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"
Watch the sunrise
Say your goodbyes
Off we go
Some conversation
No contemplation
Hit the road
Car overheats
Jump out of my seat
On the side of the highway, baby
Our road is long
Your hold is strong
Please don't ever let it go, oh no
I know I don't know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
Oh, can they keep it?
Oh, no they can't
I'm driving fast now
Don't think I know how to go slow
Oh where you at now?
I feel around
There you are
Cool these engines
Calm these jets
I ask you, how hot can it get?
And as you wipe off beads of sweat
Slowly, you say, I'm not there yet
I know I don't know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
Oh, can they keep it?
Oh, no they can't
I know I don't know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
Oh but can they keep it?
Oh, no they can't (no, no, no, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Say your goodbyes
Off we go
Some conversation
No contemplation
Hit the road
Car overheats
Jump out of my seat
On the side of the highway, baby
Our road is long
Your hold is strong
Please don't ever let it go, oh no
I know I don't know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
Oh, can they keep it?
Oh, no they can't
I'm driving fast now
Don't think I know how to go slow
Oh where you at now?
I feel around
There you are
Cool these engines
Calm these jets
I ask you, how hot can it get?
And as you wipe off beads of sweat
Slowly, you say, I'm not there yet
I know I don't know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
Oh, can they keep it?
Oh, no they can't
I know I don't know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
Oh but can they keep it?
Oh, no they can't (no, no, no, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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Obviously, sex. Being Maroon 5 it's about sex. But there's more to it.
At first glance it's like an extra-marital one-night stand or even awkward first encounter in the back of the car while waiting for the car to cool down. To me it's a relationship breaking down. The car is a metaphor for their failing connection and the 'road' being their physical entanglement. He can't keep himself in check when they're finally in the moment and she, being a woman, hasn't reached climax yet. It's nature, really... but he feels guilt towards that, I'm thinking... or maybe it's simpler. It's his realisation that they're not as close or as in synch as he have once thought they were.
'I know I don't know you but I want you so bad'
Finally he understands that they're not meant to be, but the physical attraction still runs rampant between them. It's prolly cooled off more in her respect but is still there to some extent. Either that or it's the last attempt at putting the fire back in their union, which fails and fizzles it out completely, once and for all.
'Everyone has a secret oh, can they keep it? Oh no they can't'
Their secret is revealed, plain as day to the both of them now: they're no longer in love. They can't get the feeling back.
Really, it's a very sad, morbid song that's only intensified by the haunting piano chords, especially at the beginning of the second chorus when realisation dawns.
It scares me how much I get out of this album. ;)
T.
this song is great... i definitely think it's about sex though... but what a great song.
i want to say i agree with trinit_ tragedy ^^^^there
Uhthankyuh. Maroon 5 has an exceptional pianist that really knows how to accompany Adam's lyrics and in this song, to me, the piano is everything. It's dark, haunting, but with that sensual allure that you just can't help but think about riding someone! LOL!! Desired effect achieved!<br /> <br /> <br /> T.
i can't believe no ones checked this song out. unbelievable! it has an alternative/soul vibe. excellent. their entire cd sounds great! check it out peoples.
hahaha YESSSSSSS! the fuckin SEX SONG. adam actually sounds attractive in this one, believe it or not.
The first few times I listened to this song...it sucked. Big time. But eventually, it began to grow on me...like mold or something. ^_^
perfect sex song
i agree, sex song, wait not sex song SEX CD!!!. i couldnt believe it when i listend to it. i remember thinking, GOD THIS GUYS GIRLFRIEND IS LUCKY and then i saw the "this luv" video and i KNEW this guys girlfriend was lucky. now if only i cud do a similar video with the drummer of maroon 5.........
i LOVE this song......its probably my favorite on the cd...mmmm yes.....very sexy and def. about sex. yummy. such a good song i just want to roll around in my sheets with my lover when i hear it.....
is it me, or does he sound just like justin timberlake in the "HOOOOOOEEEEEE!!!! " part??