Lyrics for Lover, You Should've Come Over as interpreted by fallen_crow05

Lover, You Should've Come Over Lyrics
Looking out the door i see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water
And maybe i'm too young to keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you're on my mind so you never know

Broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it
Where are you tonight, child you know how much i need it
Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run

Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun
And much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that really, he has no-one

So i'll wait for you and i'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return
Oh will I ever learn

Oh lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him
My body turns and yearns for a sleep that will never come

It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when i slept so soft against her
It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever

Well maybe i'm just too young
To keep good love from going wrong

Oh... lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

Well I feel too young to hold on
And i'm much too old to break free and run
Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage i've done
Sweet lover, you should've come over
Oh, love well i'm waiting for you

Lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late



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rugbyrob
03-12-2002

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in my opinion this his best song and one of my all time favorites ever...the lyrics are so amazing and yet everyone can relate to them

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Fredodo
04-19-2002

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My favorite song right now because so many people don't realize the damage they've done and feel like they have no one. I realized my damage and I'm sorry to where I'd rather be alone than with someone other than her, lover should come over.

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broken_spiral
05-01-2002

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i love this song, it makes me cry :,( "too young to hold on, and to old to just break free and run" yea ive felt like that before.

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rayro211
05-02-2002

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I cannot stop listening to this song... The lyrics are amazing... And really hit home. I'm adding this one to my favorite songs of all time!

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simi
05-05-2002

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mark....half a year - and situations alway brought me again to that question "..too young to hold on, and to old to just break free and run..." and i´m still here..and you too..

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myeyesareopen
05-14-2002

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just a note to anyone who loves this song. buy the 180g vinyl repressing of Grace. that album was MEANT to be on LP. it has literally brought several of my friends to tears. it's an amazing amazing experience to hear my all-time favorite vocalist on beautiful vinyl.

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utsoccer22
05-29-2002

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This is a great song. One of my favorites now.

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rmarkd
06-02-2002

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One of the most beautiful and intense songs I've ever heard. You can just feel the sadness. "...my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder", haven't we all felt like that for someone at some point in our lives? A true musical artist (unlike the pop/hiphop crap nowadays), why did he have to die so young?


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weezerific:cutlery
07-07-2002

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this is such a beautiful and meaningful song. jeff buckley..*sigh*

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Princess_Arabella
07-24-2002

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could listen forever :)


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decayingflowers
08-02-2002

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i take a few things from it.
- a tragic sense of longing
- great loss
- the ending refrain, "it's never over...". just the idea that something can be lost but no one can take away the memories and feelings. eternal love.

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impulse
08-06-2002

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sooooooooo beautiful it hurts..

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FullMetalRacket
08-07-2002

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I read that he wrote the song about Rebecca Moore, his one time girlfriend. The song means a lot to me. It used to break my heart to listen to it - reminded me of a time when i was totally in love with a girl but we couldn't be together because of my personal circumstances. Happily, we are together now, but it still bears a heavy weight on my chest when i hear it....which to be honest is quite often.

As a side topic, anyone heard "A Body Goes Down" by Duncan Sheik? Never heard of him before but recently heard this song which is a tribute to Jeff Buckley (the title is an obvious reference to his death). Beautiful song and lyrics which all Jeff fans will appreciate.

"A body goes down, in the missippi waters,
weighted by a beauty, afraid of his light,
Notify your holy men, console your sons and daughters,
tell me one more time,
what is just, what is right"

Actually, i guess i could find and post the whole lyric under Duncan Sheik as it's not there!

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Punchbear
09-05-2002

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It breaks my heart to hear it everytime, its a song by a man, about being a man, about vanity and pride, about that dull ache of pining for that one person that everybody meets that you believe is the one. And when the intensity burns both lovers....both are left drowning in a sea of regret...it hurts to hear that song it really does. Reminds me how I lost the love of my life...

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DrAd
09-14-2002

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This song is amazing, it makes me want to cry. This is one of my favorite songs about lost love Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run...is the best part ever. Jeff was sucha a talented writer.

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Title_Track
03-30-2003

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I wish someone like Jeff Buckley... someone as beautiful and talented, would write something like this for me one day.

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Arianrhod
04-17-2003

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I said that exact same thing tonight, TitleTrack.
My flatmate and I were listening to this song, and I said "I wish someone had written this song for me."

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benfoldsfan
05-12-2003

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So there really are romantic girls in existence! Probably nowhere near London though, huh? I sang this to a girl, probably, not as well as jeff admittedly, but the best performance ive heard live and she said "nice idea but it was a bit long and downbeat"; shes dumped!

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xrachiex
06-20-2003

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My second favourite Buckley song.
I can't resist "Last Goodbye", sorry.

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joanna or not
06-30-2003

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the only song that can make me cry every time i hear it. i can just feel the ache in his heart when he sings the bridge.

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jack_the_brat
07-01-2003

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i cannot distinguish which is my favourite song from the rest of grace, but i just love love love this song so much. there are romantic girls out there!! like me, i wish this had been written for me, it is so beautiful. its amazing live too, listen to the version on the live in chicago dvd

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em2000
04-15-2004

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me and my boyfriend are going through a tough time at the moment and the other day we were lying on his bed and he sang it to me, along with the CD. he never sings. it was really beautiful. And he kissed my shoulder. twas cute xxx

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miserablefailure
06-06-2004

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Such a beautiful, beautiful song.

When Jeff sings, "Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun," is he implying that he left her so he could "have fun" and drink and be a man and bed many women? Then, does he realize that that kind of lifestyle, he "awake[s] to find that really, he has no one"?

That's the way that I interpreted it... A man leaves his girlfriend for freedom, for the pursuit of all "fun" and manly things, only to find that it leaves him empty. It doesn't fill him up the way his lover did.

Is there anything I missed/misinterpreted?

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DrugBust
06-24-2004

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Song has never made me sad at all. If anything it sounds opptimistic. More like a man eagerly waiting the return of a love that he messed up in the past.

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mezz
06-29-2004

 Rated  +1 
He's regretting being so immatureand probably wrote about it 'cos the guilt was eating him up, I love the beginning of the song, where he describes a funeral and then he changes the subject and moves onto how he's feelin' bad about hurting some chick's feelings, like he doesn't give a s**t! Yeh, I love this track!!!!

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