Magnolia
Pineapple Thief Lyrics

of night

The lyrics of "Magnolia" by Pineapple Thief seem to tell the tale of attempting to help someone who is broken-hearted or suffering from some other internal pain. The first line, "This is the shelter, they are sheltering you," suggests that the singer or singer is trying to provide some form of support or refuge for the person in question. The next line, "From what is buried, buried deep inside of you," suggests that this pain or sorrow is something that the individual has attempted to suppress or deny, but it remains even deeper as a result.

The repeated refrain of "You gave everything you could" suggests that the individual being comforted has put forth significant effort or given everything they had to avoid this painful outcome or circumstance. However, as the song seems to suggest, it was ultimately beyond their control, as indicated by "You couldn't know what was about to tear itself apart."

The final lines of the song, "I thought I'd lost you under the cover of night / I'd thought I'd lost you under the cover of night," suggest that the singer had feared for the worst, but ultimately found the individual safe, if not quite healed. The repeated reference to "the cover of everything you loved so much" and "the cover of night" suggests that the sadness, pain, or sorrow is perhaps only understood or visible once the distractions of day have disappeared.