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He always gets so mad things you laugh at
"Don't get so worked up," you'd say
But on the back deck you admit
That you haven't felt much like laughing lately anyway
And so I say, "That could change"
I noticed how you waste no time
Making your way across the room
You leave a wake of tongues still waving after you
And it isn't no coincidence
Where you finally choose to stand
I guess soon you will be leaving your man
It's a sweet smile and then a denial
Hey, you are just trying to be nice
But there is a meaning to every fleeting action
You unconsciously decide
The clocks, they chime
Now it's time
I know you try and play it cool
But there are some thoughts you just can't hide
Only in your closest friends do you confide
The way you say you'll be seeing me
Oh, like it's so offhand
I guess soon you will be leaving your man
You stare at me so boldly now
You have no lack of confidence
It's just those lessons on subtlety you missed
I know you dream of saving me
Like I'm some plane that you could land
But when you fly you'll be leaving your man
"Don't get so worked up," you'd say
But on the back deck you admit
That you haven't felt much like laughing lately anyway
And so I say, "That could change"
I noticed how you waste no time
Making your way across the room
You leave a wake of tongues still waving after you
And it isn't no coincidence
Where you finally choose to stand
I guess soon you will be leaving your man
It's a sweet smile and then a denial
Hey, you are just trying to be nice
But there is a meaning to every fleeting action
You unconsciously decide
The clocks, they chime
Now it's time
I know you try and play it cool
But there are some thoughts you just can't hide
Only in your closest friends do you confide
The way you say you'll be seeing me
Oh, like it's so offhand
I guess soon you will be leaving your man
You stare at me so boldly now
You have no lack of confidence
It's just those lessons on subtlety you missed
I know you dream of saving me
Like I'm some plane that you could land
But when you fly you'll be leaving your man
Lyrics submitted by bright eyes burn me
Track duration: 05:12
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I've noticed most of you have been taking the meaning from the title and not really from the words.
It's not about the girl leaving her man, it's about the guy hoping she does. They're best friends and he's in love with her and she knows it.
Like in the first verse, "he always gets so mad at things you'd laugh at, don't get so worked up you'd say" He sees how different her and her man are and knows that they won't work out because of it.
"you haven't felt much like laughing lately anyway, and so I say that could change", he knows he can make her happier. He puts more meaning into her small, innocent gestures than what's really there, "I notice how you waste no time making your way across the room" "It isn't no coincidence where you finally choose to stand", the girl and her man are having problems, and he thinks that just because she wants to spend time with him, that she's gonna leave her man for him.
The second verse explains this better.
"it's a sweet smile, then a denial. Hey you're just trying to be nice"
Everytime he thinks that it's finally gonna happen, it's snatched away from him. He still thinks she wants to be with him, because she smiles and laughs and spends time with him, but deep down he knows that she's just being nice to him, so as to spare his feelings.
But then once again, he keeps looking into what she does, "but there's a meaning to every fleeting action you unconsciously decide" "I know you try to play it cool, but there's some thoughts you just can't hide"
He wants so badly to believe that she's gonna leave her man for him, that he deludes himself into thinking she wants him
"The way you say you'll be seeing me, like it's so offhand"
He thinks she's saying I'll be seeing you as in I'm gonna be with you soon
The very last part, is about her finally telling him it's not gonna happen.
"you stare at me so boldly now" "It's just those lessons of subtlety you missed" "I know you dream of saving me, like I'm some plane that you could land"
She's telling him she wants him to be happy, she just wants what's best for him, and that it won't be with her. "but when you fly, you will be leaving your man"
He's not giving up, her man drags her down, and he thinks that when she leaves him, she'll finally be able to fly, and then they'll be together and it'll be worth it
He does start to lose hope a little bit throughout the course of the song tho. The first time he says soon you'll be leaving your man, he says I KNOW. He is without a doubt, 100% convinced that she will. The second time says it, he says I GUESS. And he says 'soon' twice. To me it sounds more desperate. "I guess soon, SOON you'll be leaving your man". Kinda like he's still clinging to the the idea, even tho it hasn't happened yet, but it's all he has. Soon you will be leaving your man, is what he tells himself everyday, everytime he looks at her. He loves her so much, yet it'll probly never happen
I know everyone interprets a song differently, but to me, that's what this song says
"That could change"
I can't stop listening to this song, and that line is somehow one of the sweetest things I've ever heard, and I don't even understand why. - I don't mean just the words, but everything he does with them: the simplicity with which it responds to the complicated lines that precede it, the optimism, the way he phrases it, his voice, the amazing music. God, it's so beautiful.
The whole song makes me feel hypnotized and hyper-aware at the same time, and just in awe of its beauty.
I love reading people's interpretations here, because I'm curious and I've never been good at it myself. But at the same time, I can also feel totally swept away by his songs before having any clue what it means. I get caught up in his images and phrasing and all the incredible layers of music. I can love his writing and feel deeply affected by it, without understanding it - why is that??
Even his saddest songs leave me feeling lifted. It's all kind of mysterious to me, not being a musician, and I think I like it that way.
its really a classic by bright eyes and i thought more people would have something to say
the meaning is pretty straight-foreward...but the picture connor paints of this song is really deep and moving...thats what makes it so good
great song