Richmond is named here as that was the last time that Jason got drunk. Apparently, he tried to force her to have sex before breaking up, which is probably one of the reasons why they split apart in the first place. But I sobered up and I swore off that stuff forever this time” – He’s asking her to trust him again. “Put your faith to the test when I tore off your dress in Richmond on high. It’s enough for him to keep him warm – their love, their bodies. It’s cold but he doesn’t care, they will stay in the room, on the bed, covered and together. “It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood, so cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good” – Obviously, it’s winter time and there is no wood in the house to be put into the fireplace. The only thing that can make him leave her is either a medical intervention (due to unfortunate sickness or simply a sex injury) or if she wants him to bring her flowers. They will be in bed making up for all the time they spent apart. “So, girl, leave your boots by the bed, we ain’t leavin’ this room ’til someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom” – The fire is set alight again, they are back together, he missed her so much that he doesn’t want to leave her side. In any case, that somebody found a way to bring him back from the darkness and let him experience love again. This somebody who knew can either refer to God or his last love, with whom he broke up. “But I made it through, ’cause somebody knew I was meant for someone” – Luckily, this phase has ended, and now he’s back to being himself again. He raged so much with others that he thought he was lost forever. The other explanation could be a continuation of the previous lines, indicating that he wasn’t alone in his self-destructive behavior. They were angry and fighting for a while, so much that they separated completely and the damage was unfixable. One idea is that he’s remembering his fights and why he broke up with his girl. “Days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was done” – This part can be interpreted in different ways. “Trying to shoot out the sun” can mean either he was doing so much of this that he felt he could take down the sun, or metaphorically to kill the sunshine in his life and remain in the dark. More sex, drugs, booze, and similar destructive behavior one can go through when hurt. “I was so sure what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sun” – After a hard breakup, he couldn’t settle down. His heart is closed and ready to defend itself when needed. The singer is always on the run, always running away from love. “A heart on the run keeps a hand on a gun, it can’t trust anyone” – this connotes a self-defense mechanism, a heart that has been hurt before, and now it can’t trust anyone. One that I’d never seen ’til you came along “I thought it’d be me who helped him get home” It’s cold in this house and I ain’t going out to chop wood The days when we raged, we flew off the pageīut I made it through, ’cause somebody knew Best Karaoke Songs (Easy To Sing And Sound Like A Star).30 Day Singer Review (Free Trial Available).
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