This song means a lot to different people. But to me, it's about two people with a tricky relationship. It could be girl singing to guy, but since I'm a girl I picture it coming from a guy.
"You cut me down a tree and brought it back to me,
that's what made me see where I was going wrong"
He realizes she would do anything for him, and he realizes how much he's in love with her.
"And I could write a song
A hundred miles long
Well, that's where I belong
And you belong with me
And I could write it down
Or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found
Or swallowed in the sea"
But he really just doesn't know how to love her, even though he wants to. This is hurting her and she becomes "swallowed in the sea" The sea of her own self-hatred/depression. Instead he just writes because that's all he knows to do.
"You put me on a line
And hung me out to dry
And darling that's when I
Decided to go to see you
You cut me down to size
And opened up my eyes
Made me realize
What I could not see"
He realizes how badly she is hurting. She lashes out and that's when it hits him that she needs help.
"And I could write a book
The one they'll say that shook
The world, and then it took
It took it back from me"
He could fill a whole book with this feeling, etc.
"And I could write a song
A hundred miles long
Well, that's where I belong
And you belong with me"
He could and would (and is) write a song for her. He goes on to say that she doesn't deserve to be "swallowed in the sea" of sadness, she belongs with them. And they deserve to be happy together. He says this over and over again. One thing with depression is counselors sometimes make their patients repeat things over and over like "I am loved" or "I deserve happiness" He's trying desperately to convince her of this.
"The streets you're walking on
A thousand houses long
Well, that's where I belong
And you belong with me"
To me, the "streets" she's walking on, symbolize the journey she is taking to get better. It's an extremely long road; "A thousand houses long." To me, it's implied there is eventually a house at the end of this road just for them. But that's probably just me who thinks that. He says "the streets YOU'RE walking on." He's basically saying "well, if that's where you are, then that's where I should be, because we belong together. Even if it's a thousand miles long"
"Oh what good is it to live
With nothing left to give
Forget but not forgive
Not loving all you see"
Reminding her how beautiful life can be. Why would you want to live if you can't love?
@skinnylove13 This is what I've always felt this song to be about, at least for me. The first time I heard it I bawled like a baby, and it still makes me cry every single time I hear it.
My husband has been with me for 11 years, and I've had chronic depression for 12 years. I feel like "swallowed in the sea" is such a perfect metaphor for depression. I know that he wants me to be with him, and even more for me to find my way and find my way back to that person I use to be...
@skinnylove13 This is what I've always felt this song to be about, at least for me. The first time I heard it I bawled like a baby, and it still makes me cry every single time I hear it.
My husband has been with me for 11 years, and I've had chronic depression for 12 years. I feel like "swallowed in the sea" is such a perfect metaphor for depression. I know that he wants me to be with him, and even more for me to find my way and find my way back to that person I use to be before the illness sucked me down and sucked the life out of me.. so I can be happy, and be happy with him.
I cry becuase I'm not sure that will ever happen. Chances are I will have this mental illness the rest of my life, and it's very resistant to treatment. The last verse is especially tear jerking becuase of how often I am suicidal and just want to give up. I don't want to be swallowed in the sea, and neither does he.. but in the sea, all but drowning, I remain.
This song means a lot to different people. But to me, it's about two people with a tricky relationship. It could be girl singing to guy, but since I'm a girl I picture it coming from a guy.
"You cut me down a tree and brought it back to me, that's what made me see where I was going wrong"
He realizes she would do anything for him, and he realizes how much he's in love with her.
"And I could write a song A hundred miles long Well, that's where I belong And you belong with me
And I could write it down Or spread it all around Get lost and then get found Or swallowed in the sea"
But he really just doesn't know how to love her, even though he wants to. This is hurting her and she becomes "swallowed in the sea" The sea of her own self-hatred/depression. Instead he just writes because that's all he knows to do.
"You put me on a line And hung me out to dry And darling that's when I Decided to go to see you
You cut me down to size And opened up my eyes Made me realize What I could not see"
He realizes how badly she is hurting. She lashes out and that's when it hits him that she needs help.
"And I could write a book The one they'll say that shook The world, and then it took It took it back from me"
He could fill a whole book with this feeling, etc.
"And I could write a song A hundred miles long Well, that's where I belong And you belong with me"
He could and would (and is) write a song for her. He goes on to say that she doesn't deserve to be "swallowed in the sea" of sadness, she belongs with them. And they deserve to be happy together. He says this over and over again. One thing with depression is counselors sometimes make their patients repeat things over and over like "I am loved" or "I deserve happiness" He's trying desperately to convince her of this.
"The streets you're walking on A thousand houses long Well, that's where I belong And you belong with me"
To me, the "streets" she's walking on, symbolize the journey she is taking to get better. It's an extremely long road; "A thousand houses long." To me, it's implied there is eventually a house at the end of this road just for them. But that's probably just me who thinks that. He says "the streets YOU'RE walking on." He's basically saying "well, if that's where you are, then that's where I should be, because we belong together. Even if it's a thousand miles long"
"Oh what good is it to live With nothing left to give Forget but not forgive Not loving all you see"
Reminding her how beautiful life can be. Why would you want to live if you can't love?
Im sure she knows she's loved. Nice analysis. :)
Im sure she knows she's loved. Nice analysis. :)
@skinnylove13 This is what I've always felt this song to be about, at least for me. The first time I heard it I bawled like a baby, and it still makes me cry every single time I hear it. My husband has been with me for 11 years, and I've had chronic depression for 12 years. I feel like "swallowed in the sea" is such a perfect metaphor for depression. I know that he wants me to be with him, and even more for me to find my way and find my way back to that person I use to be...
@skinnylove13 This is what I've always felt this song to be about, at least for me. The first time I heard it I bawled like a baby, and it still makes me cry every single time I hear it. My husband has been with me for 11 years, and I've had chronic depression for 12 years. I feel like "swallowed in the sea" is such a perfect metaphor for depression. I know that he wants me to be with him, and even more for me to find my way and find my way back to that person I use to be before the illness sucked me down and sucked the life out of me.. so I can be happy, and be happy with him. I cry becuase I'm not sure that will ever happen. Chances are I will have this mental illness the rest of my life, and it's very resistant to treatment. The last verse is especially tear jerking becuase of how often I am suicidal and just want to give up. I don't want to be swallowed in the sea, and neither does he.. but in the sea, all but drowning, I remain.