There’s not many pies here at ART HURTS Records that Beston doesn’t have hi… Read Full Bio ↴There’s not many pies here at ART HURTS Records that Beston doesn’t have his fingers in. From the bass playing on Roadmaster and Agyemang's The Old Highlife – a record made in Ghana on his honeymoon in 2000 – to the 4ft.x4ft. paintings littering his garage which serve as the covers for ART HURTS CDs, his restless enthusiasm for new musical expression knows no limit.

Beston has been playing music and singing his whole life. Raised in Nashville, he had two music teachers: the local culture of songwriters and his parents' esoteric record collection. The result: "Absolutely I picked up something from Leadbelly and Townes Van Zandt, but I was also working hard on Monk and Trane, on old soul and Caribbean stuff." This musical vocabulary won him gigs playing guitar, bass, piano, drums, and singing in groups from New Orleans to LA.

Falling In Love
Beston Lyrics

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I weave with brightly colored strings
To keep my mind off other things
So, ladies, let your fingers dance
And keep your hands out of romance

Lovely witches
Let the stitches
Keep your fingers under control

Cut the thread, but leave
The whole heart whole

Merry maids can sew and sleep
Wives can only sew and weep
Falling in love with love
Is falling for make-believe
Falling in love with love
Is playing the fool

Caring too much is juvenile fancy
Learning to trust is just
For children in school
I fell in love with love one night
When the mood was full
I was unwise with eyes
Unable to see

I fell in love with love

With love everlasting
But love fell out with me

Overall Meaning

The song "Falling In Love" by Beston is a beautiful composition that talks about the pain of falling in love and getting hurt. The artist uses a metaphor of stitching and weaving to reflect the complexity and delicacy of love. The first two lines "I weave with brightly colored strings, To keep my mind off other things" suggests that the artist is trying to distract themselves from something, and the act of weaving is an escape. This is followed by the lines "So ladies, let your fingers dance, And keep your hands out of romance," which suggest that the artist is advising women to focus on activities that do not involve romantic love.

The next verse "Lovely witches, Let the stitches, Keep your fingers under control, Cut the thread, but leave the whole heart whole," suggest that love is like stitching, and it's important to maintain control and not let the heart get too invested. The artist is advising to cut the thread but leave the heart intact to avoid getting hurt. The next verse talks about how "Merry maids can sew and sleep, Wives can only sew, and weep." The artist is suggesting that it's easy to fall in love when you're young and carefree, but love becomes more complicated as you grow older and experience life.

The chorus "Falling in love with love, Is falling for make-believe" suggests that love is not always what it seems. The artist is warning against getting lost in the idea of love and forgetting about the reality of the situation. The phrase "Caring too much is juvenile fancy, Learning to trust is just for children in school" suggests that love is not always about caring and trusting someone else. It's also about being wise and cautious. The final verse "I fell in love with love one night, When the mood was full, I was unwise with eyes, Unable to see. I fell in love with love, With love everlasting, But love fell out with me" suggests that the artist fell in love with the idea of love and not the person, and as a result, they got hurt. Love, in this case, did not last, and the artist was left with heartache.

Line by Line Meaning

I weave with brightly colored strings
I distract myself with colorful hobbies to escape reality

To keep my mind off other things
To free my mind from other thoughts and worries

So, ladies, let your fingers dance
Women, find joy in your work and create beautiful things

And keep your hands out of romance
Avoid getting romantically involved and focus on your craft

Lovely witches
Beautiful women

Let the stitches
Focus on your sewing

Keep your fingers under control
Don't let your emotions control you

Cut the thread, but leave
End your work but don't break your heart

The whole heart whole
Keep your heart intact

Merry maids can sew and sleep
Happy single women can focus on their work and rest well

Wives can only sew and weep
Married women can only work and cry over their problems

Falling in love with love
Being infatuated with the idea of love

Is falling for make-believe
It's a false reality

Falling in love with love
Being naive about love

Is playing the fool
It's foolishness

Caring too much is juvenile fancy
Being overly concerned is immature

Learning to trust is just
Trusting others is only for children who are learning

For children in school
For the immature and inexperienced

I fell in love with love one night
I became infatuated with the idea of love one night

When the mood was full
When I was feeling emotional

I was unwise with eyes
I lacked wisdom and discernment

Unable to see
I was blinded by emotion

I fell in love with love
I was infatuated with the idea of love

With love everlasting
Believing in love that lasts forever

But love fell out with me
But love didn't reciprocate my feelings

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: GUS KAHN, M. NEUMAN, VICTOR POPULAR YOUNG

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