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Maybe in you I'll believe
Maybe I'll believe in you
The future of my understanding of love
Many a time I've before
Before I've many a time knocked a stranger's door
Discretion hardly I'm known for
Probably has nothing to, nothing at all in the world to do with you
Just your lower lip on the floor
But baby I gotta get through crumb by crumb in this big black forest
Maybe in you I'll believe
Maybe I'll believe in you
Suddenly I'm not myself
Behind the façade is the lonely fountain head
Suddenly you are the one
Who opens the gates to this unruly garden
Come and let this man adore you
'Cause baby I got to get through crumb by crumb in this big black forest
Maybe in you I'll believe
Maybe I'll believe in you
Suddenly you're not yourself
Behind the façade is a lonely angel's stealth
Suddenly I am the one who opens the gates to this now blooming garden
Come and let this man adore
Crumb by crumb in this big black forest
You I'll believe
Crumb by crumb in this big black forest
You I'll believe
Crumb by crumb in this big black forest... |
- reference to the German fairy tale of "Hansel and Gretel," adapted by the Brothers Grimm and earlier by Giambattista Basile; in the fable, the children use bread crumbs to find their way out of a forest and back home to live happily ever after
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- "I wrote (this song) about a guy I didn't know very well, and he was dating a friend of mine. I decided he was going to be Mr. Wainwright. The song is a good example of writing a song about a stranger and attaching certain qualities to them. At one point I sang it to him, and had forgotten it was about him until midway through the song. I don't think he ever knew."
- This song was first performed live during the Summer 2004 "Odd Man Out Tour"
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