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"
I think I'll go for a walk
Maybe out in the rain
Maybe there'll be tears rolling down my face
And not feel the pain
Maybe think about something
Maybe think about you
Yeah you can't hurt me now
You know you can't hurt me now
You can't hold me down
And I got plenty of time
Time to figure it out
Time to think about you and me
Whatever that was all about
Got nothing to prove
Got nothing to say
No I guess I never thought you were good for me anyway
Got nothing to lose
Nothing but you
I think I'll go for a ride
'Til my memory fades
Roll down the windows and glide down 75 to the Everglades
Maybe light up a joint
And take a walk on the moon
Yeah you can't reach me now
You know you can't touch me now
You can't hold me down
And I got plenty of time
Time to figure it out
Time to think about you and me
Whatever that was all about
Got nothing to prove
Got nothing to say
No I guess I never thought you were good for me anyway
Got nothing to lose
Nothing but you
Nothing but you
Why do you have to be so unkind?
Why do I have to be so inclined
To loose my mind?
Well I got plenty of time
Time to figure it out
Time to think about you and me
Whatever that was all about
Got nothing to prove
Got nothing to say
No I guess I never thought you were good for me anyway
I Got nothing to lose
Nothing but you
Oh
Nothing but you
Yeah nothing
Maybe out in the rain
Maybe there'll be tears rolling down my face
And not feel the pain
Maybe think about something
Maybe think about you
Yeah you can't hurt me now
You know you can't hurt me now
You can't hold me down
And I got plenty of time
Time to figure it out
Time to think about you and me
Whatever that was all about
Got nothing to prove
Got nothing to say
No I guess I never thought you were good for me anyway
Got nothing to lose
Nothing but you
I think I'll go for a ride
'Til my memory fades
Roll down the windows and glide down 75 to the Everglades
Maybe light up a joint
And take a walk on the moon
Yeah you can't reach me now
You know you can't touch me now
You can't hold me down
And I got plenty of time
Time to figure it out
Time to think about you and me
Whatever that was all about
Got nothing to prove
Got nothing to say
No I guess I never thought you were good for me anyway
Got nothing to lose
Nothing but you
Nothing but you
Why do you have to be so unkind?
Why do I have to be so inclined
To loose my mind?
Well I got plenty of time
Time to figure it out
Time to think about you and me
Whatever that was all about
Got nothing to prove
Got nothing to say
No I guess I never thought you were good for me anyway
I Got nothing to lose
Nothing but you
Oh
Nothing but you
Yeah nothing
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I love the line "time to think about you and me, whatever that was all about" - reminds me of way too many of my "relationships" with certain boys. You just look back on certain things and think, "what was UP with that?" It's a song about mostly moving on from somebody, knowing that that person really wasn't too good for you, but still being unable to extinguish that little bit of you that still feels something ...
To me, this song makes me think of when u've broke up with a guy and u get to the point where you realise that you don't need him, but in a way it still hurts...
Love it! It sounds to me like she's broken up with someone and she's trying to get over it at the beginning by letting herself cry but then she's also saying he hasn't really hurt her and she's trying to distract herself by going out and driving, having a joint by way of escapism. My favourite line is "No, I guess I never thought you were good for me anyway". It sounds like she's really trying hard to convince herself that she's better off without him.
Love it! It sounds to me like she's broken up with someone and she's trying to get over it at the beginning by letting herself cry but then she's also saying he hasn't really hurt her and she's trying to distract herself by going out and driving, having a joint by way of escapism. My favourite line is "No, I guess I never thought you were good for me anyway". It sounds like she's really trying hard to convince herself that she's better off without him.
This is by far the best song from the Buffy the Vampire Soundtrack CD (of the 12 I've listened to so far at least) with a great hook, catchy tune and incredible, meaningful lyrics...I loved it and I was simultaneously grateful it didn't apply at all to me in my present relatioship.....maxcue@gmail.com
i always listen to this song when im in the car by myself... every time i listen its like a whole journey. i feel there's a girl who is so independant... she knows it.. the people around her know it... shes willing to be open about how shit she feels... and she knows that she can over come it... shes showing the world she can! but then at the end she realises that shes not kidding anyone... its not about showing that you're over someone. its about having real feelings.. and not being afraid of them.
why cant i have a relationship? whats wrong with you?, hey, whats wrong with me?
This is truly heartbreaking song. It is definitely about moving on, yet to me it is more about convincing yourself that you have to move - "I guess I never thought you were good for me anyway". At first she seems quite casual and confident - he can't reach her anymore, yet with every line she seems more and more broken. When she says "I've got plenty of time..." it kind of seems like she knows she's moved on with her body, yet her heart and mind will need much more time. It also seems that her ride and smoking a joint doesn't seem like causal thing to relax, but a way to escaping her thoughts and giving herself a moment to forget.
The most heartbreaking is the last verse thou. When she says she's got nothing to loose but "him" it kind of sounds like it is only him, but it is all she really wants.
I remember this song from Buffy, the vampire slayer. It perfectly describes her relationship with Angel...well not only that.