Mae Lyrics
Cause I’d miss your ways
With your Bette Davis eyes
And your mama's party dress
For one more drop of blood,
We work our fingers down to dust
And we wait for kingdom come
With the radio on
Would you come for a drive?
You can lean into me
If you ain't been in love for a while
That flows to a raging sea
That will one day serve to quell
Or one day be the death of me
And salty carnival kiss
That all my former lovers say
Was once magnificent
Would you come for a drive?
You can lean into me
And if you ain't oh if you ain't...
Would you come for a drive?
You can lean into me
If you ain't been in love for a while
For one more drop of blood
We work our fingers down to dust
While we wait for kingdom come
With the radio on
It's been so long Mae, so long
But since the radio's on...
I'm surprised there aren't any comments on this one yet. At least for me, personally, this is the one track that really stands out as my clear favorite (which, when it comes to all the other Gaslight albums, picking a favorite song off one is impossible) I'm sure more tracks will grow on me, but this one definitely is my favorite as far as overall writing/lyric and sound. Would have fit right in with The Horrible Crowes album as well.
Completely agree with you, I like it when the Gaslight do power ballards like this although their punk is more than satisfactory, the softer material has so much more depth.
Completely agree with you, I like it when the Gaslight do power ballards like this although their punk is more than satisfactory, the softer material has so much more depth.
do you think Mae is an old girlfriend? did he break up with her or did she end it with him. The song breaks my heart. I have a poster (that came with the CD) that is a drawing of "mae" sitting on a motorcycle reading a letter with a tear running down her cheek.
do you think Mae is an old girlfriend? did he break up with her or did she end it with him. The song breaks my heart. I have a poster (that came with the CD) that is a drawing of "mae" sitting on a motorcycle reading a letter with a tear running down her cheek.
This one fits really well with the next track. I pretty sure he's talking about an old friend/girlfriend. She's one of his good memories. But he's been focusing on a job with no real goals or endgame. He thinks that she could be his meaning.
I guess he's just realizing that he hasn't felt purpose in a while.
Also: I think it would be interesting if he River he's talking about is the Navesink.
about the last chance you get with finding love. in particular one of your first loves
What is a salty carnival kiss?
Well, a kiss would be salty after eating popcorn / pretzels at the carnival. The line makes me think he's looking back to his younger days, as a teenager or something.
Well, a kiss would be salty after eating popcorn / pretzels at the carnival. The line makes me think he's looking back to his younger days, as a teenager or something.
That makes sense. Thanks!
That makes sense. Thanks!
a lot of food on the boardwalk at asbury park is salty-popcorn, etc. Carnival refers to the ferris wheel, etc at asbury park. when he was young and hanging/sleeping on the beach ( which is also salty water). This line makes me want to kiss him. I think its the sexiest line he's ever written. Especially if it really is as magnificent as his former girlfriends say!
a lot of food on the boardwalk at asbury park is salty-popcorn, etc. Carnival refers to the ferris wheel, etc at asbury park. when he was young and hanging/sleeping on the beach ( which is also salty water). This line makes me want to kiss him. I think its the sexiest line he's ever written. Especially if it really is as magnificent as his former girlfriends say!
I think the song starts in the past, and then gets to the present. He finds a girl who is amazing - don't ever change - but they somehow move apart.
He's seeing her again, and he sees her again. Neither have been in love for a while, both are single.
He's been to the same place with other girls but he's not been able to find what they had.
He's longing for something that they've both lost - their youth, but they both shared together for a while.