Lines Around Your Eyes
Lucinda Williams Lyrics


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There are things about you that make me want to scream and shout
There are things about you that make me want to lock you out
But there's a little thing that drives me wild
Something that happens every time you smile
I can't get over the lines around your eyes
Lines around your eyes everytime you smile

And the way you touch me darlin' just drives me wild
Sometimes I don't know what we're fightin' about
But that don't mean we can't work things out
Cause I love you darlin' and the lines around your eyes

I put my car in gear and I headed down Highway 10
I was leavin' here, I was never comin' back again
I got about as far as the Texas line
I still couldn't get you off of my mind
Cause I can't get over the lines around your eyes
Lines around your eyes everytime you smile
And the way you touch me darlin' just drives me wild
Sometimes I don't know what we're fightin' about




But that don't mean we can't work things out
Cause I love you darlin' and the lines around your eyes

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Lucinda Williams's song Lines Around Your Eyes describe a complicated and emotional relationship. The singer of the song is torn between feeling intense frustration and love towards their partner. There are several things about their partner that irritate the singer to the point of wanting to scream and lock them out. However, despite this, there is something about their partner that drives the singer wild - the lines around their eyes every time they smile. This detail hints at the fact that the relationship may have once been a happy one, and the singer is still holding onto that memory.


The second verse of the song adds more complexity to the lyrics. The singer describes a moment when they almost left their partner and never looked back, yet they couldn't shake the memory of their partner's smile and the lines around their eyes. This suggests that the relationship has had its ups and downs, but something about their partner's love and the memories they share keeps them attached. The chorus repeats the idea that the lines around their partner's eyes are driving them wild and that their love can overcome their fights and disagreements.


Overall, the lyrics of Lines Around Your Eyes paint a vivid picture of a relationship filled with love, frustration and complexity. The song suggests that even when relationships are difficult, memories and love are powerful things that keep people together.


Line by Line Meaning

There are things about you that make me want to scream and shout
There are aspects of your personality that anger me to the extent that I feel like yelling and freaking out.


There are things about you that make me want to lock you out
There are elements of your being that make me want to keep you out and exclude you from my life.


But there's a little thing that drives me wild
Regardless of the issues I have with you, one small thing involving you gives me immense passion and elicits wild feelings in me.


Something that happens every time you smile
The specific thing that causes these passionate reactions in me is the lines around your eyes whenever you smile.


I can't get over the lines around your eyes
Even though I have problems with you, I can't seem to stop being intrigued by the creases and folds on the skin around your eyes when you smile.


And the way you touch me darlin' just drives me wild
Apart from your smile, even the way you touch me fills me with desires I can hardly control.


Sometimes I don't know what we're fightin' about
There are instances when I am clueless about the root of our conflicts and disagreements.


But that don't mean we can't work things out
Despite the uncertainties in our arguments, it doesn't mean that we cannot come up with a solution and work things out.


Cause I love you darlin' and the lines around your eyes
I am willing to set aside our differences for the love I have for you, and the sensation I experience from the lines around your eyes every time you smile.


I put my car in gear and I headed down Highway 10
In my effort to escape the problems between us, I got into my car and drove down Highway 10.


I was leavin' here, I was never comin' back again
I had already decided to leave and never return back to this point in our relationship.


I got about as far as the Texas line
The distance I went to escape from you only got me as far as the Texas border.


I still couldn't get you off of my mind
Even though I tried to forget about you, you were still constantly on my thoughts.




Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: LUCINDA WILLIAMS

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