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25 Responses to “02 The Tallest Man on Earth | The Gardener”
where can i get a … where can i get a copy of THIS song? i have the cd but i like this version more. message me if you know. id appreciate it a lot. thanks.
Honestly, why do … Honestly, why do you sit here and try to interpret what he’s singing about. The only thing that should matter is what the song means to you. That’s the great thing about music, everyone hears something different.
Here I really … Here I really disagree. Saying a lot with simpler words is just a different style.
He’s probably got a recorded catalogue of about a dozen songs, and at least five, including: The Gardner, The Blizzard’s Never Seen The Desert Sands, I Won’t Be Found, Pistol Dreams, The Sparrow And The Medicine, are all classics imo, both lyrically and melodically.
When you think about it, Dylan always refused to explain any of his songs. And some of his lyrics were bollox.
Are you sure it’s a … Are you sure it’s a metaphor?
I’m not. I hear biography in there, filled with paranoia, desperation, fear of detection and haunting as a result of a much worse act than lying, an act committed to cover up lies… and the truth – of who he isn’t!
And then there’s dark comedy:
“So now he’s buried by the lilies So I could stay forever more in your eyes, babe”
and
“So now he’ll fertilize the roses
So I could stay the king you see
In your eyes, babe”
By the way, I … By the way, I seriously doubt whether he wrote these lyrics himself; the lyrics of all his other songs are, compared to this song, worthless
it’s a metaphor … it’s a metaphor about his lies. he ‘buried’ these lies in his garden. eventually he and (most likely) a girl he’s been pretending to that he is something greater than he is, are ‘dancing through he garden’ = catching up on the lies (death will grow my jasmine i find it soothing = he’s actually glad that she finds out). it ends with : I’m a gardener i’m a man, meaning: I’m a liar I’m a man.
it is an exquisite masterpiece, better than about all songs I’ve heard (including dylan and drake)
Kristian Mattson AKA The Tallest Man on Earth started playing as the sun was setting on the swedish countryside.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Mmmm, so good live.
Mmmm, so good live.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
This song is …
This song is insanely good.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
fucking epic.
epic.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
absolutely …
absolutely thoroughly magical! that’s all you really need, a guitar and a voice: simplicity!
i love this song
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
@wickedspork google …
@wickedspork google youtube to mp3
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
@factob i approve
@factob i approve
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
@wickedspork …
@wickedspork whatever queer!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
<3.
<3.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
is there a way to …
is there a way to get this version of the song as an audio file? i really want it on my ipod
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
beautiful
beautiful
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
I’ll see him in …
I’ll see him in February in my little town of Blois, France… Friends have managed to make him to come in France…
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
where can i get a …
where can i get a copy of THIS song? i have the cd but i like this version more. message me if you know. id appreciate it a lot. thanks.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Honestly, why do …
Honestly, why do you sit here and try to interpret what he’s singing about. The only thing that should matter is what the song means to you. That’s the great thing about music, everyone hears something different.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
amazing really
amazing really
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Here I really …
Here I really disagree. Saying a lot with simpler words is just a different style.
He’s probably got a recorded catalogue of about a dozen songs, and at least five, including: The Gardner, The Blizzard’s Never Seen The Desert Sands, I Won’t Be Found, Pistol Dreams, The Sparrow And The Medicine, are all classics imo, both lyrically and melodically.
When you think about it, Dylan always refused to explain any of his songs. And some of his lyrics were bollox.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Are you sure it’s a …
Are you sure it’s a metaphor?
I’m not. I hear biography in there, filled with paranoia, desperation, fear of detection and haunting as a result of a much worse act than lying, an act committed to cover up lies… and the truth – of who he isn’t!
And then there’s dark comedy:
“So now he’s buried by the lilies So I could stay forever more in your eyes, babe”
and
“So now he’ll fertilize the roses
So I could stay the king you see
In your eyes, babe”
He’s gone to some dark places imo.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
By the way, I …
By the way, I seriously doubt whether he wrote these lyrics himself; the lyrics of all his other songs are, compared to this song, worthless
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
it’s a metaphor …
it’s a metaphor about his lies. he ‘buried’ these lies in his garden. eventually he and (most likely) a girl he’s been pretending to that he is something greater than he is, are ‘dancing through he garden’ = catching up on the lies (death will grow my jasmine i find it soothing = he’s actually glad that she finds out). it ends with : I’m a gardener i’m a man, meaning: I’m a liar I’m a man.
it is an exquisite masterpiece, better than about all songs I’ve heard (including dylan and drake)
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Anyone worked out …
Anyone worked out what it’s about yet?
Check out the lyrics and think: solution to a love rival and making the flowers grow!
Very dark, man…
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Beautiful. really …
Beautiful. really well put together. lyrics are magical. I would love to play guitar with this man. maybe someday…
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Epic.
Have been …
Epic.
Have been listening to folk singers for as long as I can remember and longer – 50 years. Never heard a voice like this guy. Simply amazing.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
wow
wow
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
this is ultra-sick. …
this is ultra-sick. lyrics and vocals are impressive as fook. how bout that sunset? pretty epic, i gotta say
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
I seriously jizzed …
I seriously jizzed myself when I first watched this. That is not exarggeration.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Sublime.
Sublime.