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Sweet is the sight of her room
window open by candle light
how would you know
cold winter on the shore chills the dress she wore
it's on the floor
still it feels so warm today
and that's why i'm wondering why
you had to tell me what's going on in your head
what's wrong
come around to another time when you don't have to run
and when she says she wants somebody else
i hope you know she doesn't mean you
and when she breaks down and makes a sound
you'll never hear her the way that i do
and when she says she wants someone to love
i hope you know that she doesn't mean you
and when she breaks down and lets you down
i hope you know that she doesn't mean you
swing into flight
over hills, over her hills it's twilight
yeah, i guess that's right now
while we're here tell me why it's so funny that you're so funny when you're mad
cause it's mad, so mad
window open by candle light
how would you know
cold winter on the shore chills the dress she wore
it's on the floor
still it feels so warm today
and that's why i'm wondering why
you had to tell me what's going on in your head
what's wrong
come around to another time when you don't have to run
and when she says she wants somebody else
i hope you know she doesn't mean you
and when she breaks down and makes a sound
you'll never hear her the way that i do
and when she says she wants someone to love
i hope you know that she doesn't mean you
and when she breaks down and lets you down
i hope you know that she doesn't mean you
swing into flight
over hills, over her hills it's twilight
yeah, i guess that's right now
while we're here tell me why it's so funny that you're so funny when you're mad
cause it's mad, so mad
Lyrics submitted by Hunter
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By looking at the video for this song it's obvious that the narrator is singing to his ex girlfriend's new guy. But my own personal interpretation is different. I see the narrator as the girl's current boyfriend and he is singing this song to his girlfriend's ex.
It's as if the ex boyfriend has been bugging and sniffing around his ex partner because he's interested in her again. Feeling a little insecure about the situation, the current boyfriend sings this song to tell her ex to back off and also to reassure himself that he is the one his girlfriend wants to be with.
Everyone here seems to be focusing on the chorus and/or the end of the song, probably because the beginning of the song is ambiguous.
"Cold winter on the shore chills the dress she wore It's on the floor Still it feels so warm today"
"It's on the floor" could be referring to the times that they make love. It's cold outside, her dress is on the floor because they've been having sex. But the dress still feels warm because he is the one dating her, he is the one that will be closest to her. He will be able to see and touch her both in and out of the dress. If this was sung by the ex boyfriend the "dress" would not still feel "warm today".
The guy is also being protective and is pretty annoyed at her ex boyfriend for bugging her and trying to seperate the two of them:
"And that's why I'm wondering why You had to tell me what's going on in your head What's wrong Come around to another time when you don't have to run"
For me, the meaning is revealed in the last verse:
"Swing into flight Over hills, over her hills it's twilight Yeah, I guess that's right now"
If the narrator was an ex boyfriend then this last verse would not be as sweet and pleasant as this. For this reason, the narrator is definitely the current boyfriend!
I had (and sometimes still have) issues with my boyfriend's ex. She has sometimes tried to wind me up by saying certain things to him which would really grate on my nerves. But I know deep down that he loves me and would never go back to her, he wants me and would not jeopardise that for anything or anyone. When I first heard this song, I automatically related it to my situation. And I do think it makes a lot of sense.