Take Me
Love's Ceasefire: A Soldier's Surrender in Edwin McCain's 'Take Me'
Lyrics
I pull my boots off, throw my weapons on the floor
I remove my boots and discard my weapons on the floor
Cry my eyes out, in my private little war
I express intense emotion, crying in my personal struggle or conflict
Well it seems I've been a soldier
It appears that I've been a soldier
Heaven knows I've been no saint
Acknowledging that I haven't been a perfect person
In my camouflage and armor, cold heart and grease paint
Describing a tough exterior with military imagery and makeup
To you this has no meaning the Armistice laid down
Addressing someone who may not understand the significance of a truce
The armies are all quiet and the guns don't make a sound
Highlighting the quiet aftermath of war with inactive guns
'Cause you melted the steel walls, tore down the barbed wire
Expressing how the person has broken down emotional barriers and obstacles
Filled in the trenches, demanded a cease fire
Metaphorically filling in emotional gaps and demanding a halt to conflict
And now you're leaving, there's nothing I can do
Realizing the person is leaving, feeling powerless
I want you to know you're gonna take me with you
Expressing a desire for the person to take me with them
Well now three on a match is suicide in the foxhole of my mind
Referring to the superstition that lighting three cigarettes from one match brings bad luck
And way off in the distance the air raid sirens whine
Describing a distant danger with the sound of air raid sirens
And they sing your song of rescue to my tattered worn out shell
The person's love is a source of rescue from mental anguish
You drag me to your safety from this my front line hell
The person brings safety and relief from emotional distress
'Cause you melted the steel walls, tore down the barbed wire
Continuation of the metaphorical breaking down of emotional barriers
Filled in the trenches, demanded a cease fire
Emphasizing the end of conflict and the person's influence
And now you're leaving, there's nothing I can do
Feeling helpless as the person is leaving
I want you to know you're gonna take me with you
Reiterating the desire for the person to take me along
The blood that was spilled in the heartache before
Acknowledging past emotional pain and scars
Left road maps of scars that I never could ignore
Scars serve as reminders of previous heartache
'Cause you melted the steel walls, tore down the barbed wire
Repeating the idea of breaking down emotional barriers and obstacles
Filled in the trenches, demanded a cease fire
Reiterating the end of conflict and the person's impact
And now you're leaving, there's nothing I can do
Expressing powerlessness as the person is departing
I want you to know you're gonna take me with you
Reiterating the desire for the person to take me with them
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