Your voice is adrift
I can’t expect it to sing to me
As if I was the only one

I’ll follow you
The leaf that’s following the sun
When will my weight be too much for you?
When will these ideas really be my own?
Cause this moment keeps on moving
We were never meant to hold on

This was a scene worth waking up for
When I woke up
You planted me in my own body
Don’t know why
But somehow it just feels so wrong
When you said I will be lonely
When you rise again I will have become the sun
And I will shine down upon you
As if u were the only one

Your voice is your own, I can’t protect it
You’ll have to sing
A verse no one has ever known

Don’t be afraid
Cause no one ever sings alone
You weight will never be too much for me
Your ideas have always be your own
This moment keeps on moving
We were never meant to hold on



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    General Comment:I think, this song represents to a lonely loving guy to a girl who were committed.

    "Your voice is adrift
    I can't expect it to sing to me
    As if I was the only one

    I'll follow you
    The leaf that's following the sun
    When will my weight be too much for you?
    When will these ideas really be my own?
    Cause this moment keeps on moving
    We were never meant to hold on"
    Flag bludyhelon October 29, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song to me represents a relationship that has/is ending despite feeling so strongly for one another. "Your weight will never be too much for me, your ideas have always been been your own, this moment keeps moving...we were never meant to hold on". The moment is always moving, even know sometimes the worst feelings seemingly won't leave you, while he acknowledges, "we were never meant to hold on". This is a deep song man...
    Flag niceness88on June 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I bought this album 3 days before my dad died (age 59, from a terminal disease) and this song still makes me cry whenever I hear it. To me, it's a father saying to his son that you don't need to be afraid, you'll make your own song. My father used to sing to me as a child, and I sing to my children. It's been a year since his death, and the words and music are still as powerful as the day he died. I miss you dad.
    Flag fruitaguyon June 28, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Love it.
    Flag Celtic_FCon June 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song. But it makes me cry. I think its about 2 lovers who found eachother at a time when they both needed something from the other person. That they both feel something for the other. But they both knew that they couldn't be together. That she was/is scared to let go, but that the time they had together was amazing and they won't forget that. She has to find her own way and her own place in this world. She knows that he will always be there for her if she needs him. Just not the way she could hope for. But they both will never forget how amazing the other person was, how if only things were different. But they can hold onto the memories they have. And I think they both hope for an amazing friendship. And hopefully one day there love can bring them back together.
    Flag inked811on March 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:And think about it........if you were this girl, sexy plexi...fortunate fool...bubble toes( aka queen of the hearts of the card) think about the kind of experiences thsi poor girl probably has gone through, will go through....i mean she ' BREAKS HER MIND' that is a pretty harsh scary thing. Good thing she has her prince that is shining down upon her even though its from a distance, for now girl, for now. But I mean she 'throws it up' 'she breaks her mind' 'she is lied too' like POOR GIRL!!! But hopefully jack helps her realize that she truely is fortunate because she is a bit nieve at times and doesnt really think about all the BAD things that happen to her....hopefully she just focuses on love and the people that made her in to a mmm mmm mm mmm, her friends and family.
    Flag lorelie11on September 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:First off, this song is about two lovers that were once together and shared a deep love but for some reason are now apart
    "Your voice is adrift
    I can’t expect it to sing to me
    As if I was the only one"

    She is so lonely, she sings..the words just pore from her heart, and they are about life and love..about the 'him' she knows is out..she just has this feeling..but she doesnt know that her soul mate really does exists..she hasnt met him yet in this lifetime.. so the songs she sings are about general songs about love and so he can't expect them to be about him..even though really they are about this love she knows is out there.....but her songs are so adrift because they have been apart for so long that he cant expect them to be about him anymore

    "I’ll follow you
    The leaf that’s following the sun
    When will my weight be too much for you?
    When will these ideas really be my own?
    Cause this moment keeps on moving
    We were never meant to hold on"

    They both knew that they would have to be apart for a long period of time so he told her that he would follow her like a leaf that follows the sun....quite romantic...she vowed never to forget it...to remember it even in their next lifetime. They both were insecure about losing one another becaue they are both physical people and knew that for some reason they would gain weight in the future...their next life...so they promised eachother that no matter what, you weight will never be too much...I love you for who you are not what you look like kind of a thing. again, very sweet.

    "we were never meant to hold on" Even though they wished they could stay together and never let go, things had to keep moving, for the sake of everything (note these people are important figures in the world, possibly will help change the world through their love im not really sure but I know they are the two people jack ALWAYS sings about: sexy plexi, middle man, bubble toes Flake etc....), and both realize that they had to let go of eachother :-( don't worry they will be brought back together....evenutally....in time...just have to wait like a gosh darn FOOOOOOOL. Wishign and waitingbut its okay, she'll forgive him :-) because she knows it wasn't right, it wasn't time, she trust him with knowing 'their' time and when to 'tell me' because if he 'tells her he might just let it go'

    "It seems to me that maybe
    It pretty much always means no
    So don't tell me you might just let it go " --> he cant tell her what he knows or he might ruin everything so he just sits tight like 'tree down by the water' even after all the 'silllllllly things she does' she really does do silly things :-( she'll make it up.

    but moving on...

    I dont know what when you rise again I will become the sun means exactly....I think its just means when you 'rise' when you start becoming famous and do a lot of things that show your true beauty and power then I will have become the sun to shine down upon you.....to protect you...to watch over you in this scary world...'like you were the only one'. He wants to let her know that despite all of these other people 'stupid girls' that seem to get in the way....he wants her to know that she is his 'one and only' and he will become great because of her. I mean she planted him in his own pot for goshsake. and when she sets....when she goes away....he is lonely. .... she had to go away, he wouldnt let her in because he couldn't telll her otherwise he would let it go.....he's a good liar by the way. He had to, otherwise he would ruin it-----> FROM FLAKE

    it is all one big movie but it is real life...these are real people jack sings about its kind of cool. like really cool.
    Flag lorelie11on September 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Just to clear a lot of your questions up, the lyrics that are written as "When you SAID I will be lonely..." are actually supposed to be "When you SET I will be lonely, when you rise again, I'll have become the sun..." Whoever does these lyrics should really get their shit straight. I listened to the song for 2 months before I actually got the CD case out and looked at the actual lyrics. After I found out it was SET and not SAID, the song took on a whole new meaning for me. Funny how one word can change everything, huh?
    Flag amaez23on May 31, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song is really touching. It's my favourite Jack Johnson song for sure, I also think it's about two people who used to be really close, and now they have seperated and have to deal with life without each other, however hard it might be.
    'When you rise again I will have become the sun
    And I will shine down upon you
    As if u were the only one'
    These lyrics are beautiful.
    I think they mean that though it is time for them to split, he will always be there for her.
    Flag autumn-flow26on May 26, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:TimCinc, you need a hug man.
    Flag tracker888on April 25, 2008   Link

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