This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Settle down, don't settle down without me, no, no
Settle down, I'll settle down for good, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down around you, yeah, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down for sure, yeah
Whatever I can do, I will
'Cause I'm good like that
For seven years, seven days, and seven hours
I took my chances, yeah
Whatever I can do, I will
'Cause I want
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Settle down, I'll settle down around you, yeah, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down for good, yeah
Settle down, don't settle down without me, no, no
Settle down, I'll settle down for sure, yeah
Never lose that feeling
Never, no, no
Never lose your feelings
Never, that's for sure
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Whatever I can do, I will
'Cause I want to, and what I want I get
Seven years, seven days, and seven hours
I took my chances, yeah
Settle down, don't settle down without me, no, no
Settle down, I'll settle down for good, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down around you, yeah, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down for sure, yeah
Never lose that feeling
Never, no, no, no
Settle down, I'll settle down for good, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down around you, yeah, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down for sure, yeah
Whatever I can do, I will
'Cause I'm good like that
For seven years, seven days, and seven hours
I took my chances, yeah
Whatever I can do, I will
'Cause I want
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Settle down, I'll settle down around you, yeah, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down for good, yeah
Settle down, don't settle down without me, no, no
Settle down, I'll settle down for sure, yeah
Never lose that feeling
Never, no, no
Never lose your feelings
Never, that's for sure
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Never lose that feeling
Whatever I can do, I will
'Cause I want to, and what I want I get
Seven years, seven days, and seven hours
I took my chances, yeah
Settle down, don't settle down without me, no, no
Settle down, I'll settle down for good, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down around you, yeah, yeah
Settle down, I'll settle down for sure, yeah
Never lose that feeling
Never, no, no, no
Lyrics submitted by lason se daga
Settle Down Lyrics as written by Paz Lenchantin William Patrick Corgan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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the lyrics submitted are pretty off, no offensive, here's the right ones
settle down, don't settle down without me, no, no settle down, i'll settle down for good, yeah settle down, i'll settle down around you, yeh, no settle down, i'll settle down for sure, yeah
whatever i can do, i will 'cause i'm good like that for seven years, seven days, and seven hours i took my chances yeah whatever i can do, i will 'cause i want
never lose that feeling never, no, no
settle down, now settle down around you, yeah yeah settle down, i'll settle down for good, yeah settle down, don't settle down without me, no, no settle down, i'll settle down for sure, yeah
never lose that feeling never, no, no never lose your feelings never, that's for sure
(never lose that feeling x5) never lose... that feeling
whatever i anould do, i will 'cause i want you and what i want i get seven years, seven days, and seven hours, i took my chances yeah
settle down, don't settle down without me, no, no settle down, i'll settle down for good, yeah settle down, i'll settle down around you, yeah, yeah settle down, i'll settle down for sure, yeah
never lose that feeling never, no, no, no
whoops i meant <br /> whatever i could do, i will (as apposed to 'anould' lol obvious typo) x
Musically prolly one o the best off the album. any one have any idea about what the "seven" symbolism means? Billy Corgan always includes it somewhere on every album (plus there were 7 pumpkins albums -- hes said its all deliberate in interviews)
maybe 7 is his lucky number? i dont know. but i like this song.
7 is usually associated with blasphamy and evil... Seven Deadly sins, seven levels of hell - Dante ect. Who knows? All I know is that this song is great. This album usually calms me down while I'm driving and I listen to it all the time.
i thought that tied in with alchemy symbolism..."when seven is done..." or something of that type of thing...
I'll get bashed for being the guy who add's the Jesus stuff, but oh well. According to the Bible, 7 is the "perfect" number. Sorta like how 6 is imperfect, hence 666. Anyways...just an idea.
good call mavrikz, you're right on... another instance of this is in a pixies song, "Monkey Gone to Heaven." the symbolic & biblical use of 5, 6, 7 are used there. and no bashing on you or Jesus. :) grace for all.
Is the song perhaps a reference to the Pumpkins at all?
wow i definatly thought smashing pumpkins was playing all these songs until someone told me it was zwan. they sound so much a like. great song. simply excellent
emann333 is prolly right with the Pixies thing - in the song Frank Black says "man is 5, devil is 6, God is 7". I dont think the 5 bit's in the Bible (Revelation is where all that comes from) but it sorta makes sense. 6 is imperfect, 7 is complete. Like the 7 days of creation, the seven angels of judgement, the seven stars etc.