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"
30th of April, seems like yesterday
Bought a house above the ocean
Where our kids could laugh and play
I called you from Paris
To tell you that I
Wrote our names on the observation deck
Of the Eiffel Tower
Remember those nights playing summer wind
on the jukebox of the bar we used to go
We made out in the bathroom
and you walked me to my house
I try to convince you not to go home
If only I had more time
I'd take you where you wanted to go
Italy isn't the same without you here
If only I had one wish
I'd want a million trillion life times that I could spend with you
I'd Fall in love with you again and again
First of November 1998
I was thinking of what to say when I would call
Denise come over to my house cause you're the one for me
We'll drink cheap wine and watch for shooting stars
Remember our first apartment
Our couch was never big enough for two
Still we'd fall asleep in each other's arms
and wake up on the floor
Now looking back it was made for me and you
If only I had more time
I'd take you where you wanted to go
Japan is really nice this time of year
If only I had one wish
I'd want a million trillion life times that I could spend with you
I'd Fall in love with you again and again
Bought a house above the ocean
Where our kids could laugh and play
I called you from Paris
To tell you that I
Wrote our names on the observation deck
Of the Eiffel Tower
Remember those nights playing summer wind
on the jukebox of the bar we used to go
We made out in the bathroom
and you walked me to my house
I try to convince you not to go home
If only I had more time
I'd take you where you wanted to go
Italy isn't the same without you here
If only I had one wish
I'd want a million trillion life times that I could spend with you
I'd Fall in love with you again and again
First of November 1998
I was thinking of what to say when I would call
Denise come over to my house cause you're the one for me
We'll drink cheap wine and watch for shooting stars
Remember our first apartment
Our couch was never big enough for two
Still we'd fall asleep in each other's arms
and wake up on the floor
Now looking back it was made for me and you
If only I had more time
I'd take you where you wanted to go
Japan is really nice this time of year
If only I had one wish
I'd want a million trillion life times that I could spend with you
I'd Fall in love with you again and again
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This song reminds me of my true love Austin Micheal Russie. These outrageous lyrics by The Ataris.. are wonderful. I cannot go a day without listening to this song.. Although, it makes me get a bit teary.. I still love it. They did an awesome job. I Love You Austin.. 11-25-01 Will always be remember. muah -Kris-
this song is amazing! every time i hear it chills go through my body and it reminds me of this one guy...i love the ataris and i love this song
This song is sooooooo sweet. Normally I don't get all gushy mushy over songs but he sings it like he means every word. awwww. Makes me happy.
This song is sooooooo sweet. Normally I don't get all gushy mushy over songs but he sings it like he means every word. awwww. Makes me happy.
I can't listen to this song anymore even though it is my favorite Ataris song. It reminds me too much of my ex. It literally makes me cry every time I hear it. When I can listen to this song again...that is when I know I am over him.
this song is so sweet...kris seems like such an awesome guy, i'd love to meet them... ataris rock
I agree this song is very sweet. Makes you get warm fuzzy feelings inside. hehe. :D
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i think it's cute that he says "playing 'summer wind' on the jukebox every where we go.." just a wild guess, but i'm thinking it's related to "summer wind was always our song." which is a great song. most of the ataris' stuff is. this is a really sweet, cute song.. i love it. :)