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So I'm there charging around with a juggernaut brow
Overdraft, speeches and deadlines to make
Cramming commitments like cats in a sack
Telephone burn and a purposeful gait
When out of a doorway
The tentacles stretch of a song that I know
And the world moves in slow-mo
Straight to my head like the first cigarette of the day
And it's you and it's me
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
Do I have time? A man of my caliber stood in the street
Like a sleepwalking teenager I know
And I dealt with this years ago
I took a hammer to every memento
But image on image like beads on a rosary
Pulled through my head as the music takes hold
And the sickener hits, I can work till I break
But I love the bones of you that I will never escape
And it's you and it's me
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I can't move my arm
For the fear that you will wake
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And it's you and it's me
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
Overdraft, speeches and deadlines to make
Cramming commitments like cats in a sack
Telephone burn and a purposeful gait
When out of a doorway
The tentacles stretch of a song that I know
And the world moves in slow-mo
Straight to my head like the first cigarette of the day
And it's you and it's me
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
Do I have time? A man of my caliber stood in the street
Like a sleepwalking teenager I know
And I dealt with this years ago
I took a hammer to every memento
But image on image like beads on a rosary
Pulled through my head as the music takes hold
And the sickener hits, I can work till I break
But I love the bones of you that I will never escape
And it's you and it's me
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I can't move my arm
For the fear that you will wake
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And it's you and it's me
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
Lyrics submitted by YawningMan
Track duration: 04:49
"The Bones of You" as written by George/heyward Gershwin
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Very reminiscent and I'm sure we've all been there when that song passes through your ears that takes you back to times gone by and how all consuming that can become inside, despite how much your life has changed or how busy you are now.
I can relate to this. You grow up, get the busy stressful job, have no time in life to yourself anymore and yet a memory sparks in your head by a song (music is how I catalogue events in my head) and takes you back to a distant different time, to a long lost love, a first love maybe? Spring/Summertime memories (it's you and it's may) of not doing anything but be with each other. The reference to not moving the arm in case of waking her being the biggest decision that had to be made that day, youthful simplicity and innocence.
Regardless of what it's actually about, it puts some beautiful imagery in my head of teenage days of walking aimlessley along the coast with my first love, where nothing else mattered other than to be holding hands and sharing each other's minds.
this is probably my all-time favorite heartbreaking song. it's probably not easy to relate to specifically for many people, but the message is still there. when someone you love walks out of your life, the distance can feel like three thousand miles and the time can feel like five years. loving the memory of a person can make them seem even farther away.