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All of these grateful looks
All these grateful eyes
All the furious stares and the fretful sighs
Promising everything
To everyone
We'll be back soon
You're my favorite one
And I'll keep it quiet
I'll hold you dear
Your whisperin fills the ear
Tell me you'll stay
We would have such fun
And a lie, you don't need anyone
And the screams, the wails, and the call
The headiness of the Fall
Ten-thousand miles from where we began
I fell asleep with a picture in hand
It was all for a woman
You say that you're grateful for the time alone
Two years away and I don't miss home
And everyone asks you if you still think of her
So you smile politely and you demur
But then all at once your head starts to swell
And you can feel her breath on your skin
If I let you stay, the same spot today
She's above you, below you in ways
And you're shiverin cold
Like you're just 10 years old
And she's lying asleep in your bed
And you're standing beside her
The light from inside her
Filling up the darkness in your head
It was all for a woman
And you've drowned in the teasing
You've forgotten the reason
The muse inspired the art
You'd give anything for
Her to say them once more
The words you believed at the start
Ten-thousand miles from where it began
Falling asleep with a picture in hand
And it was all... it was all
For the look in her eyes
Of the promise of the light of a woman
All these grateful eyes
All the furious stares and the fretful sighs
Promising everything
To everyone
We'll be back soon
You're my favorite one
And I'll keep it quiet
I'll hold you dear
Your whisperin fills the ear
Tell me you'll stay
We would have such fun
And a lie, you don't need anyone
And the screams, the wails, and the call
The headiness of the Fall
Ten-thousand miles from where we began
I fell asleep with a picture in hand
It was all for a woman
You say that you're grateful for the time alone
Two years away and I don't miss home
And everyone asks you if you still think of her
So you smile politely and you demur
But then all at once your head starts to swell
And you can feel her breath on your skin
If I let you stay, the same spot today
She's above you, below you in ways
And you're shiverin cold
Like you're just 10 years old
And she's lying asleep in your bed
And you're standing beside her
The light from inside her
Filling up the darkness in your head
It was all for a woman
And you've drowned in the teasing
You've forgotten the reason
The muse inspired the art
You'd give anything for
Her to say them once more
The words you believed at the start
Ten-thousand miles from where it began
Falling asleep with a picture in hand
And it was all... it was all
For the look in her eyes
Of the promise of the light of a woman
Lyrics submitted by Kixur413
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"We'll be back soon You're my favorite one"
**to me is him pleading with her that he will get his head on straight and do everything he can to make her happy to get back together.**
"And I'll keep it quiet I'll hold you dear Your whisperin fills the ear"
**He is the only one who knows of his plans and everything she says will be in his head for ever**
"Tell me you'll stay
We would have such fun
And a lie, you don't need anyone"
**Now he is pleading with her to stay reminding her of old times**
"You say that you're grateful for the time alone
Two years away and I don't miss home
And everyone asks you if you still think of her
So you smile politely and you demur
But then all at once your head starts to swell
And you can feel her breath on your skin
If I let you stay, the same spot today
She's above you, below you in ways"
**He is trying to put on a front as a hard ass so know one knows the pain and agony that he is really going through missing her**
"And you're standing beside her
The light from inside her
Filling up the darkness in your head
It was all for a woman
And you've drowned in the teasing
You've forgotten the reason
The muse inspired the art"
**He starts to question his choices of fighting for the relationship wondering if she is worth all of this struggle**
"You'd give anything for
Her to say them once more
The words you believed at the start
Ten-thousand miles from where it began
Falling asleep with a picture in hand
And it was all... it was all
For the look in her eyes
Of the promise of the light of a woman"
**He is not sure anymore if his plan will work but is still going to work for it just for the off chance it will work but she is worth all the pain struggle and headach.**
Even though he tries to play it off like he's a big rock star and doesn't need her he can't lie to himself. He starts thinking about her more and more (But then all at once your head starts to swell, And you can feel her breath on your skin). Thinking about former memories so much that he can feel her. These memories refuse to leave his head (If I let you stay, the same spot today). Slowly these memories start destroying the bad ones (And you're standing beside her, The light from inside her,
Filling up the darkness in your head)
The thought slowly take over his mind where he can't think about anything else (And you've drowned in the teasing). He then realizes that all of this fame was to impress the girl he left behind (You've forgotten the reason, The muse inspired the art). He then regrets everything and wishes for nothing more just to go back to day one and hear her say that she loves him for who he is and not the rock and roll star he has become (You'd give anything for, Her to say them once more,The words you believed at the start) because it was all for a woman, it was all for her.
This song is really about a serious relationship, maybe a marriage, that has broken up. He still thinks longingly about her, but the relationship is over.
Such an amazing song. why these have only just been signed to a record label in the UK is beyond me.