Laura Marling – Rambling Man

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  Lyric Correction:Someone already pointed out the missing verse in an earlier comment, but there are a couple of other small corrections that need to be made. I'll submit my attempt of the entire song below the bulleted explanations; I believe it is correct :)
  
  ***In addition to the missing verse, the first line of the second verse should be "Creatures veiled by night", not "...fade by night" (also pointed out by another astute commenter above).
  ***The last line of the second verse is the same as the last line of the first, using the word 'You'll" in both places instead of "they'll" as it says here.
  ***After the chorus, the 3rd verse begins with the word "The", which is left out above.
  ***After the 4th verse, which ends with the line, "I'll be damned if I'll be found there," the chorus is repeated.
  ***Then, the 5th verse, which is missing above except for the last line (mistakenly inserted as part of the 4th verse), is sung. I've included that verse in the version I'm submitting here.
  
  I think that's all? Except for the missing verse, all are minor mistakes, but hey--a song as brilliant as this deserves to be correct :)
  
  Here's my interpretation:
  
  Oh naive little me
  Asking what things you have seen
  And you're vulnerable in your head
  You'll scream and you'll wail till you're dead
  
  Creatures veiled by night
  Following things that aren't right
  And they're tired and they need to be lead
  You'll scream and you'll wail till they're dead
  
  But give me to a rambling man
  Let it always be known that I was who I am
  
  The beaten, battered, and cold
  My children will live just to grow old
  But if I sit here and weep
  I'll be blown over by the slightest of breeze
  
  And the weak need to be lead
  And the tender I'll carry to their bed
  And its a pale and cold affair
  I'll be damned if I'll be found there
  
  But give me to a rambling man
  Let it always be known that I was who I am
  
  It's funny how the first chords that you come to
  are the minor notes that come to serenade you
  and it's hard to accept yourself as someone you don't desire
  as someone you don't want to be
  
  Oh give me to a rambling man
  Let it always be known that I was who I am
  Oh give me to a rambling man
  Let it always be known that I was who I am

  Flag rathyryeon June 27, 2012   Link

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