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Swingset Chain Lyrics
There's a playground that we used to run on
The penny-drop that broke her arm The monkey bars that you fell from The swingset chain that stuck with my tongue It's thirty below and we're far gone If you plant yourself here I wouldn't miss you for long But then comes the day when you leave town I'm back to the way I was when you weren't around If you want to know what that was like I'll tell you first, it was way too quiet It rained a hundred nineteen days of the year I spent my time falling down the stairs I know I can't tie you to a leash But something tells me you'd go further than Greece And then I'll have to figure out what to do I'm kind of afraid I'm co-dependent on you I'm freaking out that we've started breaking down Before momentum picked up Now all these doors are locked The trees trick you 'cause they're always standing still But time is really racing by - you can see it when you drive There's a rooftop deck where we still hang out A couple of bars where we're not allowed The roller-skates that threw you on your face The park on the hill which was our only space The fog is fast and it rolls right in About the time I struck my first fifth of gin I really don't mean to complain too much But this is turning me into quite the lush I'm freaking out that we're running out of time But to do what? Should I stop and think of that? Is there something I could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once Instead of watch it screaming by You're a dandelion seed That flies through the air And lands randomly Then disappears x2 I'm freaking out that we've started breaking down Before momentum picked up Now all these doors are locked The trees trick you 'cause they're always standing still But time is really racing by - you can see it when you drive |
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10-04-2005
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12-11-2005
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06-14-2006
But to do what?"
I like this line. It points out how we look forward to having time, free from work maybe. But when we finally get that time we want, we have no idea what to do with it.
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07-03-2006
But to do what?
Should I stop and think of that?
Is there something I could do to slow it down?
Live in a day for once
Instead of watch it screaming by"
I like this part of the song, it basically says: You can never slow down time or whats to happen.
This song has lots of meaning in it, i mean...it sounds like -to me- that after being with someone for years, they finally move.. far away, and you dont know what to do because life wont be the same without this person...
Im in a similar situation....someone i know is moving...and the chances of seeing him again are slim...because of his depression...so much shit...=[
anyway
yeah.
I LOVE this song right now...
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09-11-2007
This song is beautiful, I love it...
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12-10-2007
I really like this song, for some reason it reminds me of my childhood, nothing to do with missing someone, just remind me of my childhood. Weird huh?
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09-10-2008
The song picks up after he's left home and come back a few times. The narrator mentions how uneventful("I'll tell you first, it was way too quiet") and depressing ("It rained a hundred nineteen days of the year") her life becomes when he's gone and how she wishes she could make him stay permanently. However, she acknowledges that he will eventually travel to different parts of the world and knows she can't do anything about it.
All she knows is that whenever he's around they have an amazing time together and have all sorts of mischievous fun ("A couple of bars where we're not allowed"). It's so amazing that she wishes she could slow down time just to be together for longer.
However, she has reached the point in her life where she begins to wonder why she wants to stop time because she knows that he will inevitably leave again. But despite this fact, she is still committed to stop things from changing even though she acknowledges that while certain things seem stuck in time (trees) the fact is that time flows past us ("you can see it when you drive").
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03-08-2009
"And then I'll have to figure out what to do
I'm kind of afraid I'm co-dependent on you"
That's probably my favorite line.
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09-19-2009
I graduated from high school this June, and tomorrow I'm moving 3 hours away from the place I've lived my whole life to go to college. Today my best friend moved, yesterday another did, a week ago another did, a month ago another, etc. I'm going to miss my friends so much that, in the midst of other graduates screaming exclamations of excitement about college, I couldn't care less.
I'm freaking out that we're running out of time.
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