Iron & Wine is the stage and recording name of folk rock singer and compose… Read Full Bio ↴Iron & Wine is the stage and recording name of folk rock singer and composer Sam Beam (born July 26, 1974). He currently resides in Dripping Springs, Texas, outside Austin. He has released six studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance). The name Iron & Wine is taken from a dietary supplement named "Beef Iron & Wine" that he found in a general store.

Beam was raised outside Columbia, South Carolina, United States where his father worked in land management and his mother was a schoolteacher. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's degree and the Florida State University Film School with an MFA degree. Until the first Iron & Wine album, Beam's main source of income was as a professor of film and cinematography at the University of Miami and Miami International University of Art & Design. He had been writing songs for over seven years before a friend lent him a four-track recorder. His friends handed out copies of demos that he had made, and the owner of Sub Pop Records personally contacted Beam and proposed a deal.

Beam released his first album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, on the Sub Pop label in 2002; Beam wrote, performed, recorded, and produced every track on the album by himself at a studio in his home. The album features acoustic guitars, banjo, and slide guitar; its music has been compared, variously, to that of Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, Elliott Smith, and Ralph Stanley.

In 2003 The Sea & The Rhythm was released, an EP collecting other home-recorded tracks along the same lines as those on the debut. Beam's second album, Our Endless Numbered Days (2004), was recorded in a professional studio with a significant increase in fidelity. The focus still lies on acoustic material, but the inclusion of other band members gives rise to a very different sound.

Beam released an EP titled Woman King in February 2005, and the EP In the Reins, a collaboration with Calexico was released in September 2005. This joint work mostly features new full-band versions of previously recorded Iron and Wine rarities.

One of his most famous songs is a cover, which was featured on a commercial for M&M’s candies and in the 2004 film “Garden State” (and on its popular soundtrack), of "Such Great Heights" by The Postal Service.

"Kiss Each Other Clean" is the fourth studio album by Iron & Wine, released January 25, 2011. The album's title is taken from the lyrics of track 10, "Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me". The album marks a further change in style – in an interview with SPIN magazine, Beam said “It’s more of a focused pop record. It sounds like the music people heard in their parent’s car growing up… that early-to-mid-’70s FM, radio-friendly music."

http://www.ironandwine.com/

Edén
Iron & Wine Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Whisper in my ear everything my dear
Every wicked legend that you carry
On your naked breast
I believe it was your best

God will be my judge
I'm not the man I was
Before I found you lying in the darkness

Let's go buy some clothes

Some more socks for your journey
Cause it might be colder in the morning

Overall Meaning

"Iron and Wine's" song, "Eden," seems to be about a couple who have found each other but are living a life of sin. The first verse talks about the woman whispering in the singer's ear about all the wicked things she has done, and yet he still believes that those were her best moments. He has found a sense of comfort in her and is willing to be judged by God.

In the following lines, the singer talks about how he has changed since finding the woman. He is not the same man he was before he met her. It seems that while he doesn't explicitly say it, it could be inferred that their relationship may have saved him in a way. He may have been lost, but now he's found.

The last few lines of the song depict the couple buying clothes and more socks for her journey, implying that she may be leaving soon. He knows it might be colder in the morning, indicating that their time together has been consuming and might have an unfortunate end. The song doesn't explicitly say what happens next, but it does leave the listener wondering about what destiny holds for the couple.

Line by Line Meaning

Whisper in my ear everything my dear
Share with me confidentially all the tales my love, all the immoral chronicles that you bear

Every wicked legend that you carry
All the sinful stories and rumors you possess and carry along with you

On your naked breast
On your exposed chest

I believe it was your best
I am convinced that it was the finest moment of your life

God will be my judge
I will face divine judgment

I'm not the man I was
I have changed, I am not the same person I used to be

Before I found you lying in the darkness
Before discovering you lying in the gloom

Let's go buy some clothes
Shall we go clothing shopping?

Some more socks for your journey
Additional socks for your expedition

Cause it might be colder in the morning
Because the temperature could be lower tomorrow

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: SAMUEL BEAM

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind