Shallow Days

Counting Crows

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Mary-Jaine says its alright she’s just around the corner from the main line Any day now its alright. She’s standing on the precipice of big time And I know I’m a little up tight. I got to go before the sun shine We’re just a couple small people squeezing out a life. We need a little good time Its not far from here. Mary comes and goes. Drifting through the scenery of shallow days below. And then as everybody knows you follow trains out of town and they vanish somewhere under the horizon Yeah well I saw Mary-Jaine drag her shadow down the tracks stair of into the distance. Its not far from here. Mary waves hello. Smiling though she’s sinking in the shallow days below I can’t find the way out of here out on the road again I’m much much too concerned about Mary-Jaine. I’m all alone again and I like what she said but not what it means. She leaves me drowning through the shallow days down below I know I heard a band playing waltzes in a grange hall the sun is sinking lower People stair at Mary-Jaine humming softly to herself. Ain’t nobody really knows her And any day now its alright. She tells herself that this will be the last time And Mary-Jaine pulls her hair back and wonders what she’ll do with all the free time Not too far from here. Mary turns to go. Smiling while the waltz begins to dancin down the road hey hey Hey hey Mr. Freedom what are we supposed to think? Cause I’m a very tiny person and it worries me out all alone again and I like what she said but not what it means she leaves me drowning in the shallow days way down below Hey yeah yeah yeah...ooooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeeah yeah yeah yeah I’m sorry. She said "I know its not the kind of thing you want. I’m falling falling down" I’m sorry. She said "I know I’m not the kind of girl you want We’re falling ooooooh Falling oooooooooh Falling falling down...

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La chanson évoque un personnage nommé Mary-Jaine, qui semble faire face à des choix difficiles et à des doutes ambivalents dans sa vie. Elle se trouve à un carrefour, oscillant entre l'espoir d'un avenir meilleur et la réalité de journées peu profondes qui la pèsent. Son compagnon exprime son inquiétude pour elle, traversant lui-même un sentiment de solitude et de confusion, alors qu'il s'accroche à ses paroles réconfortantes tout en réalisant l'écart entre ses souhaits et la réalité. Le contexte semble être celui d'une petite ville ou d'un endroit où les rêves sont entravés par des luttes quotidiennes. Les références au passage du temps et à la mélodie d'une valse suggèrent un contraste entre l'envie de liberté et la prise de conscience des limites personnelles. Le voyage de Mary-Jaine dans les méandres de sa vie souligne la lutte entre l’espoir et la désillusion, tandis que son compagnon se perd dans ses réflexions sur leur relation.

Le Chansonnier