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I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
We broke up a month ago and I grew up I didn't know
I'd be around the morning after
It's always been wait and see
A happy day and then you pay
And feel like shit the morning after
But now I feel changed around and instead falling down
I'm standing up the morning after
Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later
And I could be another fool or an exception to the rule
You tell me the morning after
Crooked spin can't come to rest
I'm damaged bad at best
She'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know
No one says until it shows and you see how it is
They want you or they don't
Say yes
I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
Who's still around the morning after
We broke up a month ago and I grew up I didn't know
I'd be around the morning after
It's always been wait and see
A happy day and then you pay
And feel like shit the morning after
But now I feel changed around and instead falling down
I'm standing up the morning after
Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later
And I could be another fool or an exception to the rule
You tell me the morning after
Crooked spin can't come to rest
I'm damaged bad at best
She'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know
No one says until it shows and you see how it is
They want you or they don't
Say yes
I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
Lyrics submitted by EnjOy IncUbus
Track duration: 02:18
"Say Yes" as written by Andre Harris, Natalie Stewart, Marsha Ambrosius
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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i think that because it's elliott smith people view it from the perspective that it HAS to be sad (or about drugs) and in many cases that's probably true - but i don't think it is in this case.
I think this song is about the bliss experienced by a girl who's willing to wait and see what happens and hope for the best after a one night stand. Or not so much that particular experience but that outlook on life. I think he envies the optimism of some people and he sees that as the ideal way of life. To see things for what they could be in an ideal world rather than experiencing the worst.
I love this song. I listen to it most mornings and it's a really beautiful experience.
It's hopeful and hopeless at the same time. As they lay together he envisions a future in which she stays with him, and it fills him with hope and joy. At the same time, he sees the odds aren't great of them staying together. So he's afraid. He's upset about the seemingly random nature of relationships, and he feels frustrated because he can't get what he wants.
But in that moment, as she's spent the night and is still around the next morning, he feels happy. Hopeful. It's a vaguely hopeful song, but ultimately realistic. Which is why it's so fucking great.
That's my interpretation anyhow. Of course it's 100% correct.
While "The Morning After" is a term associated with sex, I don't believe this song or the feeling behind it came from a one night stand and waking up the next morning wanting to stay with the woman he had been with.
"We broke up a month ago, I grew up. I didn't know I'd be around the morning after." --- Their entire relationship together (however long or short) is symbolized by one huge passion (ie: love not sex). But he was too "young" (scared of being let down, young and doubtful) to keep it going. They broke up a month ago, and while it felt right at the time, he didn't know he'd be around the morning after. You see, the "morning" is not a morning at all. It's an emotion; a time frame of realizing his mistake. To which he goes on to try and repair hoping that she will say yes.
This is my first post ever on this site. I don't usually like to go into detail on what I get out of lyrics, or my take on them, but it's 2:45 in the morning and i'm putting myself on warning. ;)
Crooked spin can't come to rest, I'm damaged bad at best
she'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know, no one says until it shows
see how it is--they want you or they dont
say yes
just the harmonizing with the overdubbed singing on the first part of it, combined with just the beautiful and sad lyrics in general--"crooked spin can't come to rest" just shows how its all kind of out of control, and he is damaged bad at best...that is probably my favorite line...it just really expresses the amount of pain he is going through...he is hurt badly in the best case scenario
Crooked spin can't come to rest, I'm damaged bad at best
she'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know, no one says until it shows
see how it is--they want you or they dont
say yes
just the harmonizing with the overdubbed singing on the first part of it, combined with just the beautiful and sad lyrics in general--"crooked spin can't come to rest" just shows how its all kind of out of control, and he is damaged bad at best...that is probably my favorite line...it just really expresses the amount of pain he is going through...he is hurt badly in the best case scenario
Crooked spin can't come to rest, I'm damaged bad at best
she'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know, no one says until it shows
see how it is--they want you or they dont
say yes
just the harmonizing with the overdubbed singing on the first part of it, combined with just the beautiful and sad lyrics in general--"crooked spin can't come to rest" just shows how its all kind of out of control, and he is damaged bad at best...that is probably my favorite line...it just really expresses the amount of pain he is going through...he is hurt badly in the best case scenario
He was desperate of not falling in love and used to have short relationships, but this girl is still around the morning after, and he does to. She said she could be another fool or an exception to the rule, and so on...
But they broke up and now he is waiting her to say yes again.