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it ain't no cover
it ain't no style
I shouldn't bother
he's eight miles high
but I adore him
and I implore him
saying I love none other
but this ain't no style
he sits there smoking
his breath away
he sits there choking
on what they say
but I adore him
and I implore him
saying one of these mornings
I'm going away
the sun is setting
the day is done
good night, my lover
good night, my son
I shouldn't bother
he's eight miles high
but I love none other
til the day that I die...
it ain't no style
I shouldn't bother
he's eight miles high
but I adore him
and I implore him
saying I love none other
but this ain't no style
he sits there smoking
his breath away
he sits there choking
on what they say
but I adore him
and I implore him
saying one of these mornings
I'm going away
the sun is setting
the day is done
good night, my lover
good night, my son
I shouldn't bother
he's eight miles high
but I love none other
til the day that I die...
Lyrics submitted by Airyca
Track duration: 02:06
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Obviously it's about lovers but it always makes me think of Lennie
and yes, its perfect live
listen to the version on the live at bull moose ep. :)
The first verse is her meeting him. She shouldn't bother talking to him, he's so far above her, 8 miles high. She tries anyway, she says "she'll love no other."
The second verse is her in the relationship with him. He's under the thumb of people and can't get away from what they say about him, "he sits there choking on what they say," and he battles with addiction, smoking his breath away. She says that she'll leave him if he doesn't stop.
The third verse is the breakup. "The sun is setting" on their relationship. She says goodbye, but he doesn't respond, because he's "8 miles high." Here I should point out one difference in what I believe the lyrics are: I believe she says "Goodbye my lover/goodbye my sun." This is important because it gives another angle to the sun setting, saying she will be forever in the dark without him, but she still must say goodbye if only to make him realize his mistakes. She can't love another.
I believe she sings this song at the beginning of her concerts as an ode to him, and the heartbeat stops with the song. I think that this signifies that the addiction won out, and he died. The heartbeat is his, and she keeps him alive and with her by singing this song first in every set.