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 know I can't predict the weather
But I'll run through storms with you
And the buildings, they grow tall
but your love shines through it all
so baby, if you want this tell me tonight
and this could be the story in a dream
and your eyes, they don't lie
the world can freeze for us in spite
and girl, you're the brightest star tonight
but you could always say that i know
______ _____ ways to be there
cause baby, when i sigh it's a lie
i'm doing it all for you
so ch-ch-change my world
he's the only one who said that i'd never see her
and is it the right time
the chance to she her _____ _____
so wash it all away
and the world can build their hedge
while we dive headfirst from this ledge
so baby, if you want this tell me tonight
and this could be the story in a dream
and your eyes, they don't lie
the world can freeze for us in spite
and girl, you're the brightest star tonight
the brightest star tonight, ooohh, ooohh
yeah ... wash it all away
And the buildings, they grow tall
but your love shines through it all
So baby, if you want me don't cry inside
i'm waiting for your story as i dream
whoaa, and your eyes, they don't lie
and this could be the story in a dream
and this can be the story in a...
yeah, we can be the story in a dream
(and this can be the story in a dream)
yeah, this could be the story in a dream
(you are the brightest star tonight)
But I'll run through storms with you
And the buildings, they grow tall
but your love shines through it all
so baby, if you want this tell me tonight
and this could be the story in a dream
and your eyes, they don't lie
the world can freeze for us in spite
and girl, you're the brightest star tonight
but you could always say that i know
______ _____ ways to be there
cause baby, when i sigh it's a lie
i'm doing it all for you
so ch-ch-change my world
he's the only one who said that i'd never see her
and is it the right time
the chance to she her _____ _____
so wash it all away
and the world can build their hedge
while we dive headfirst from this ledge
so baby, if you want this tell me tonight
and this could be the story in a dream
and your eyes, they don't lie
the world can freeze for us in spite
and girl, you're the brightest star tonight
the brightest star tonight, ooohh, ooohh
yeah ... wash it all away
And the buildings, they grow tall
but your love shines through it all
So baby, if you want me don't cry inside
i'm waiting for your story as i dream
whoaa, and your eyes, they don't lie
and this could be the story in a dream
and this can be the story in a...
yeah, we can be the story in a dream
(and this can be the story in a dream)
yeah, this could be the story in a dream
(you are the brightest star tonight)
Lyrics submitted by brokenpromisering
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help me out with the missing/wrong parts
i have no idea on what he says...great song though...they arent bad with there lyrics either...i always wanted to hear it ever since i spotted it on the DT website.
i've been trying to figure out these too.. i saved what i had, i never got a chance to upload em...
i know i can't predict the weather but i would run through storms with you (run through storms with you)
and the bulidings they grow tall but your love shines through it all
so baby, if you want this, tell me tonight and this could be the story in a dream and your eyes they don't lie the world can freeze for us in the ((same spot))? and girl, you're the brightest star tonight
but you could always say that i know when its a waste to be there cause baby when i sigh its _____ im doin it all for you so ch-ch-ch change my world
you're the only one that says i'll never see her and is it the right time the chance to see the head through so wash it all away
and the world can bulid their hedge while we dive head first from this land
so baby, if you want this, tell me tonight and this could be the story in a dream and your eyes they don't lie the world can freeze for us in the spot and girl, you're the brightest star tonight
wash it all away and the buildings they grow tall but your love shines through it all
so baby if you want me, don't cry inside i'm waiting for your story as i dream and your eyes, they don't lie and this could be the story in a dream yeah we could be the story in a dream
ok. that's what i have. pretty much the same. yeah.
somebody put more steel train lyrics uppppp
I think it's "When I sigh it's a sign"
This song kcks soooo much butt. What wonderful lyrics! OH, and his voice...maybe he's had some lessons? Cause he's good. But as to that questonable line...I think it's
"When I sigh, it's a LIE, I'm doing it all for you..."
Because imagine him sighing in front of her like he's in it for himself, but when he makes her happy, it makes him happy so he "fake" lies. Or something...yeah. Steel Train kicks ass! GG Drive-Thru!
this song is really good! i think steel train is an awesome band with alot of potential!! i love this song, "blown away" is another good song!
its not ((same spot)) its IN SPITE. not that it makes much of a difference. but wowza. they are so great. this is a rad song...
seein them august fifth. can't wait
this song is absolutely amazing. i got a star tattoo on my back in memory of my grandfather because we had this thing with stars.. and i got "you're the brightest star tonight" around it. this song is so beautiful and it's a shame they never play it, but jack sang it for me one night, after seeing the tattoo and it was just .. i'm still trying to find words for it and it was five months ago.
beautiful song painting a beautiful story. jack has a very comforting voice and they are all really awesome musicians.
changed my world, i tells you that much.