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Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Don't give in
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Lyrics submitted by chickenflicker
Track duration: 03:32
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The first stanza of "lay me down" is the narrator thinking of the lover, the second stanza is the narrator noticing the darkness, and the third stanza reinforces the importance of the darkness to the narrator. The fourth stanza signifies the narrator wishing/asking for the lover to come back and be with him/her. The fifth stanza is the narrator realizing what he lost when he lost his/her lover, and the sixth stanza reinforces the importance of this to the narrator with repetition.
The music supports this somewhat as well. The fast pace of the guitar-plucking seems almost frantic, and the bass drum sounds almost like a heartbeat. The narrator is scared. Some of the percussion elements drop out for the first to lines of "come to me," almost as if the narrator is holding his/her breath as he/she thinks about it (the guitar symbolizing racing thoughts). Then the elements such as tambourine rejoin the sound, as if he/she is feeling the momentary hope of the lover coming back recede.
This is just what I hear, but with the vagueness of the lyrics, it is up to anyone's interpretation. That is part of the beauty in this song, and indeed the beauty in many of the songs produced by Fleet Foxes.
Going out on a limb here, and rationalizing to the best of my ability, lets assume docking in is correct.
We then get:
Lay me down - the course is being laid out and likely the shortest point between A and B.
Docking in - the sailor or whoever is finally docking in at his destination
Come to me - either the sailor's wife is calling to him or vice versa in one of those slow mo running towards each other kind of moments
Lay me down - someones getting a little something something, with the oooooh ooooohs in for good measure.
If it isn't docking in and is darkening instead, song gets kind of grim, as someone may be dieing/already dead, at least in my opinion. I'd like to think the song is a happy one however.
As for the whispered part I can make this out of the first line:
Quiet houses, lit up by candle light, in the pale of the night
In a youtube video I can hear the second line as:
Count your blessings, say goodbye, say goodbye, (something random goes here)
That second line is a pain in the ass, I can't separate his voice from the instruments well enough.
if so what is robin saying?
beautiful song, love the harmony.
Anyways beautiful song even if it is
just a few words being said over and
over.
I love it. Always will. <3