Maple Leaves Lyrics
It's autumn in Gothenburg
I'm walking home to my suburb
Rain falls hard on the city
On every homeless kitty
Oh please God bring relief
Even if it's only brief
That she says that we were just make-believe
But I thought she said maple leaves
So we talked for hours
And you cried into my sheets
And you said you hated your body
That it was just a piece of meat
I disagreed
I think you're beautiful
But it's impossible
To make you understand
That if you don't take my hand
I'll lose my mind completely
Madness will finally defeat me
She said it was all make-belief
But I thought she said maple leaves
And when she talked about the fall
I thought she talked about the season
I never understood at all
I'm walking home to my suburb
Rain falls hard on the city
On every homeless kitty
Oh please God bring relief
Even if it's only brief
That she says that we were just make-believe
But I thought she said maple leaves
So we talked for hours
And you cried into my sheets
And you said you hated your body
That it was just a piece of meat
I disagreed
I think you're beautiful
But it's impossible
To make you understand
That if you don't take my hand
I'll lose my mind completely
Madness will finally defeat me
She said it was all make-belief
But I thought she said maple leaves
And when she talked about the fall
I thought she talked about the season
I never understood at all
I thought she said maple leaves
And when she talked about the fall
I thought she talked about Mark E Smith
I never understood at all
I never understood at all
I never understood at all
And when she talked about the fall
I thought she talked about Mark E Smith
I never understood at all
I never understood at all
I never understood at all
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Genius Annotation
Jens Lekman has openly admitted that this song is a rip-off of The Avalanches' song “Since I Left You”, which is also a song composed of samples. Jens attributes this song to saving him from his job of selling telephones in Sweden.
Pitchfork praises this song on its review of his 2005 compilation album Oh You’re So Silent Jens. They describe it as follows:
An exploration of the difficulties of communication between men and women, it glides on pillowy strings, tearjerker harp flourishes, stately tympani, girl-group backing oohs, and celebratory wedding bells.
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October 1, 2003
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