Riptide

from Little Wars by Mathieu Lavigne

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When you fight with your love, sometimes you can become obsessed with the notion of being right and it's a total impass...Then, all of a sudden, you remember the bigger picture and how huge your love and care is and make ammends for your part in the fight. You get sucked back to being in love and it feels like this great celebration. The "nature's dream" in the song has a meaning not quite as esoteric as you may think...
What do you think it means?

lyrics

It's hard to open, when a cold's fallen
And my mind's frozen, in mid-emotion

And your dark hair smell like nature's dream

But I'm stuck in my head, laying with you in bed
I don't want to argue, but the fire's in you

I know it's weak to be tough, and strong to be soft

When we feel so far apart, and I'm standing in front
Scared to uncover my heart, almost forgetting that I want

The peaks and valleys doors and walls with you I want it all
The peaks and valleys doors and walls with you I want it all

But this tension here, the moment's gone I fear...

Then you, reach for me, and ask if I could let you see...

The dam, blocking the stream, and the tone in your voice is scared and sweet...

Like nature's dream

Chorus:
Then the flood is a riptide when I give in to you and let go
Over to your side then I know my love will always grow...
Like nature's dream

I want to make room for you, I want to trust you'll come trough
I want to show you every side, I want you deep in my life

I see in your eyes...nature's dream

But now we're in a fight, not sure about who's right
We dragged it for to long, now even good words come out wrong

I know it's cowardly to be tough, and brave to be soft

When your pain is like a dart, and I'm standing in front
Scared to uncover my heart, almost forgetting that I want

The peaks and valleys, doors and walls, I want them all
The peaks and valleys, doors and the walls, with you, I want them all

But this tension here, the moment's gone I fear...

Chorus:
Then the flood is a riptide when I give in to you and let go
Over to your side then I know my love will always grow
Music

Yeah the flood is a riptide when I give in to you and let go
Over to your side then I know my love will always grow
Like nature's own dream...

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from Little Wars, released March 26, 2011

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Mathieu Lavigne Vancouver, British Columbia

Drawing comparisons to artists like Iron And Wine, Okkervil River, Ray Lamontagne and Leonard Cohen, Mathieu Lavigne's music combines intelligent and poetic lyrics with warm, heartfelt delivery and sparse, mostly acoustic arrangements. "Little Wars" was released in March of 2011 to very positive reviews. Mathieu is a bilingual speaker from Montreal and now call Vancouver home. ... more

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