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"
A tired man
in his chair
doesn't move
he only stares
at the machine
across the room
there's nothing there
it's not getting through
He shakes his head
finally stands up
throws his hands up
in the air
A blinding flash across the room
A sudden crash
A sonic boom
Changes everything he knew
It's everything he's never seen
the biggest deal there's ever been
described in light upon the screen
Nobody else is stronger than I am
Yesterday I moved a mountain
I bet I could be your hero
I am a mighty little man
I am a mighty little man
I am a mighty little man
From way up here you can't look down
And as of now there is no ground
The microscope's been turned around
Don't be alarmed
Don't make a fuss
He's still like you
He's one of us
And he'll come back before too long
Takes a breath
Clears his mind
Grabs his coat
Steps outside
An empty street
There's no one there
He lifts himself
Into the air
A billion thoughts
Expressed as one
Etched in words
Across the sun
And it said:
Nobody else is stronger than I am
Yesterday I moved a mountain
I bet I could be your hero
I am a mighty little man
Nobody else is stronger than I am
Yesterday I moved a mountain
I bet I could be your hero
I am a mighty little man
I am a mighty little man
Nobody else is stronger than I am
Yesterday I moved a mountain
I am a mighty little man
I bet I could be your hero
I am a mighty little man
I am a mighty little man
in his chair
doesn't move
he only stares
at the machine
across the room
there's nothing there
it's not getting through
He shakes his head
finally stands up
throws his hands up
in the air
A blinding flash across the room
A sudden crash
A sonic boom
Changes everything he knew
It's everything he's never seen
the biggest deal there's ever been
described in light upon the screen
Nobody else is stronger than I am
Yesterday I moved a mountain
I bet I could be your hero
I am a mighty little man
I am a mighty little man
I am a mighty little man
From way up here you can't look down
And as of now there is no ground
The microscope's been turned around
Don't be alarmed
Don't make a fuss
He's still like you
He's one of us
And he'll come back before too long
Takes a breath
Clears his mind
Grabs his coat
Steps outside
An empty street
There's no one there
He lifts himself
Into the air
A billion thoughts
Expressed as one
Etched in words
Across the sun
And it said:
Nobody else is stronger than I am
Yesterday I moved a mountain
I bet I could be your hero
I am a mighty little man
Nobody else is stronger than I am
Yesterday I moved a mountain
I bet I could be your hero
I am a mighty little man
I am a mighty little man
Nobody else is stronger than I am
Yesterday I moved a mountain
I am a mighty little man
I bet I could be your hero
I am a mighty little man
I am a mighty little man
Lyrics submitted by lenny bee, edited by orangeblood
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Great version of a great song,
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Dude, there's actually like a whole two more minutes to this song, which is amazing. They follow as (if anyone's interested):
From way up here you can't look down As of now there is no ground The microscope's been turned around
Don't be alarmed Don't make a fuss He's still like you He's one of us He'll come back before too long
Takes a breath Clears his mind Grabs his coat Steps outside
An empty street There's no one there He lifts himself Into the air
A billion thoughts Expressed as one Etched in words Across the sun
And it said:
Nobody else is stronger than I am Yesterday I moved a mountain I bet I could be your hero I am a mighty little man
Nobody else is stronger than I am Yesterday I moved a mountain I bet I could be your hero I am a mighty little man
it's so hard to believe the guy from blue's clues could make such an amazing album.
kinda wish he was still at blues clues....still either way he makes some awesome songs =D
This song is about him wanting to move on, so he isn't known as "the guy from Blue's Clues" the rest of his life. The lyrics are pretty obvious that he grew tired with a part of his life, and wanted to end it and start a new part.
I think it's about discovering inner heroism/strength.
I agree with all of you. This is actually my favorite song off SfD along with Troposhere. Actually nevermind, I don't have a favorite. I wish he'd tour in CA again soon..
This song is ace.
Actually, as opposed to what ThePlaygroundMiracle said, in an interview with Steve Burns, he said that he doesn't mind at all being "Steve, from Blues Clues", he even said he's proud of it. It's where he got his start, and he's not ashamed at all. Hell, the interview was done with him sitting in "The Thinking Chair"
As for my idea of what the song is. I think that it's kind of saying that anyone can be strong, in their own way. Size and physical ability have nothing to do with it, everyone has inner strength, and you shouldn't let people tell you otherwise.
I think ThePlaygroundMircle was close to right. He wanted to move on from his past and do something new. But I definately don't think that he regrets who he was and how he got here. I think it's a song about recognizing who you were and using it to make a stronger future for yourself.
I used to love watching him in Blues Clue's and I also totally dig this track. Is he still making music?