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"
Orbiting pods, underwater domes
We fill our tanks with oxygen to step outside our homes
Once it was hard, now it's just routine
And I can't tell the difference between people and machine
Love was the problem for our ancestors
It's not such a problem anymore
Breeding as a science proved it has no use at all
And it mostly disappeard when we eliminated war
There's comfort and control, it's safe for you and me
News from the surface shows how hard life there can be
Why live in danger? Why live with pain?
People on the surface find it hard to explain
And every little thing is strictly monitored
We're given everything we need
Fed by I.V., we rarely need to sleep
There's no pointless dreaming and our happiness is guaranteed
We fill our tanks with oxygen to step outside our homes
Once it was hard, now it's just routine
And I can't tell the difference between people and machine
Love was the problem for our ancestors
It's not such a problem anymore
Breeding as a science proved it has no use at all
And it mostly disappeard when we eliminated war
There's comfort and control, it's safe for you and me
News from the surface shows how hard life there can be
Why live in danger? Why live with pain?
People on the surface find it hard to explain
And every little thing is strictly monitored
We're given everything we need
Fed by I.V., we rarely need to sleep
There's no pointless dreaming and our happiness is guaranteed
Lyrics submitted by let it fall, edited by digitalbath12
Our Happiness Is Guaranteed Lyrics as written by Samuel J. Coomes
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This isn't very accurate, I'm pretty sure it's "We Fill our tanks with oxygen and step outside our homes," no "and" before the "I can't tell the difference between people and machine. "love WAS THE" problem for our ancestors;" "News FROM the surface shows how hard life there can be." No "and" before "every little thing is stricktly monitored."
All the inacuracies here, aside, I do love this song, and the lyrics are so good! It has alot of hidden meanings, but it's also just really well written.
Agreeing with TenderLumping on the mistakes made. There's also where it says "and out happiness is guaranteed." It should be 'OUR' instead of 'out', and no 'And'.
Errors aside, this is a very good song indeed. I love it in every way; from the singers voice, to the lyrics, to the music.
Correct lyrics, for anyone interested:
Orbiting pods Underwater domes We fill our tanks with oxygen to step outside our homes Once it was hard Now it's just routine I can't tell the difference between people and machines
Love was a problem for our ancestors It's not such a problem anymore Breeding as a science proved it has no use at all And it mostly disappeared when we eliminated war
There's comfort and control It's safe for you and me News from the surface shows how hard life there can be Why live in danger? Why live with pain? People on the surface find it hard to explain
And every little thing is strictly monitored We're given everything we need Fed by I.V., we rarely need to sleep There's no pointless dreaming and our happiness is guaranteed