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Before she met me she took herself to wait five years
After I met her, her teacher said "Best wait five years."
I ask my neighbors, they said it's wise to wait five years.
I say "Fever."
I told a friend how I'm feeling and this made her sad
'Cause she fears that no man will ever desire her so bad.
How dare I feel this and do naught but sit on my hands.
I say "Fever."
Hold my heart like a hot potato,
Push the clock for an hour later.
This is just code to decipher
Found my ploughman, chased the piper.
That ended up.
That's all now.
These are the ones who talk.
Never a lick, needs her to kiss him.
The first five years go by and we are no longer here.
I blame myself for not taking steps to draw her near.
I try to decide what to do now based on love not fear.
I say "Fever."
(Four years)
Hold my heart like a hot potato,
Push the clock for an hour later.
This is just code to decipher
Found my ploughman, chased the piper.
After I met her, her teacher said "Best wait five years."
I ask my neighbors, they said it's wise to wait five years.
I say "Fever."
I told a friend how I'm feeling and this made her sad
'Cause she fears that no man will ever desire her so bad.
How dare I feel this and do naught but sit on my hands.
I say "Fever."
Hold my heart like a hot potato,
Push the clock for an hour later.
This is just code to decipher
Found my ploughman, chased the piper.
That ended up.
That's all now.
These are the ones who talk.
Never a lick, needs her to kiss him.
The first five years go by and we are no longer here.
I blame myself for not taking steps to draw her near.
I try to decide what to do now based on love not fear.
I say "Fever."
(Four years)
Hold my heart like a hot potato,
Push the clock for an hour later.
This is just code to decipher
Found my ploughman, chased the piper.
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I think the two of you are spot on with your interpretations of this song. I don't have anything to add to these, but I do have a couple of interesting tidbits that I gleaned from carefully watching the video many times. I don't know if the video and the song are related, but it seems to me that they aren't, but I could be wrong. However, here are some things about the video I noticed and found interesting:
0:16 - The elderly lady in the stagecoach holds the bottle of perfume for the younger woman. The bottle says 'Fieber', which means fever in the German language.
0:20 - The three men inside what looks to be a saloon of some kind, appear to be playing spades. The right-most man throws down what appears to be a Jack of spades, the highest trump.
1:45 - The wanted posters say "Proclamation of the heads of our faire towne. Wanted. For acts against the peace and dignity of our townspeople. (Then a picture of the hawk) Rewards, for the arrest of-"
2:06 - The time on the stopwatch held by the boar in the forest is 10:30.
3:19 - The grim reaper can be seen in the background, as the woman is running towards the rabbit man.
Also, the boar in the forest, holding the stopwatch, is wearing the same clothing as the elderly woman in the stagecoach. I presume they are the same.
Another thing, the sheet music that the pianist is using is titled 'I SAY FEVER'.
And stop saying "Spot." You are a back woods country girl/guy, not an Englishman.
@AvN Wow. Just wow. I've watched this a hundred times. Never noticed the Reaper at that moment. Thank you!