Maria Taylor – Clean Getaway

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I made my place by the door
I didn't know what i was waiting for
It felt just like home
Except no grass, no yard, no pictures hung

I could see across to the park
And there were friends
They were laughing hard
They looked just like my own
With no face, no name, no voice i know

I finally made it
I made a clean getaway
I finally made it
I made a clean getaway

I met someone at the bar
He had a great smile and a great heart
It felt just like love
Except no fear of losing and it wasn't tough

I finally made it
I made a clean getaway
I finally made it
I made a clean getaway
And i miss you
I miss you every single day

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    Song Meaning:Just heard this song on Pandora, and it grabbed me. I'm going through this right now, except on the other end.

    It's not a clean getaway.

    "It felt just like home, friends, love... Except... "

    This is not her home, these aren't her friends, and it isn't love at all.

    Like Dorothy, she felt she had to leave and go somewhere over the rainbow to find something she thought she did not have. And she's not finding it.

    "And I miss you, I miss you everyday"

    And if You are reading this, I miss you too. I miss you everyday.



    Flag sereinon February 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this song and its meaning is pretty self explanitory, it just perfectly describes the feeling of loneliness and moving on, slowly but surely.. gorgeous.
    Flag melissafdson September 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:when she says: and i miss you, I miss you every single day" that part is so great....i love the emotion.
    Flag cherry_queenon February 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song totally has a lot of reference to Conor. No doubt a great song though.
    Flag Modestlyon November 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I feel like even though the narrator says she's "finally made it," she's gotten rid of everything that meant something to her. She knows (intellectually) that cutting everything off was for the best, but her heart is being pulped by it.

    I definitely agree with poncho524.
    Flag treehorseon April 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:She left her life behind to start a new one. She had friends, a job, and someone she loved, or probably still loves. But that person left her, either physically or emotionally, or both, I don't know, but they left her and she could no longer breathe in the place she lived without them.

    So she moved... and left everything behind and now she looks out and sees other friends laughing and having a good time like she used to with her friends.

    "No grass, no yard, no pictures hung" means it is a home, but it doesn't resemble her previous home, all the little things that make your home yours, is missing from her new place. It is without color.
    Flag JackSpadeon February 04, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Amazing.


    I don't know what else to say.
    I love the softness to the song.
    Flag oh.emilyon November 04, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:The emotion in her voice when she sings the lines,
    "And i miss you. I miss you every single day." is really amazing.
    Flag hateme.on September 21, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:the part of this song that affects me the most is;

    And i miss you
    I miss you every single day

    everytime I hear that it cuts straight into me. The simplicity and honesty of it..
    Flag Language!on June 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:and i agree with poncho524, there is irony in the clean getaway, because it doesnt seem clean at all if there is still something left "back there" to miss.
    Flag yummyindietuneson May 23, 2007   Link

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