This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
If I was a boy at sea
I would be swinging from a broken tree
I would be down on my back looking up at stars at night
and if I could get back to reach to reach the saltiest of evergreens
You know that I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes
When I hear that wind and I think of Spring
Underneath an open window a carved out sign and
often I would fight with my mind
Saltwater brine where you hung your crown
When you washed your eyes in last night's tea
I thought you might come out from the dream to find that
Underneath the pine grew a patch of thyme
that I burned for six days in the sun
'til I heard the distant sound of drums
Oh the queen had come and the King had died
and my forehead burned but I closed my eyes
and my forehead burned but I closed my eyes
Before I go I've got to run, down the street
to the market cove where I could
find six seeds to bring back to the yard
and plant underneath the birch tree
No white skies or red sunlight
In the saltwater brine
My forehead burned but I closed my eyes
Whoa. Now you've got to go.
If I was a boy
I would be swinging from a broken tree
I would be down on my back looking up at stars at night
and if I could get back to reach to reach the saltiest of evergreens
You know that I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes
When I hear that wind and I think of Spring
Underneath an open window a carved out sign and
often I would fight with my mind
Saltwater brine where you hung your crown
When you washed your eyes in last night's tea
I thought you might come out from the dream to find that
Underneath the pine grew a patch of thyme
that I burned for six days in the sun
'til I heard the distant sound of drums
Oh the queen had come and the King had died
and my forehead burned but I closed my eyes
and my forehead burned but I closed my eyes
Before I go I've got to run, down the street
to the market cove where I could
find six seeds to bring back to the yard
and plant underneath the birch tree
No white skies or red sunlight
In the saltwater brine
My forehead burned but I closed my eyes
Whoa. Now you've got to go.
If I was a boy
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I always thought it was "when you washed your eyes in last night's tears." Regardless, I love this song!
this song is about being a boy. a young one. no deeper meaning than enjoying your own thought as a boy, which is lovely.
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I always thought it was "when you washed your eyes in last night's tears." Regardless, I love this song!
In many cultures in Europe and Asia it is a common practice to use leftover cold tea-soaked cottonballs or cloth and apply it to the eyes for 5 or so minutes to reduce swelling and help fight infections, like to reduce puffyness when you wake up or if you have pink eye or a sty!
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What does "I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes" mean? ... and what are salty evergreeens?
actually, the more i think of it the more I think I dont get most of this song at all, is he singing about different dreams he is having... or memories? why does his forehead burn?
What does "I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes" mean? ... and what are salty evergreeens?
actually, the more i think of it the more I think I dont get most of this song at all, is he singing about different dreams he is having... or memories? why does his forehead burn?