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If you knew
What I know
Would you try?
Before your time
Has run on you
And worn you down
Would you know
What you desire
In your heart?
If you knew
What I know
Would you try?
Is there time?
Is there time?
To follow just one desire?
Is there time?
Is there time
To follow your heart?
Dress your wounds
Test your strength
Face the night
Crave the touch
Feel the pain
Know the signs
Is there truth
In your pain?
You decide
If you knew
What I know
Would you try?
Is there time?
Is there time?
To follow just one desire?
Is there time?
Is there time
To follow your heart?
As we lie
In the shade
Of poison trees
Are we as safe
As we let
Ourselves believe?
What I know
Would you try?
Before your time
Has run on you
And worn you down
Would you know
What you desire
In your heart?
If you knew
What I know
Would you try?
Is there time?
Is there time?
To follow just one desire?
Is there time?
Is there time
To follow your heart?
Dress your wounds
Test your strength
Face the night
Crave the touch
Feel the pain
Know the signs
Is there truth
In your pain?
You decide
If you knew
What I know
Would you try?
Is there time?
Is there time?
To follow just one desire?
Is there time?
Is there time
To follow your heart?
As we lie
In the shade
Of poison trees
Are we as safe
As we let
Ourselves believe?
Lyrics submitted by esoteric-heart
Track duration: 02:58
"The Shade of Poison Trees" as written by Christopher Andrew Carrabba
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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"If you knew what I know,
Would you try before your time has run anew and worn you down?
Would you know what you deserve in your heart?
And if you knew what I know, would you try?"
In a way she's lost faith in life, and is just going through the motions, doesn't think she'll get anywhere. And he is just trying to get through to her about how he feels and he wishes she could see it.
"Is there time?
Is there time to follow just one desire?
Is there time?
Is there time to follow your heart's?"
Again, questioning. Self doubt, maybe him doubting himself trying to change her mind while she refuses to believe him or let him help her.
"Dress your wounds
Test your strength
Face the night
Crave the touch
Feel the pain
Know the signs
Is there truth in your pain?
You decide."
He is telling her to stop pitying herself, if it's worth it to have no faith in herself. Asking her to question being depressed or doubtful all the time.
"As we lie in the shade of poison trees
Are we as safe as we let ourselves believe?"
As we live in self doubt so we can never be dissapointed, does it really protect us or are we just hurting ourselves?
That's just my interpretation >.<
its like when we go through life, we find ourselves in the middle of everything.. we wanted to do a lot of things, but we don't even know if what we're doing right now is necessary or like if everything is just a lie... But if we knew, despite the "poison trees" in life, would we even try....? and the poison trees represents something that hinders us from doing what we want..yes, we need them in our lives, but they're also poison.. it blinds us.. it keeps us away from our dreams...
and did it make anyone else think of the apple on the cover of the album? verrrry interesting...
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with my smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree