Name: The World Doesn't Mean Much
Duration: P00H04M09S
Description: This song was inspired by my girlfriend, who used to say (jokingly) that whenever I got chills it meant somebody was walking over my grave.

The World Doesn't Mean Much

from Common Houseplants EP (demo) by Pete Davis

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This song was inspired by my girlfriend, who used to say (jokingly) that whenever I got chills it meant somebody was walking over my grave.

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Did you feel it, that breeze that just past through the room when I mentioned your name? Have you just been walking over my grave? You're giving me chills, and it's just above perfect in here, so why are we so discontent? Why am I grabbing your arm so tightly it hurts?

Your pressure's too high but at least you're alive.
The price isn't right for this death raffle prize.
It isn't that love is sympathy.
It isn't that lovely to sympathize.

And I know how easy it is to tell a white lie but I don't know what it sounds like.
I know how hard it may seem to win this tug-o-war when an ocean of mud sits before you,
But we have all the arm strength right here on our side.

You died a thousand times before you saw my face. You'll die a thousand more when you see my voice trembling at you when I'm trying so hard to maintain my composure with years of practice but no dress rehearsal and though the world doesn't mean much, if I mean the world to you then I'd give you the world cause you're all I would need from this sorry place, from this fleeting place.

If would need from me to drop all this at once I won't mind if it falls on my feet.
If you need to prune the leaves of this weeping tree please try not to damage the roots so I can grow with you forever.

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from Common Houseplants EP (demo), released August 1, 2003
P Davis:
Acoustic Guitar
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