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Trevor Hall – The Lime Tree lyrics
I spark a match and watch the candle burn.
The wick runs out and then love takes it's turn.
On fallen angels and broken sounds, we will last past the final round.
It took awhile for you to find me. (find me.)
But I was hiding in the lime tree. (lime tree.)

Above the city in the rain cloud. (rain cloud.)
I poked a hole and watched it drain out.
(I watched it drain out, watched it drain out.)
And parallel to the city streets. (ugh.)
Our broken crowns beneath our feet.
But as we walk across the diamonds. (diamonds.)
We know that love is always shining. (shining.)
So save me love, save me all the time.
I'll wash you down with a simple sip of wine.
Toast my glass to all my loved ones.
To let them know that the stars, well they still shine.
It took awhile for you to find me. (find me.)
But I was hiding in the lime tree. (lime tree.)
Above the city in the rain cloud. (rain cloud.)
I poked a hole and watched it drain out. (drain out.)
It took awhile for you to find me. (find me.)
But I was hinding in the lime tree. (lime tree.)
Above the city in the rain cloud. (rain cloud.)
I poked a hole and watched it drain out. (drain out.)
It took awhile for you to find me. (find me.)
But I was hiding in the lime tree. (lime tree.)
Above the city in the rain cloud. (rain cloud.)
I poked a hole and watched it drain out. (drain out.)
It took awhile for you to find me. (find me.)
I was hiding in the, well I was hiding in the.
Above the city in the rain cloud. (rain cloud.)
I poked a hole and watched it drain out. (drain out.)
Took awhile for you to find me. (find me, find me, find me, find me.)
Ohhh ohhh yeahh yeahh yeahh.
Well I was hiding in the, I was hiding in the lime tree, lime tree, lime tree, lime tree.
Took awhile for you to find me. (find me.)
Ohh yeahh.
It took awhile for you to find me. (find me.)
I spark a match, and watch the candle burn.
The wick runs out and then love takes it's turn.
On fallen angels and broken sounds, we will last past the final round.
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Songwriters: SAMUEL STEPHENSON MARKUS, TREVOR HALL
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    dorin520
    My dad committed suicide a few months ago. I had been begging him to show me some sort of sign to know he is okay... One morning, I was crying like mad in the shower asking my dad for a sign.. and this song came on! So I quickly dressed and ran outside to our 15 year old lime tree that has never produced a single fruit.. and sure enough, to my surprise, there were two beautiful perfect limes, on this old, worn out lime tree. That was my personal experience with the song. I truly feel my dad sent me that song to let me know he is okay, he is all around me in nature.. whispering in the trees.
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    dorin520
    I feel these lyrics mean, if you have lost someone and you want to feel or see a sign from them to let you know they are okay.. these lyrics do just that. Those we have lost ,ARE ALL AROUND US in nature, in the lime tree, in the rain clouds.. etc. SO just open your eyes, ears and soul and listen to nature. The souls of all our lost loved ones whisper within the trees.
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    taradaktyl1
    This song is based on the green myth about Baucis and Philemon. Zeus & Hermes transformed themselves into beggars in order to see how they would be treated. Every door they went to, they were turned away. When they came to the home of Baucis and Philemon (an old married couple), they were kind and hospitable to the disguised God & Goddess. As their reward, Zeus would grant them a wish... They asked if it was possible for them to stay together always. Upon their death, they were transformed into a Linden (also known as lime) tree and an Oak tree... They sit in Olympus (home of the Gods), intertwined, forever.
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    This song has one of the strongest meanings ever for me. One of my fellow schoolmates and also one of my friends killed himself. He was only 17. He was a great person who came from an absolutely amazing family. I met his mother at his funeral and she is truly something amazing. I love their family to death and they never deserved to have something so horrible happen to them. The lime tree was played at levi's funeral and it has a huge meaning to so many people in this small wyoming town. Levi jared, we know you are always with us and we love you. And you have an amazing family. Love you all.
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    This song. I've been listening to this for four days straight now, and I still don't fully understand the lyrics. I'm the kind of person who doesn't especially listen to the lyrics though, the music alone is enough for me. The way it starts so peaceful and calm, like everything is fine. But what gets me the most is the way it develops to a voice full of incomprehension and impotency. And at the end, the music ends the same as how it started. I can relate to the feelings throughout this song, and that's what gets me. I have dealt with loss, more than once unfortunately. In the beginning I was Constantly trying to reassure myself that everything is fine, because I did not want to face the chagrin. But as we all know, it's impossible to avoid reality. At some point I had to face the facts, and as I did I became mad. I am convinced that every bit of anger comes from incomprehension, and that was what I felt during this song. But as time passes, it gets better, it doesn't hurt as much as it did, and I made peace with it. This may not be the way the author meant it, it's just how I interpreted it.
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      My dad committed suicide a few months ago. I had been begging him to show me some sort of sign to... Read more →
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      I feel these lyrics mean, if you have lost someone and you want to feel or see a sign from them to... Read more →

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