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Lovesick on a sunny afternoon
You are tired of staying in
You are waiting for a sign
Mayfly, woken up when skies are clear
I don't mind you coming near
Keep me company until she comes again
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Because you saw him in the park
Because you saw him at the bridges
With the people in the dark
Cana was the start of something big
You were there in the beginning
You were there to see him play
Mayfly, woken up when skies are blue
I don't mind the sight of you
Keep me company until she comes around
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Because you saw him at the celebration
Standing at the side
You had the moves to save the day
And you would love him anyway
Lovesick, it came back upon yourself
You are the one left on the shelf
You are incapable of playing the fool
Longing, so what's different today?
You sent the boys and girls away
You are concerned with matters lofty
But puzzled so it makes you sick
Your diary's looking like the bible
With it's verses lost in time
And lost in meaning for the people who surround you
It's a crying shame
You know it's a crying shame
You are tired of staying in
You are waiting for a sign
Mayfly, woken up when skies are clear
I don't mind you coming near
Keep me company until she comes again
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Because you saw him in the park
Because you saw him at the bridges
With the people in the dark
Cana was the start of something big
You were there in the beginning
You were there to see him play
Mayfly, woken up when skies are blue
I don't mind the sight of you
Keep me company until she comes around
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Because you saw him at the celebration
Standing at the side
You had the moves to save the day
And you would love him anyway
Lovesick, it came back upon yourself
You are the one left on the shelf
You are incapable of playing the fool
Longing, so what's different today?
You sent the boys and girls away
You are concerned with matters lofty
But puzzled so it makes you sick
Your diary's looking like the bible
With it's verses lost in time
And lost in meaning for the people who surround you
It's a crying shame
You know it's a crying shame
Lyrics submitted by shadylane
Track duration: 03:42
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There's a girl, who the narrator is dating while waiting for his love to 'come around' meaning either to come back, or to change her mind about him. I think the twist is, that while he thinks he is using her, she is using him. "you are the one who's making do" shows that she is using him while going after someone else, the one who did his thing at Cana, the one she has been there since the beginning for. She doesn't get really involved with anyone, including the narrator, because she's waiting for the other guy, but this doesn't pay off and she's "left on the shelf."
There's probably a second meaning in the "woken up when skies are clear" lines, about only making a move when there's no obstacles... But I can't get my silly head around it. In summary, the narrator and the girl are together while both of them waits for/ longs after another person.
What has this got to do with the song? Who knows? Maybe one of Christ's apostles has a crush on Mary Magdalene, and this song is written from his perspective? That'd be pretty cool.
The "mayfly" would, of course, be a reference to mortality.
Lovesick on a sunny afternoon
You are tired of STAYING IN
You are waiting for A SIGN
Mayfly, woken up when skys are clear
I don't mind you coming near
Keep me company till she comes again
You are the one who's MAKING DO
I am the one who's PRIVY TO
Because you saw him in the park
Because you saw him at the bridges with the people in the DARK
and next verse:
You are the one who's MAKING DO
I am the one who's PRIVY TO
__'cause you saw him at the celebration standing at the SIDE
YOU had the move_ to save the day
AND you would love him anyway
and verse 3:
Lovesick, it came back upon yourself
You are the ONE left on the shelf
You are incapable of playing the fool
Longing...so what's different today?
You sent the boy_ and girl_ away
You are concerned with matters lofty
But puzzled so it makes you sick
Your diary's looking like THE bible with it's verses lost in time
Lost in meaning for the people who surround you
It's a crying shame
You know it's a crying shame
Thats my 2 cents...