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You have tamed me
Now you must take me
How am I supposed to be?
I don't have my thorns now
And I feel them sprouting
They'll grow right through if I don't watch it
They'll grow through even if I watch it
And a sunset couldn't save me now
These baobabs, and baobabs
And baobabs some more
But you cant out-wait fate
You have tamed me
Now you must take me
T-ta t-t-ta t-t-t-ta
And I wouldn't raise my child inside the city anyway
They grow up too savvy and they grow up too fast.
And they know about buying shit and they know about sex
And they know about investment banking and also about brokerage firms
And the know about the numbers and they know about the words
And they know about the bottom lines and also about stones
And they know about careers and about the real deals
And they all grow up and be come people's people with people skills.
You have tamed
Now you must take me
How am I supposed to be?
I don't have my thorns now
You have tamed me
Now you must take me
How am I supposed to be?
I don't have my thorns
Now you must take me
How am I supposed to be?
I don't have my thorns now
And I feel them sprouting
They'll grow right through if I don't watch it
They'll grow through even if I watch it
And a sunset couldn't save me now
These baobabs, and baobabs
And baobabs some more
But you cant out-wait fate
You have tamed me
Now you must take me
T-ta t-t-ta t-t-t-ta
And I wouldn't raise my child inside the city anyway
They grow up too savvy and they grow up too fast.
And they know about buying shit and they know about sex
And they know about investment banking and also about brokerage firms
And the know about the numbers and they know about the words
And they know about the bottom lines and also about stones
And they know about careers and about the real deals
And they all grow up and be come people's people with people skills.
You have tamed
Now you must take me
How am I supposed to be?
I don't have my thorns now
You have tamed me
Now you must take me
How am I supposed to be?
I don't have my thorns
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A woman who decided she never wanted children but because she has been conditioned into this conventional love/life/family thing from this relationship, her mind is wavering on the thought. She has no thorns left (reasons not to have children, reasons to disagree) - somewhat a fight between a persons feelings and pa past decisions.
She continues to say "I wouldn't raise my child in the city anyway" ect. all the bad things. But during this period she is unsure of whether or not children are the right choice for her.
I can see it from many different ways but I guess this is the one I most relate to.
Then the middle bit is where she admits that innocence and childhood is important: "I wouldn't raise my child up in this city anyway/they grow up too savvy and they grow up too fast."
In the end, I think it's about finding that you're too far gone to be the innocent person you're supposed to be, but wanting to preserve it in others. Very "Catcher in the Rye," really.
The Rose has been tamed. She's let down her guard, and let herself be loved. But now her protective thorns are gone, and she's not used to the sense of vulnerability and openness involved in love. She can't put up a front to defend herself anymore. The Prince has to protect her now, because he's now responsible for her. She has to know that she can trust him, otherwise she'll never be able to open up again (and her thorns will return stronger than ever).
The middle bit about the city shows us the Rose's past. She's learned to be hard because she saw the evil ways of the world. This love is an escape for her. But it's still dangerous. A beautiful sunset (a kiss, declarations of love) can't really save her from the baobaobs (the cold, cruel world).
In the end, the Rose gives in to the Prince and opens up, in spite of her fears that he will abandon her.
"How am I supposed to be?
I don't have my thorns now"
was
"how am I supposed to be
adorned in my thorns now"
it seems to make more gramatical sense, and i still cant hear the song without thinking that those are the right lyrics. anyone else?
But when I hear this song I think of the man who changed me. When we met I was the person who in the song was raised in the city. And he being from a small town changed me drastically, well because he moved on and back to the small town. And even though I said I would never leave this city in a million years, I will.
To me it’s about how you’re willing to change what you know and grew up around for somebody else, because even though it shaped you to be that “thorny” person, you got rid of them (the thorns). But when they leave you (the lover); you’re like, “No!” you changed who I was, you altered me, and you did this to me… the feeling does become; now you must take me. And you become angry and the thorns start to grow back wether you like it or not.
Yeah it’s a pretty personal scenario but that’s what comes across to me. The same way the song ends with, “How am I supposed to be? I don't have my thorns.” You’re left feeling lost and unsure of how you’ll go on. And yet at the same time in conjunction with the beat of the song, you feel relieved that that person did change you.
That is why she says 'they'll grow through even if I watch it' and 'you can't out-wait fate' - because even though she has chosen to love this person, there will always be things that life throws at them that they are powerless against and that could change their love.