you painted in words
You can sing this when alone
or whistle it through your teeth
and it will feel like home
no matter how far you'll be
from my lonely arms outstretched
just beyond your reach
singing "ooh, baby, please..."
Lyrics submitted by zouyan
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i think it can be interperted as either happy or sad.
especially on repeat..
simple and stunning.
'i can't begin to compete with you,
and everyone knows, i know you know it too.'
that gets me.. for some reason.
that grows with every year" And no matter where she will be, he'll be waiting for her. "no matter how far you'll be from my lonely arms outstretched"
This is because lines has a double meaning. The song is "Farmer Chords" which overall gives me an impression of a farm, like a painting. Often times a farm is laid out with lines of crops. Yet this is a metaphor for the ideal home that the singer's lover is away from. It also goes along with the song, the message, that the singer has given his lover so they'll remember each other while she is away. He has given her "lines" and "words" to think about when she's lonely.
There is another way to interpret this song, too. The lover has gone away, and has been away for a long time, but the singer can't accept it, so he writes her a song to remember him by. He still believes that she is truly home when she is with him, so he invites her back "home" whenever she sings the song.