anonymous March 15th, 2007 12:33AM  
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 :)

anonymous March 15th, 2007 12:36AM  
lol woops got the song confused with hear you me lol but I think this song [ill be] is about love and someone wanting to be someones everything :)

kalanetika April 25th, 2008 02:35PM  
I'll be love's suicide- can anyone guess the meaning of this?

anonymous May 23rd, 2008 11:37PM  
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.

sk8tergurl856 December 14th, 2008 07:02PM  
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

anonymous May 9th, 2009 12:13AM  
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. I just love how a drunken conversation was turned into the ballad it is today.

clark.kelci September 19th, 2009 10:43PM  
Ill be loves suicide means ill die for you. without a second thought.(:

anonymous September 25th, 2009 10:12PM  
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".

neil76 January 25th, 2010 12:28AM  
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.