The Crane Wives Pretty Little Things Lyrics

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Lyrics :-
I once loved a man who was all lips and hands
Cracked lips and hands
Calloused hands
I still feel his touch against my skin
Past loves linger like phantom limbs
I cut straight to the heart
I don't believe the pretty little things that you say
I've heard a lot of little pretty things
Don't buy me flowers
It pains me to watch pretty little things wilt away
Pretty little things wilt away
Pretty little things wilt away
There are lessons in life no one should have to learn
But trust is now something I make people earn
So I'm not inclined to just give it away
To a pair of blue eyes with some nice things to say
I cut straight to the heart
I don't believe the pretty little things that you say
I've heard a lot of little pretty things
Don't buy me flowers
It pains me to watch pretty little things wilt away
Pretty little things wilt away
Pretty little things wilt away
I know a trick to make a man's colors show:
If he sees something he wants, tell him no
Maybe you're right, and maybe I have been used up
By another man's hungry hands
And maybe you're right, and maybe I have been ruined
For another man after him
But maybe I'm the one who's right
Maybe you will prove why
Women like me never fall for pretty little things

I cut straight to the heart
I don't believe the pretty little things that you say
I've heard a lot of little pretty things
Don't buy me flowers
It pains me to watch pretty little things wilt away
Pretty little things wilt away
Pretty little things wilt away
Pretty little things wilt away
Pretty little things wilt away

[@gamerguy6812]

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[@SJoh07]

gamerguy681 I hope I didn’t respond to late, can you please make a lyric video for Safe Ship Harbored by The Crane Wives? Thank You! Also, I subscribed. :)

[@unstoppablevan9431]

Old friends by mitiski

[@kait369]

Anything by the crane wives.

[@nosoch21]

The Crane Wives - Take me to war... pls

[@rattatattattattat2027]

The garden also Crane Wives 😂 everybodh loved crane wives ig lol

[@theunrelatable5961]

“There are lessons in life no one should have to learn But trust is now something I make people earn” DANG THAT HITS HARD THATS SUCH SMART LYRICSS

[@seineevee]

I see this as a kid singing to her parents. They’ve been through a lot, and even though it was never the intention, a lot of it happened because of decisions their parents made (or failed to make). The kid is realizing how that has affected her ability to hold meaningful relationships, and how it’s practically impossible for her to feel connected with her peers without paranoia telling them it’ll fall apart in the end. In the simplest way, it’s the mentality of someone who’s been dealt cards that have drained them up of naive positivity.

[@QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM---0]

I love this song! It's so relatable...

[@auvecord]

since this song doesn’t have an official meaning (or at least, not one that i know of), here is my interpretation of this song! i feel like the singer has had their feelings played with so many times (where people lie to them either for pity or for pranks), so they don’t believe any genuine acts of affection from anyone who might actually love them. The pretty little things, because of this, feel like nothing (which is the “wilting away” part). They search for someone who is actually in love with them (no lies or anything), but it’s hard for them to find that anymore 🥺.

[@aslprincess3944]

That's basically right, but from the beginning of the song, it's also pretty clear that it's a woman talking about how she got burned by a man who used her badly, and the way he did it was telling her pretty little things, but then abusing her. So now she's jaded towards men in general, even ones who are nice to her, and she feels the one she's talking to now is saying that's she's too cynical about it, but she wonders if he'll just prove her right about it. you can use the song different ways, but that's the intended meaning, I believe. It could be used non-romantically also, just talking about friendship, or how you are not good with family now because of a bad parent or other relative.

[@woodlanddove]

I like to interpret this song as a woman whose been abused or used for years and years. Not knowing a healthy relationship, and the idea of a relationship to her is frightening. She doesnt wanna trust anything anyone offers because itll drag her back down.

[@kait369]

Not the Ghost - The Crane Wives!

[@miastoytv9476]

It’s like a girl loved this man he passed away and she still feels his touch and whenever someone gives something speaking to her she will think of him bc he liked pretty things and she always rejected the gift

[@kait369]

Looooove it.

[@jenclarsen8983]

could you please make a karaoke version of this song

[@novarys6081]

The hush sound is a great band but I haven’t seen too many lyric vids for their songs

[@woodlanddove]

Wish they'd release more. Underrated as hell

[@miastoytv9476]

And she once took the gift bc he used to want everything and she got used for money