Edwin McCain: I'll Be Meaning
Song Released: 1998
I'll Be Lyrics
Stop me and steal my breath.
Emeralds from mountains thrust toward the sky
Never revealing their depth.
Tell me that we belong together,
Dress it up with the trappings of love.
I'll be...
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sk8tergurl856 Dec 14th 2008, 19:02 report
The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath
(he explains how much she takes his breath away, she's beautiful inside and out)
Emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky
Never revealing their depth
(his feelings for her flourish, but I don't think he gets a real look at how deep they are until later)
Tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love
(his wishing shell say something, love him. even if she has to lie about it hell be happy for a moment in time)
I'll be captivated, I'll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above
(hell be hers forever. Hell live for her. Instead of hanging from the gallows by committing suicide)
*gallows are the apparatus that used to hang people in early years
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
(his saying he'll be there when she's upset, he would die for her, and even though his not that good now, hell be better when he's older, but he will love her more then anyone)
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
(he needs her to prove that he can love, she's his proof of this)
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
(his wishing shell say something, love him. even if she has to lie about it hell be happy for a moment in time)
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
(his saying he'll be there when she's upset, he would die for her, and even though his not that good now, hell be better when he's older, but he will love her more then anyone)
i got this from MIKI13 on SONGMEAININGS.NET -
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anonymous Dec 5th 2011, 11:06 report
maybe he's saying he will be the biggest fan of his own life, and this song is not about a woman, but the song is about himself loving himself and accepting himself... "ill be better when im older","ill be the biggest fan of your life"
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anonymous Jun 22nd 2011, 23:15 report
The title "I'll Be" alludes to Hamlet's soliloquy, in which he considers whether or not to commit suicide--"to be or not to be." He's saying he will choose to live on, to "be." (Later in the song, he says "love is alive and not dead.") "Hang from your lips" seems to echo the wording in a Hamlet soliloquy where Hamlet finds the remains of an old servant and reminisces about the facial features (lips) of the beloved servant that used to "hang" from the skull. Kind of morbid. There is definitely a life versus death motif in this song. Gallows is mentioned. The "threads" of colors in her eyes are like the rope of the gallows that "stop" him and "steal his breath."
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anonymous Jun 11th 2011, 00:35 report
dudes
love suicide is related to him saying he'll be the crying shoulder. crying shoulders are friends. people who are in the friend zone with girls they love are "love suicide" (they essentially intentionally end their realistic mutual love chances with that person). he's saying he'll take the proverbial bullet and end his chances at getting her in order to be there for her.
this is totes about the guy who can't actually get her but can't get enough of being around her.
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Jessica Epic Jess Sims Jun 7th 2011, 10:57 report
He wrote this song in 15 minutes. He was in a bar and overheard people talking and one said to the other, "I'll be your crying shoulder" and he grabbed a napkin and proceeded to write the song.
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anonymous Jan 16th 2011, 15:21 report
My interpretation of the song is that he will be by her side through the thick and thin no matter what. Even give his life for her. He will try and lift most of her worries off her shoulder. In other words, keep her happy and smiling because it hurts him to see her any other way. She is so beautiful,in his eyes inside and out, that he can't help but admire her. The song is about the strongest type love between two people. The type of love that gets stronger with time and never losing its meaning.
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anonymous Jul 10th 2010, 05:40 report
Interesting that the singer/writer actually said the meaning is very subjective because I had a very different interpretation. I thought it was from a man's perspective who cannot have a woman he wants to be with. He's already been hurt and this woman (who may be a friend, etc) showed him the way back to love and life but he cannot have her right now for whatever reason. He'll be her crying shoulder and everything she needs to be and the love's suicide is the part where he is willing to sacrifice love just to be there for her and support her (greatest fan of her life)because he can't actually love her at the moment.
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anonymous May 14th 2010, 23:26 report
This song to me, is about a man who really likes this girl, and tells how amazing she is to him, ( and he is trying to tell her that he will be anything and everything for her, he may mess up( hence " ill be love's suicide")
Here is my Full interpretation::
"The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath." -saying how wonderful this woman is and it well, makes him speechless.
"And emeralds from mountains thrust toward the sky
Never revealing their depth."- I believe he is still referring to her eyes and that she can still be extremely deep not only in her beauty but her words. with a comparison to emeralds that something amazing.
"Tell me that we belong together,
Dress it up with the trappings of love."-meaning he is trying for her love and he is adding to what he is saying with complements(not exactly sure here)
"I'll be captivated,
I'll hang from your lips,
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above."- He will stay in captivation in her, loving her forever, and keep from hurting her feelings.
"I'll be you crying shoulder, I'll be love's suicide"- he will always be there for her and he will sometimes mess up but try not to.
"I'll be better when I am older, I'll be the greatest fan of your life." - he will be more expierienced when he is aged. and he will worship her more than anyone has ever worshiped her before/will.
"And 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 -- not dead." -Obviously while they're lying together in bed it is storming outside, his only reason for living is her, she is his living proof to that his love is alive and not -- dead.
"And I've dropped out, I've burned up, I've fought my way back from the dead.
I've tuned in, turned on, remembered the things that you said"-he has been dumped by her, she has torn him to pieces with words, but he fought his way back from the pain and its all because of what she said. but he will always be there for her(as the chorus repeats it's basically implying that) -
neil76 Jan 25th 2010, 00:28 report
After his concert, I asked him what the lyrics "love suicide" mean. He said it means whatever the words mean to you. He said the meaning of the lyrics could change and don't mean the same to him now that they did when he first wrote them. I think they mean that someone is willing to give up the total unconditional love from someone as long as they share life together.
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anonymous Sep 25th 2009, 22:12 report
I looked up the song for an interpretation of "I'll Be Love's Suicide". When I read that the song started as a conversation between a girl who had a breakup and a guy who told her, "Baby, I'll be your crying shoulder", I got it. He was telling her he would be the death of the love she had for the guy that broke up with her. He was saying "I'll be the one who helps you move on".
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clark.kelci Sep 19th 2009, 22:43 report
Ill be loves suicide means ill die for you. without a second thought.(:
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anonymous May 9th 2009, 00:13 report
I actually met a former member of the Edwin McCain band who explained to me how this song came about. They were at a bar and a drunken girl was upset over a break up and another drunken guy said "Baby, I'll be your crying shoulder", and Edwin started scribbling onto a napkin the lyrics that would someday make this song.
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anonymous May 23rd 2008, 23:37 report
I heard Edwin McCain talking about this song on some TV show. He said he was watching romance blossom between two drunk people in a bar. He was laughing when he was talking about it and now I always think about that when I hear it.
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anonymous Mar 15th 2007, 00:33 report
I always saw this song as being about a guy who is thanking someone for taking him under him their wing and taking care of him and he regrets never having the chance to say thank you in person because they passed away. He believes it's because they had a heart so big that god couldn't let them live. and he wishes this person could see him now. 'So lucky, so strong, so proud' and it's all thanks to them. well that's my opinion anyway lol. I think people who've never had the chance to thank someone for being there for them or helping them would connect to this song well :)
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poutynicki Feb 19th 2006, 22:30 report
This song, in my opinion, is clearly about love. He's apparently been hurt by love before "Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above." But he is telling her that he loves her and the chorus tells her what he is going to "be" for her.
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