I am good, I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
I can’t get my head around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I need my girl
I need my girl
Remember when you lost your shit and
Drove the car into the garden
You got out and said I’m sorry
To the vines and no one saw it
I need my girl
I need my girl
I’m under the gun again
I know I was a 45 percenter then
I know I was a lot of things
But I am good, I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
I can’t get my head around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I need my girl
I need my girl
There’s some things that I should never
Laugh about in front of family
I’ll try to call you from the party
It’s full of punks and cannonballers
I need my girl
I need my girl
I’m under the gun again
I know I was a 45 percenter then
I know I was a lot of things
But I am good, I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
I can’t get my head around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
"I keep feeling smaller and smaller". Those words, those lyrics right there! There are times that everyone is feeling a little bit "smaller". I think a lot of people can relate to that. And to hear about it in the lyrics of such a beautiful song is what makes you realise how in many situtations you may feel afraid, frigile, lonely. It's heartbreaking... but beautiful too!
I am good, I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
I can’t get my head around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I need my girl
I need my girl
Remember when you lost your shit and
Drove the car into the garden
You got out and said I’m sorry
To the vines and no one saw it
I need my girl
I need my girl
I’m under the gun again
I know I was a 45 percenter then
I know I was a lot of things
But I am good, I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
I can’t get my head around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I need my girl
I need my girl
There’s some things that I should never
Laugh about in front of family
In a week we’ll be together
Try to call you when I’m landed
I need my girl
I need my girl
Remember when you said I’m sorry
To the vines and no one saw it
I’ll try to call you from the party
It’s full of punks and cannonballers
I need my girl
I need my girl
I’m under the gun again
I know I was a 45 percenter then
I know I was a lot of things
But I am good, I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
I can’t get my head around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
This song reminds me of my parents. They married when they were 16 and are still married 19 years later. They breathe for each other and are still so much like like love struck teenagers who bicker and chase each other around the house.
Love lasts forever.
A question: What do you get out of this song?
This may be one of the most poignant songs for me in regards to relationships and every time I watch this, I am filled with both love for my wife and an immense amount of shame that I do not give, nor show, her enough love. I need her beyond a doubt and it is humbling that she continues to love an imperfect being like me.
So what I get out of this song is how much I truly need the woman I have in my life. She gives me the emotional and physical support I do not get from the rest of the world. She is everything to me. When the world is critical, cynical of who I am (or who I 'should' be), she is a safe haven.
It baffles me what she gets out of our relationship...
Thank you to the National for putting into words what I feel.
A side note: the old couple gets me every time. Love should be timeless and they illustrate that point.