What do you think The Ballad of Love and Hate means?

The Avett Brothers - The Ballad of Love and Hate Meaning

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The Ballad of Love and Hate Lyrics

Love writes a letter and sends it to hate.
My vacations ending. I'm coming home late.
The weather was fine and the ocean was great
and I can't wait to see you again.

Hate reads the letter and throws it away.
"No one here cares if you go or you...

  1. taylor.hammack1
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    May 18th 2012 !⃝

    I believe that this song is about the contradicting paradox of love and hate. How the struggle between love and hate plays out. It's not necessarily about a couple but any situation where there is one opposing side-being hatred and the other side trying to help the opposing-love.
    Also I think it could be a two people who are complete opposites and one of them works really hard to keep them together.


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