I’LL BE..
The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath
Emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky
Never revealing their depth
Tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love
I’ll be captivated,
I’ll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above
I’ll Be your cryin’ shoulder
I’ll Be love suicide
I’ll Be better when I’m older
I’ll Be the greatest fan of your life
Rain falls angry on the tin roof
As we lie awake in my bed
You’re my survival,
you’re my living proof
My love is alive and not dead
Tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love
I’ll be captivated,
I’ll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above
I’ll Be your cryin’ shoulder
I’ll Be love suicide
I’ll Be better when I’m older
I’ll Be the greatest fan of your life
I’ve dropped out, burned up, fought my way back from the dead
Tuned in, turned on, remembered the things you said
I’ll Be your cryin’ shoulder
I’ll Be love suicide
I’ll Be better when I’m older
I’ll Be the greatest fan of your life
um, does anyone realize that this is NOT a happy song? It starts out perfectly lovely - he’s saying how mesmerizing she is - but then he starts in about gallows and whatnot. I mean, I guess it’s sort of happy in the sense that he’s like “I can do this when I’m older.” The way I see it, he’s coming out of a pretty big depression (”fought my way back from the dead”), and part of it is due to her constant support (”remembering the things that you said”). He’s not ready for a co-dependent relationship yet, though. These things take time, folks. He wants to love her right now as she should be loved, knows that right now he can’t give her everything she needs and deserves.
I mean this song is totally about needing to love that person the way they should be loved but knowing you cant untill you get older. “I’ll be better when im older”. He is saying that he could soo easily be in love but it just isnt happening the way it should. Ive always loved this song but when i heard it on the radio the other day the meaning of it just clicked in my head. I had a guy that was just like this before. and I still love him but it just cant be…
The way I interpreted the chorus is he’ll be her crying shoulder in more of a friendly way since they can’t be together, and because of this he’ll kill off that feeling of wanting to be with her just so that he can be her crying shoulder (love’s suicide). When he’s older he knows he’ll be better; could mean his depression will get better, or that his heartache resulting from love’s suicide won’t be as bad. Since they couldn’t be together, he’ll be the greatest fan of her life, which unfortunately will not involve him. Fans watch someone from a distance, as he will do.
In the third verse, they’re in bed together and he explains that the rain is falling angry on his roof, almost as if the rain is mad that they can’t be together. On the other hand, he knows that without her he would be dead. He knows that he can love again and that his love is not dead.
In the bridge of the song, he admits that he’s been on the verge of death (dropped out, burned up), but he fought his way back from the dead. He then again reveals that she is the reason he is alive, because he tuned in to life, he was turned on again because of all the encouragement that she gave him.
After reading the bridge, you read the chorus again and it is clear again that since they can’t be together he’ll be love’s suicide to just be her crying shoulder. And ends the song by repeating that he’ll be the greatest fan of her life, because he is thankful that she was able to give him life, even if he is JUST a fan of hers..
I finally understand this song. Kinda does match.
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