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We'd hit the bottom
I thought it was my fault
And in a way I guess it was
I'm just now finding out what it was all about
We'd moved to the west coast
Away from everyone
She never told me that you called
Back when I was still, I was still in love
'Till I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye, goodbye, I tried
And I twisted it wrong just to make it right
Had to leave myself behind
And I've been flying high all night
So come pick me up, I've landed
The daily dramas
She made from nothing
So nothing ever made it right
She liked to push me
And talk me back down
'Til I believed I was the crazy one
And in a way I guess I was
While I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye, goodbye, I tried
Dragging the sea of a trouble mind
Had to leave myself behind
Singing bye bye, goodbye, I tried
If you wrote me off, I'd understand it
'Cause I've been on some other planet
So come pick me up
I've landed
And you will be so
Happy to know
I've come alone
It's over
While I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye, goodbye, I tried
Down comes the reign of the telephone czar
It's okay to call
And I will answer for myself
Come pick me up
Come pick me up
I've landed
I thought it was my fault
And in a way I guess it was
I'm just now finding out what it was all about
We'd moved to the west coast
Away from everyone
She never told me that you called
Back when I was still, I was still in love
'Till I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye, goodbye, I tried
And I twisted it wrong just to make it right
Had to leave myself behind
And I've been flying high all night
So come pick me up, I've landed
The daily dramas
She made from nothing
So nothing ever made it right
She liked to push me
And talk me back down
'Til I believed I was the crazy one
And in a way I guess I was
While I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye, goodbye, I tried
Dragging the sea of a trouble mind
Had to leave myself behind
Singing bye bye, goodbye, I tried
If you wrote me off, I'd understand it
'Cause I've been on some other planet
So come pick me up
I've landed
And you will be so
Happy to know
I've come alone
It's over
While I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye, goodbye, I tried
Down comes the reign of the telephone czar
It's okay to call
And I will answer for myself
Come pick me up
Come pick me up
I've landed
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Track duration: 04:04
"Landed [String Version] [Version]" as written by Benjamin Scott Folds
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song is incredible.
I'm fairly young, and I don't really have experiences that can truly relate to what this song is actually about. But it moves me nonetheless.
"She liked to push me
And talk me back down
Til I believed I was the crazy one"
She was maybe verbally abusive. She won't tell him when his former girlfriend calls, even if it's just to check up on him and his new life on the West Coast. He realizes that he's been somewhere else:
"If you wrote me off
I'd understand it
Cause I've been on
Some other planet"
He's worried that girl #1 has already moved on. The line about the telephone czar certainly means that he has ended his relationship with the girl #2, and he'll pick the phone up next time himself.
that's just my take.
Wow, Ben Folds captured those sentiments so well!
I'm just now finding out What it was all about--he is talking about control. And I twisted it wrong just to make it right Had to leave myself behind--he is talking about letting her take control...doing things to make her happy, but losing himself in the process, basically doing things that were wrong for him to make it right for her. In the end, he is lost and she is still unhappy. At that point he realizes that she is crazy, and now so is he.
His coming back east, is metaphorically coming back to himself, reality and sanity. The person picking him up could be an ex, a friend or even a parent or sibling. Essentially, it's anyone or everyone from which he was isolated by this relationship.
This song is the experience of anyone who has a serious relationship with a controlling, manipulative person with serious abandonment issues. However, it's also about a person (the singer) who will allow himself to be part of such a toxic relationship.
Bravo! Great song...horrible experience.
and she didn't tell him that anyone had called: "Down comes the reign of the telephone czar, it's okay to call, and
I will answer for myself."
After a few weeks of listening to it, it finally clicked with me today what he is saying (or what I think he is saying.
I had a boyfriend that was basically not a good person and I thought maybe it was me so I just kept trying harder, therefore making changes that made me a worse person. While we both had our faults, he was controlling and was great at always making me think it was only MY problem and that I was the crazy one. But when I finally got him out of my life I look back incredulously that I ever acted the ways I acted. So in that long winded explanation, that set the context for this song.
He's basically saying (again, my opinion) What the hell have I been doing in this relationship? This woman has problems and she's twisting it to make me the crazy one. And of course he believes it because he "loves" her and is trying to make it work. And all the while deep inside he knows it's wrong so when he finally breaks free from her, shocked that he was under such a pitiful spell. Almost like not being able to see the forest for the trees. Everything becomes clear to him at that moment, hence the song.
And to Kiimi2889, it is a joyous song in this context because he realizes he can be with the one he truly loves and is supposed to be with. Then again your boyfriend may not see it this way and may just like the tune or something. And as long as you aren't a crazy controlling girlfriend (which btw, men really dislike) you are probably reading to much into it. He has great taste in music, a keeper in my book!
p.s. As hard as it is to not feel that way as women are very much prone to, try not to worry about him breaking up with you as that often does lead to a breakup due to insecurities and clinginess and such. Just be your great confident self that he fell for.
p.s.s. I am also some random person on the internet, so feel free to ignore the advice, but that is what I have garnered in my 26 years of miniscule wisdom.