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Dear Avery, I think of you only
Were you waving, were you dead on the vine
Oh Avery, I think of you lonely
But I could just grab you by the nape of your neck
There are times life will rattle your bones
And will bend your limbs
You're still far away the boy you've ever been
So you bend back and shake at the frame
Of the frame you made
But don't you shake alone
Please Avery, come home
Headstrong, you and your long arms
Listing lazily on the cusp of your tease
But you were my Avery and when you needed saving
I could just grab you by the nape of your neck
There are times life will rattle your bones
And will bend your limbs
You're still far and away the boy you've ever been
So you bend back and shake at the frame
Of the frame you made
But don't you shake alone
Please Avery, come home
Don't you shake alone
Please Avery, come home
Come home
Were you waving, were you dead on the vine
Oh Avery, I think of you lonely
But I could just grab you by the nape of your neck
There are times life will rattle your bones
And will bend your limbs
You're still far away the boy you've ever been
So you bend back and shake at the frame
Of the frame you made
But don't you shake alone
Please Avery, come home
Headstrong, you and your long arms
Listing lazily on the cusp of your tease
But you were my Avery and when you needed saving
I could just grab you by the nape of your neck
There are times life will rattle your bones
And will bend your limbs
You're still far and away the boy you've ever been
So you bend back and shake at the frame
Of the frame you made
But don't you shake alone
Please Avery, come home
Don't you shake alone
Please Avery, come home
Come home
Lyrics submitted by RobertELeet
Track duration: 04:52
"Dear Avery" as written by Colin Meloy
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oh.
oops.
"There are times life will rattle your bones
And will bend your limbs
But you’re still far and away the boy you’ve ever been
So you bend back and shake at the frame
Of the frame you made"
You're still far away,
The boy you've ever been
(I guess that's what the first post on here says.)
Which makes even more sense with Meloy's explanation of what the song means.
While listening to it on repeat on a long drive I listened closely to try and figure out what people's interpretations might be here on songmeanings. Just from the "come home" part of it I thought it might be about a son serving in the forces, and I guess I was right.
I just LOVE the part "There are times life will rattle your bones and bend your limbs, you'll still find your way, the boy you've never been." It just says a lot to me about how the experiences you have growing up change and shape you into the grown person you've "never been" until you've had them.
From the "Time" article:
"They're kids," he says. "If you're a parent of one of these people, you just want to grab them by the scruff of their neck and yank them out of it. When they're that far out of arm's reach that must be devastating."
--Colin Meloy
If you re-read the lyrics, this definitely makes sense.
It reminds me of John Lennons "Beautiful Boy". I imagine in it, he's thinking about how great and normal his son will grow into being. Of his son, he says I "think of you only", imagining him as a normal teenager, long-limbed, confronting the normal slings and arrows of life.
And those things will bend and shake you, but like everyone (mostly) you'll get through it.
And if not, please "come home".
"the nape of the neck" phrase which is repeated twice, could refer to a time when he was a baby and dependent on him and he could just hold him and keep him safe, but not any more...
maybe.
It's a beautiful song, particularly because I am an out and out sucker for melody changes like he sings on the word "Avery" and then gently fades out the sentence with the powerful "come home". kills me.