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Daylily King
This Is Deer Country Lyrics
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Things are exactly as they seem
There's nothing
Beautiful left
In this world
Let me please
And pretty things you said to me
And the life before we learned to breathe
When everybody
Learns to live
Somehow
The streetlights are
Watching you
In the twilight
When the world
Gets to
your head
To your head
Someday you should settle down
And seven girls will hang around
(???)
For the town
Our grey streets and
Fertile ground
Someday
Daylily king,
What happened to the world you dreamed
Winter and the sounding sea
Things are exactly as they seem
There's nothing beautiful
Left
The opening lines of "Daylily King" by This Is Deer Country paints a grim picture of the world we live in. The Daylily King represents all that is pure and beautiful in a world that seems to be gradually losing those qualities. The first lines, "Daylily king, things are exactly as they seem, there's nothing beautiful left in this world," sets the tone for the rest of the song. The Daylily King represents a world of dreams, hopes, and aspirations, all of which are lost amidst the harsh realities of the present. The next lines talk about the singer's desire to hold on to the memories of a time when everything seemed possible. "Let me please your lines to leaves and pretty things you said to me and the life before we learned to breathe when everybody learns to live somehow." Here, the singer is holding on to the memories of a time when everything seemed possible, and people were optimistic about the future.
The song takes a nostalgic turn in the next verse, with the image of a small town where the singer imagines settling down with seven girls. The imagery is open to interpretation, but it seems to represent a longing for a simpler time when everything was easier, and the future seemed brighter. The song concludes by bringing back the Daylily King, who represents a world that has been lost. "Daylily king, what happened to the world you dreamed, winter, and the sounding sea, things are exactly as they seem, there's nothing beautiful left." It is a bittersweet conclusion that leaves the listener with a sense of loss and a longing for a better future.
Line by Line Meaning
Daylily king
Referring to someone who rules over their garden of daylilies, a metaphor for someone who has lost sight of the beauty in the world
Things are exactly as they seem
Accepting that the world is not perfect and acknowledging reality
There's nothing
The state of the world is empty and desolate
Beautiful left
In this world
The beautiful things in this world are disappearing and the world is becoming more and more bleak
Let me please
Your lines to leaves
And pretty things you said to me
And the life before we learned to breathe
When everybody
Learns to live
Somehow
Remembering a time before the harshness of reality set in and longing for a time when life was simpler
The streetlights are
Watching you
In the twilight
When the world
Gets to
your head
To your head
Feeling like the world is closing in on you and becoming overwhelming
Someday you should settle down
And seven girls will hang around
(???)
For the town
Our grey streets and
Fertile ground
Someday
The idea of a stable future where someone is surrounded by loved ones and finds comfort in their familiar surroundings
Daylily king,
What happened to the world you dreamed
Winter and the sounding sea
Things are exactly as they seem
There's nothing beautiful
Left
Questioning why the world has become so desolate and realizing that there is little hope for things to get better
Contributed by Chloe S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.