Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
Long long way to the top
Long way down if you fall
And it's a long way back if you get lost
Long way out to the end
Long way to go to lose your friends
It's a long way to haul all the traps you've trawled
When you could just stop and let go
You say "not now, maybe later
But not now, maybe later
Not now, maybe later" (you're only in your way)
"But not now, maybe later" (you're only in your way)
"Not now, maybe later" (you're only in your way)
"But not now, maybe later" (you're only in your way)
"But not now, maybe wait" (you're only in your way)
'Cause love is tough
When enough is not enough
Not enough
Not enough
Not enough
Not enough
Not enough
(Not enough)
Long way down if you fall
And it's a long way back if you get lost
Long way out to the end
Long way to go to lose your friends
It's a long way to haul all the traps you've trawled
When you could just stop and let go
You say "not now, maybe later
But not now, maybe later
Not now, maybe later" (you're only in your way)
"But not now, maybe later" (you're only in your way)
"Not now, maybe later" (you're only in your way)
"But not now, maybe later" (you're only in your way)
"But not now, maybe wait" (you're only in your way)
'Cause love is tough
When enough is not enough
Not enough
Not enough
Not enough
Not enough
Not enough
(Not enough)
Lyrics submitted by niteflite01
Long Long Way Lyrics as written by Damien George Rice
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Jesse with the long hair....
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Grand Theft Auto
Insane Ian
Insane Ian
The way this song speaks to me🥺🥺when I sing it I feel like I relate
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Parts of this album, especially this track, seem to link Damien's past and present.
This song seems as if Damien is addressing himself - about his past - and asking himself the 4 questions, as posed by Byron Katie (she is thanked in the credits for the album).
To ask yourself the four questions, propose a statement about a problem in your life, for example; "She is ignoring me".
Find someone in your life about whom you have had that thought.
Then take that statement and put it up against the four questions and turnarounds as follows :
Question 1 Is it true? (Yes or no. If no, move to 3.)
Question 2 Can you absolutely know that it's true? (Yes or no.)
Question 3 How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?
Question 4 Who would you be without the thought?
According to Byron, and Damien it seems, this is a way to analyse life and the issues we face.
The song also ends in an extremely similar (nay identical) fashion as "Cold Water" from 0, and "Sleep Don't Weep" from previous album 9.
Is this a message to Lisa perhaps?
Or just a continuation of a spiritual theme?
@niteflite01 <br /> Why can't it be both? A message to Lisa perhaps and also a continuation of a spiritual theme? Almost all this album seems to be addressed to her.
How this resonates to me-
It's an extended uphill battle for your relationship to be what you need it to be, bottomless agony if you end it, but yet you don't have the courage to venture out to find the love you need because if that fails, its possibly impossible to find another person like this. There are options that might be able to draw you out of your misery, but the probability of ending up in more pain hinders. So you lay it off, tell yourself you're contented. You know that this is never going to be enough, but you can't deal with the heartbreak- not today.
Procrastination. So damn obvious. Unbelievable no-one's pointed it out. Heck, I'll try/read YouTube comments. Go to the other (website) side instead.