I think this song is about the beginning of a relationship. It's definitely about two people, let's call them "he" and a "she".
Maybe they just spend the day together, maybe the night, and she's gone now, off to work or something. He is maybe lying in his bed, or sitting in his couch, thinking about everything. He's thinking about how much he like this girl, he's feeling very lucky to be with her. But he's afraid that she doesn't feel the same way, and even if she does, he knows that he can't tell her. He's had relationships in the past and they were ruined by going too fast. So he has to fight his instincts and take it slow, even though he doesn't really want to.
stones taught me to fly
love, it taught me to lie
life, it taught me to die
so it's not hard to fall
when you float like a cannonball
The chorus pretty much sums up the song. In past relationships he had to learn how to be reticent, reluctant, to get her on the same page, maybe to get her to realise that she really likes him and doesn't want to lose him. He had to learn that when he's "in love" he can't completely share his feelings immediately, because he learned that it might scare her off.
All of it is beautifully summarized in one sentence. "It's not hard to fall when you float like a cannonball". In real life, physically, a "floating cannonball" won't fall, it will just keep on going untill it hits something. Just like stones don't fly.
But when it comes to love, everything is backwards. Stones do fly, and floating like a cannonball here means rushing things - for example immediatly laying all your cards on the table and admitting how much you like that other person - and it's a tough lesson to learn that when you do that, you will just fall down and have nothing.
there's still a little bit of your song
in my ear
there's still a little bit of your words
I long to hear
you step a little closer to me
so close that I cant see what's going on..
and stones, taught me to fly
love, it taught me to lie
life taught me to die
so its not hard to fall
when you float like a cannon..
stones taught me to fly
love; it taught me to cry
so come on courage
teach me to be shy
cause it's not hard to fall
and i dont want to scare her
it's not hard to fall
and I dont want to lose
it's not hard to grow
when you know that you just..dont know
I think this song is about the beginning of a relationship. It's definitely about two people, let's call them "he" and a "she".
Maybe they just spend the day together, maybe the night, and she's gone now, off to work or something. He is maybe lying in his bed, or sitting in his couch, thinking about everything. He's thinking about how much he like this girl, he's feeling very lucky to be with her. But he's afraid that she doesn't feel the same way, and even if she does, he knows that he can't tell her. He's had relationships in the past and they were ruined by going too fast. So he has to fight his instincts and take it slow, even though he doesn't really want to.
stones taught me to fly love, it taught me to lie life, it taught me to die so it's not hard to fall when you float like a cannonball
The chorus pretty much sums up the song. In past relationships he had to learn how to be reticent, reluctant, to get her on the same page, maybe to get her to realise that she really likes him and doesn't want to lose him. He had to learn that when he's "in love" he can't completely share his feelings immediately, because he learned that it might scare her off. All of it is beautifully summarized in one sentence. "It's not hard to fall when you float like a cannonball". In real life, physically, a "floating cannonball" won't fall, it will just keep on going untill it hits something. Just like stones don't fly. But when it comes to love, everything is backwards. Stones do fly, and floating like a cannonball here means rushing things - for example immediatly laying all your cards on the table and admitting how much you like that other person - and it's a tough lesson to learn that when you do that, you will just fall down and have nothing.
there's still a little bit of your song in my ear there's still a little bit of your words I long to hear you step a little closer to me so close that I cant see what's going on..
and stones, taught me to fly love, it taught me to lie life taught me to die so its not hard to fall when you float like a cannon.. stones taught me to fly love; it taught me to cry so come on courage teach me to be shy cause it's not hard to fall and i dont want to scare her it's not hard to fall and I dont want to lose it's not hard to grow when you know that you just..dont know