Shake the Frost Lyrics
You remind me of a Sunday
Back home in ol' Kentucky
With the church choirs just beltin' to the pines
And I love you like the mountains
Love's the way the mornin' opens
To a soft and bright greetin' from the sun
[Chorus]
So if it'd make you stay
I wouldn't act so angry all the time
I wouldn't keep it all inside
And I'd let you know how much I loved you every day
So darlin' will you stay right here and shake this frost off of my bones
[Verse 2]
Well I used to ride a Mustang
And I'd run that thing on high hopes
'Til they raised the price of dreams so high I couldn't pay
So I let that car just sit there
When I should've took you driving
With the windows down while the music played
[Chorus]
So if it'd make you stay
I wouldn't act so angry all the time
I wouldn't keep it all inside
And I'd let you know how much I loved you every day
So darlin' will you stay right here and shake this frost off of my bones
About
In this song Tyler uses multiple mental images to compare himself to a situation where you would “shake the frost”. First, he describes a beautiful forrest and compares his love to the way mountains love the “way the morning opens to a soft and bright greeting from the sun”. “The Frost” is imagery meant to represent his emotional and psychological baggage he brings to the relationship. In describing the mountain scene you can imagine an early morning mountain sunrise with a layer of cold dew (aka frost) and so in the chorus he begs her to “stay right here and shake this frost from my bones” illustrating that he needs her to fix himself. Next, he uses the image of a old Mustang that he ran on “high hopes”. His high hopes represent the fuel that previously powered his relationship. But much like the price of gas, “they raised the price of dreams so high he couldnt pay”. His emotional baggage became too taxing, and he could no longer afford to keep that relationship going. “The frost” comes into play when he describes how he left the car sit, collecting dust and frost (think roadside car left out to rot away). He goes on to say that he should’ve taken it driving, kept it fueled and not let the frost settle in and ruin the car. He finishes the song by once again pleaded for her to help him shake the frost, and being the love back to its original glory.
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