Strawberry Swing lyrics

Jan 19th 2012 1:38 am

We can't be truly happy alone, if we can't share the happiness and happy moments with someone. To me this song is about hope & happiness and living in a moment.

Could be blue, could be grey, without you, i'm just miles away

Dec 17th 2011 4:40 pm

Our experiences are not dictated by where we are or what we do, yet rather who we spend it with.

lilmadcloud · Dec 11th 2011 7:54 am

I feel that the strawberry swing is a place where a couple he looks up to once went, and he believes going there with his loved one could be what fixes everything and makes it perfect, no matter what the weather. He has no reason to go there without her, because it's a place to make love flawless.

becauseisaidso · Feb 17th 2011 10:59 pm

Its a song about the summer, hence why in the background of the music video at one part the poster says "summer" and another says "love" it isnt about a love lost, its about a love that has become.

uks4z · Mar 3rd 2010 6:31 am

Yes. I guess it depends. Most people think this is an upbeat song, which parts of it may be, but to me there is a deep, deep sadness to the song. Hence the repetition of the without you stanzas. And all the "happy" parts start out in the past tense, then become present tense as he slips into the memory of what used to be. I guess your interpretation depends on your own situation and it can mean different things to different people.

eyitsmegan · Aug 19th 2009 4:00 pm

I think it means when two people went their seperate ways and he can't seem to get get over it fully.

Nizwiz · Jul 31st 2009 11:22 am

It is about reminiscing on love past and coping with the lost.

sam17 · May 17th 2009 6:52 am

True love, he's reminiscing about the love he had with this person, she made him feel alive, the world was a better place with her in his life.. But now she's gone this world can no longer hold his interest. Strawberry swing is a place they would go to spend time together when the weather was good, it was a special place... But it would just be a 'waste of time' to visit it again without her there. 'miles away' means he's not in the present, he is so engrossed in his memories the weather has no effect on him, it could be sunny or raining; he doesn't 'mind' either way.. Because in his mind, he's living the 'perfect day'. The 'cold water' refers to rain.

That's my take on it anyways.. The emotion in this song, the whole album is simply amazing!

zjalways · Feb 5th 2009 1:26 pm

How that they once sat at this beautiful place now things are going in different ways and sometimes the day can be wasted on old memories but he will be better. With or without you.

Ian007DB · Sep 3rd 2008 4:50 pm

Its jus plain and simple, he was in love and when they went their own ways, he thinks abt the gud times he had with her and writes to her that now the sky could be blue
i don't mind
without you
it's a waste of time

And

Could be blue
could be grey
without you
i'm just miles away.

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