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Oh girl I don't know all the reasons why,
I found the answer lookin' in your eye,
I go out walking all day long,
Take away this lonely man soon he will be gone,
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free,
Yes I can see you girl can you see me,
You don't need to know what I do all day,
It's as much as I know watch it waste away,
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free,
Yes I can see you girl can you see me,
Go and see the sorcerer look into a ball,
You may find the answer written on the wall,
The left one was a dancer can you see the answer, Oh
Put her in a mansion on top of the hill,
Please don't make her do things against her will,
I found something special I don't know why,
Looking into her pretty little eye,
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free,
I found the answer lookin' in your eye,
I go out walking all day long,
Take away this lonely man soon he will be gone,
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free,
Yes I can see you girl can you see me,
You don't need to know what I do all day,
It's as much as I know watch it waste away,
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free,
Yes I can see you girl can you see me,
Go and see the sorcerer look into a ball,
You may find the answer written on the wall,
The left one was a dancer can you see the answer, Oh
Put her in a mansion on top of the hill,
Please don't make her do things against her will,
I found something special I don't know why,
Looking into her pretty little eye,
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free,
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To me, this is a song about a guy who is certain he wants an uncertain girl. Its the classic little romantic story of he-knows-she-doesn't. The girl is unsure about her feelings for him, but he found his own answer just by "looking in her eye" and is confident he's right (take away this lonely man soon he will be gone). He is lonely, after all, as he says "I'll tell you everything about living free." He's telling her he knows what its like to be single and free, and he doesn't want that life anymore, he wants her, and is compromising his pride for her, beckoning her really (yes I can see you girl can you see me?) Also, the whole thing about going to see the sorcerer look into the ball, you may find the answer written on the wall indicates she's making something very simple more complicated, or perhaps waiting to hear something she already knows. The sorcerer and the wall... I can relate that to personal scenarios so incredibly well to a tee almost, but that's irrelevant. Unfortunately, all this bubbly happiness is from the perspective of the guy. The end of the story is hazy and even a bit eerie, with that long bit of an instrumental at the end. That combined with the "innocence lost" in the beginning tells me, at least, that this is a song about a one-sided relationship, one that the guy is tragically more involved in than the girl. That, of course, makes it a perfect song for 500 Days of Summer.
Well, whatever this song means, it has inspired me to become a vagabond! You may never hear from me again! :D
I don't think 'innocence lost' refers to rape or prostitution, but more to a coming-of-age process, when you feel you can be completely free, but at the same time you're trapped by people's expectations. So I think the "please don't make her do the things against her will" line shouldn't be taken too literally; to me, if it means anything at all, it's more along the lines of being pressured into sex (or whatever else) rather than actually getting raped.
he was either tired/bored of being free
or he is equating free to lonely
i saw the movie twice and remembered the song for weeks later
maybe it's about why someone would want to marry
they don't know why except that they want to avoid being lonely
also like the boy in the movie, he could see Summer in his future
and needed her to see him
best movie i've seen in a long time
Anyone ever think that this song could be about a boy corrupting a girl to set her "free" for his own selfish needs?
And this comment was not from 6/18/2010....
Who's tweakin all of the shit on this site anyway?
I think it's referring a man falling in love with another woman who is currently taken, as someone mentioned earlier. She is tied down by the other man, and he (the speaker) feels like the other man is wrong for her.
I know I didn't state my point very eloquently, but that is my take on the song.