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January Wedding lyrics
Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 02:55
What a damn fine song. Can anyone help to fill our the lyrics - this is all I've got:
She keeps it simple and I am thankful for her kind of lovin, cause it's simple
No longer do we wonder if we're together, we're way past that, and I've already asked her. So in January, we're getting married....
...I don't feel weak, but sometimes I need her to remind me of the beauty that surrounds me...
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Come the 15th of this month, I'll gladly post them for you!
I can’t help but wonder about the meaning of this line.
And I was sick with heart ache and she was sick like Audrey Hepburn.
I don’t know that much about Audrey Hepburn. Anyone out here have a clue. Maybe he is just using “sick” as slang for awesome.
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"Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." - Frank Zappa
i was thinking about this last night, and have to agree with you sunday...not so much literal slang, like the kids use today (that song is SICK!), but rather that she embodied everything he wanted, and audrey hepburn is the symbol for that.
yeah it puzzled me at first too sunday- a friend who heard it then suggested just as you said, which makes sense to me and i think is would be a cool usage- to me it's kind of an older sounding song and then the very modern use/slang really catches my attention.
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I’m walking with you,
I’m walking with you,
I might miss the meaning, but I’m catching the truth
Audrey Hepburn had to give up her first love of ballet because of illness, I believe. But that of course, may be too literal.
I have been curious, as well.
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Braxton: " Would you like to purchase the super delux 8-Track tape edition featuring a twelve min recording of scott humming to himself in the car?....Yes please."
Audrey Hepburn did die of cancer, but that seems way too dark for such a pretty song. But maybe he is referring to a physical illness. Definitely too personal of a question for any of us to ever ask and know for sure.
I don't know, but it seems like they both had circumstances preventing them from falling in love, but both chose to let their guard down and fall in love anyway.
True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down. Don't ever turn it down.
Also, does anyone else think that Seth is referring to the fallout from Jenny and "the silver and the bell" when he says "I was sick with heartache." ?
I almost feel weird analyzing it because it is obviously a deeply personal song for Seth.
I feel like sick is referring to heartache also, considering the following lyric. But we would both surrender.
Also agree Blasto, that he could be referring to the Jenny.
Also agree that I feel odd analyzing something that seems very personal. Good Lord, they already share so much of themselves in the lyrics.
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Braxton: " Would you like to purchase the super delux 8-Track tape edition featuring a twelve min recording of scott humming to himself in the car?....Yes please."
"And I was sick with heart ache and she was sick like Audrey Hepburn"
Breakfast at Tiffany's? [Edit, that should have been a question mark - as if I know...)
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There was a dream, and one day I could see it, like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it.
i've never seen it. how would it relate?
I haven't seen it in years, I guess the easiest way is to read the plot review here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_at_Tiffany%27s_(film)
I think that the singer's sickness come from heart ache / break (as stated) while "she" is sick from a lovelessness.
just a thought...
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There was a dream, and one day I could see it, like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it.
no, that makes good sense too, kinglet, i just didn't know how else "sick" might be applied to Audrey Hepburn.
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I’m walking with you,
I’m walking with you,
I might miss the meaning, but I’m catching the truth
I just read an entire summary of the movie and it seems very likely. Can't believe I've never seen it, being a classic and having Moon River on the soundtrack.
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Braxton: " Would you like to purchase the super delux 8-Track tape edition featuring a twelve min recording of scott humming to himself in the car?....Yes please."
Anyone ever figure out the rest of the lyrics?
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Avett Song Im listening to during this post: Old joe clark
Maybe, maybe, but it would seem if he is referring to the character he would have used the character’s name Holly Golightly. I am just not sure Seth would be comparing her to a escort. I think it more likely that there was something that went down in Audrey Hepburn's own life.
We do like like to talk on things we don’t know about.
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"Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." - Frank Zappa
True, but "Holly Golightly" sure doesn't roll of the tongue as easy, nor sound as cool, as Audrey Hepburn!
I don't think he's comparing her to an escort directly, but rather the sense of sickness is the same - a lack of self esteem / self worth; thinking her only value lies in providing company to men, thinking that money and shallow things are all she's worth (the best she can do). As opposed to having the well being and confidence to know you deserve Love.
Anyway, this is fun speculation.
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There was a dream, and one day I could see it, like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it.
Having talked with Susan many times over the last four and a half years she just did not seem to fit that description at all.
You are sure right about Holly Golightly not rolling off the tongue.
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"Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." - Frank Zappa
Well they may draw from friends pain and frustration too, not just their own. Who knows, I'll see if we can chat next Saturday...
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There was a dream, and one day I could see it, like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it.
She keeps it simple
And I am thankful for her kind of lovin'
'Cause it's simple
No longer do we wonder if we're together
We're way past that
And I've already asked her
So in January we're gettin' married
She's talkin' to me with her voice
Down so low I barely hear her
But I know what she's sayin'
I understand because my heart and hers are the same
And in January we're gettin' married
And I was sick with heartache
And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her
But we would not surrender
True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down
Don't ever turn it down
I hope that I don't sound too insane when I say
There is darkness all around us
I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me
And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin'
So in January we're gettin' married
No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in
She knows which birds are singin'
And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin'
And in January we're gettin' married
Come January let's get married
Ah. Awesome! Thanks.
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The Avett song I am listening to right now is...Solomon
Oh goodness I love this song. It's one of my new all time favorite Avett tunes! The new album is just wonderful. They're amazing!
I believe it's: "but we would both surrender," not "But we would not surrender"-beachal.
All the other lyrics are right though!
This song is so beautiful, I heard it at their show in Tallahassee a week ago, and it's been stuck in my head ever since!
The Audrey Hepburn line either has a personal significance no one else is going to know or it's the opposite thing. I've read a biography on her and recall her life as particularly sad since such a lovely person never really found lasting personal relationships, had a traumatic childhood and died rather young. In any case, I'm glad Seth chose to include her name and evoke her rememberance in the song, rather than someone from our current, less graceful world of celebrity.
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Erin by the side of the road, New London, North Carolina
Ok I think I have found the correct place for posting my reply after I was kindly directed to the right area. I can get confused on where to post on here sometimes even though it's not really that difficult drrrrr anyway here is what I had posted in a previous area.
So I have been trying to analyze one of the line's in this song and came up with two ideas and I was wondering on what everyone's feed back was on it. "And I was sick with heartache And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her" Well two lines i suppose but the part that I was thinking about the most was "she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her" is this refering to the point in Audrey Hepburn's life when she was very sick towards the end of her life or the point in Audrey Hepburn's life when her husband had other women in his life? Those were the only two points that I could come up with after looking Audrey Hepburn up on Wikipedia. This is one of my favorites on the album thus far.
And after reading through everyone's posts I am still not sure on what it could mean. I am going to have to look at the movie as well because I have never seen it. After talking it over with one of my friend's it seemed maybe more like sick like audrey hepburn when she was sick with cancer later in her life. Cosidering the following lyric's "but we would both surrender, True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down". That was just a few of my thoughts. Beautiful song and I swear IF I ever get married it will be in Janurary in the freezing cold
But now I am completely curious on THE Jenny? I know that there are a few songs with her name in it but now I am going to intrude and ask for further details sorry can't help it!
maybe it's my personal bias but I immediately assumed it referred to Audrey Hepburn's eating disorder.
I was one of the folks who waited until yesterday to subject myself to this amazing cd, so I haven't had a chance to fully digest things. But... January Wedding has blown my mind!
I found the Audrey Hepburn line completely intriguing. I too know little/nothing about her life (or Seth's personal life) but like Gvilletown I thought of the reference as an eating disorder. The "when I met her" part gives me a feeling of temporary sickness that has been conquered or cured. I have read about Ms. Hepburn's cancer but I believe she passed away from it so it doesn't jive with me as the reference.
Regardless, it sure is fun to speculate on song meanings, tabs, next musical steps etc... with my fellow Avett nerds.
God bless folks.
"I hope that I don't sound too -- insane when I say
There is darkness all around us"
What great phrasing. I know this won't please some- but, well, I like Seth's songs the best.
1969, have you listened to the Darling album, 'The Mourning, The Silver and The Bell' yet? If not, I HIGHLY recommend picking that one up. Especially if those lyrics you referenced above are appealing. Some of Seth's lyrics on that album will rip your heart out. I love it.
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I wanna live, and I want you to live happy and free
This thread has been highly illuminating. And not just because it led to my discovery that my husband hasn’t seen Breakfast at Tiffany’s yet (after 12 years, you think you know a man).
When I first heard the song, I assumed he was referring to Audrey Hepburn's character in Breakfast at Tiffany's, as others have mentioned. I don't see the Holly Golightly as someone who values material goods and attention from men over love and meaningful relationships. I've seen that character as someone who is desperately trying to escape a painful past. She takes on the role of superficial fortune hunter because it keeps the past at bay, and it makes meaningful connections (and the potential for fresh pain) impossible. But living that way is unsustainable, and as the film progresses, she finds it increasingly difficult to continue the masquerade. Her choice is to confront the past, which would be painful but would ultimately allow the healing process to begin, or continue to run from the past, but surely with increased desperation and difficulty.
So just to be clear, I didn’t interpret the woman in the song as someone who thought that finding her sugar daddy would offer happiness. I took it to mean that she was in a similar emotional state – ie at or nearing a similar breaking point. And I think the line about surrendering fits with the movie theme as well.
I did not know about Audrey Hepburn’s eating disorder, though. And I can definitely see how that could fit.
Whatever it means is surely deeply personal, but I do appreciate the ability to trade theories.
Coincidence that Audrey married her 2nd husband in January?
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Reece got sprayed with turkey s***......hahahahahaha.....good god
Perhaps it's because I want to believe it this way, but I've taken the sickness that both this girl and Audrey Hepburn share to be a fear of falling in love.
As those before me have mentioned, her name flows much better than Holly Golightly, and Ms. Hepburn's image has come to be synonymous with her role in Breakfast at Tiffany's, who certainly suffered from this. I love this song, and especially adore that line.
I immediately thought "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and compared the girl to Holly Golightly's plight (of which a few of you have summarized eloquently). Didn't Holly not give in to love by the end of the movie? (it has been awhile since I viewed it). This theory makes the song a definite happy one as I want it to be. =}
Really love this part.
She knows which birds are singin'
And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin'
Oh, and hey, I'm new to the boards!
yeah thats my favorite part too DavidAvett.
welcome
sundayrehab -
watch "Breakfast at Tiffany's" for Audrey Hepburn question...
I wondered about that lyric too ... "Sick like Audrey Hepburn." I do know that Audrey Hepburn had numerous miscarriages when she was young... That's definitely a deeply life changing experience for a woman...
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~Kate~
"maybe, but it would seem if he is referring to the character he would have used the character’s name Holly Golightly"
sundayrehab...I think you may being too literal. They sang, "Like that actor said, I don't want to lose heart," and if it's correct that they took this line from Braveheart, then it would have been the character that said it, and not the actor. I guess it comes down to how they can put the words together to say what they want to say and still sound poetic.
Not sure what to think, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't refer to an eating disorder. When I heard this line, an eating disorder WAS my first thought. But such things are very personal. I don't think that Seth would choose to share something that painful in a song to the world.
my first thought was also an eating disorder...but the breakfast at tiffany's idea makes sense now that i think about it...
i googled "january wedding" out of desperation to find a perfect wedding song for my january wedding. i was just making up song titles out of nowhere to see what would come up. well...as you may guess, the rest is history. but i HAD to find out what the line "sick like audrey hepburn" meant and THAT search brought me here! i've never heard of these guys, but over the last few days i've been listening to their music and boy are they something. i like the more accoustic stuff though and not the piano at all. we weren't going to do the unity candle thing at the wedding, but when i heard the line "my heart and hers are the same"---it speaks unity! glad to be here and to be a new fan!
That's awesome greenize! Welcome, and congratulations.
Aww, that's sweet. So glad you discovered the boys. I love it all, but if you are more into the acoustic, then check out Mignonette, Four Thieves Gone and Emotionalism. I know you won't have an Avett-themed wedding, but you might like checking this thread out, if you haven't yet, just for fun.
http://www.theavettbrothers.com/forums/songs-wedding
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Wish me luck, I know you think I'll need it.
For all the hardest roads we have to walk alone.
i am blind and use speech software on my computer, known as JAWS. the computer voice pronounces avett with a short vowell like annette. but letterman said avett with a long a, like ayvett. please let me know which is correct and which syllable is stressed.thank you in advance and thanks for the congrats! i'm smiling too! love the use of html on this site!!
a friend of mine uses JAWS too, and sometimes it gets pronunciations funny. it's aye-vett, like letterman said. i know it's been said, but congrats on the wedding!
(also, i think this is my first forum post. whoa. hi Avett world.)
welcome greenize and SunnySkies!
greenize, that is some amazing story how you found your way here! Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. Avett is pronounced with a long A with accent on the first syllable. My son was the first one to tell me about them and he pronounced it with a short A sound. I misunderstood him and when I got home, I was searching the internet for the "Abbott" brothers. Couldn't find a darn thing!! haha
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The Avetts are a rare talent, timeless yet current, and capable of singing straight to a single soul while broadcasting to the ever-increasing masses.
My favorite explanation for the pronunciation is one Scott used in an interview: "You know the road? Well, we've got to pave it. Avett, like paving the road." Or something to that effect.
How does one go about getting Seth's solo stuff?
mysterywhitegirl, The Mourning, The Silver, The Bell is available on itunes. Get it!!!! The other two are out of print and pretty much impossible to find. I believe they may be re-released at some point.
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The Avetts are a rare talent, timeless yet current, and capable of singing straight to a single soul while broadcasting to the ever-increasing masses.
I just look through some of the post on the board, my first time here. Anyway.
I Don't know if this is it. But, Audrey Hepburn met at young man named James Hanson, When asked about him she said "it was love at first sight" after being fit for a wedding dress and making the plans for the wedding, they decided that thier carrers would keep them apart and they decided to go thier seperate was.
I am not an Audrey Hepburn Fanatic........There is alot more about her on Wiki
If you have not found all the words by now they are on Ultimate-gituar. com......I have no idea who posted them there.
Thanks Stirred. I was looking for Darling and finding too much. That'd be awesome if he'd rerelease the others.
After reading through all the thoughtful speculations on the meaning of 'Audrey Hepburn' and having just finished watching 'My Fair Lady' for the tenth time, my opinion is she was just as well known for this movie as for 'Breakfast at Tiffany's" and neither movie has anything to do with the lyric. What do you think of when you think of Audrey Hepburn? A particular kind of gamine beauty, not overtly sexy, but classy, sincere, and pure. That's what I think is conveyed by the lyric - sick being the current opposite meaning and like meaning the fiancee is beautiful in a pure classic vein.
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Erin by the side of the road, New London, North Carolina