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"
Come on down to the city at night
And see how the people cry
Wish away the time
To the rhythm and rhyme
Of a lifeless lullaby
And everybody wants for something
Everybody wants for more
Swimmin' to the lands
Of the shimmerin' sands
And we drowned just off the shore
All these voices sound the same
All that changes is the name
And I just wanna hear some music with some soul
So many sheltered shades of grey
I'm not about to mourn the death of rock'n'roll
Cast your broken shackles away
And sing like you mean it
Sing like you're feeling something
Passing the hours
In the glittering towers
As the valves begin to shred
Toppling down
On top of this town
They scatter on a sea of red
And everybody needs a detour
To get off the same old road
Take a look around
Turn your radio down
It's there in the lines of code
All these voices blend to one
Add the minus, come to none
And I just wanna hear some music with some soul
So many sheltered shades of grey
I'm not about to mourn the death of rock'n'roll
Cast your broken shackles away
And sing like you mean it
Sing like you're feeling something
Everybody wants for something
Everybody wants for more
We wanna hear the jack plugs hum again
Everybody wants for more
All these voices sound the same
All that changes is the name
And I just wanna hear some music with some soul
So many sheltered shades of grey
I'm not about to mourn the death of rock'n'roll
Cast your broken shackles away
And sing like you mean it
Sing like you're feeling something
And I just wanna hear some music with some soul
Everybody wants for something
Everybody wants for more
We wanna hear the jack plugs hum again
Everybody wants for more
And see how the people cry
Wish away the time
To the rhythm and rhyme
Of a lifeless lullaby
And everybody wants for something
Everybody wants for more
Swimmin' to the lands
Of the shimmerin' sands
And we drowned just off the shore
All these voices sound the same
All that changes is the name
And I just wanna hear some music with some soul
So many sheltered shades of grey
I'm not about to mourn the death of rock'n'roll
Cast your broken shackles away
And sing like you mean it
Sing like you're feeling something
Passing the hours
In the glittering towers
As the valves begin to shred
Toppling down
On top of this town
They scatter on a sea of red
And everybody needs a detour
To get off the same old road
Take a look around
Turn your radio down
It's there in the lines of code
All these voices blend to one
Add the minus, come to none
And I just wanna hear some music with some soul
So many sheltered shades of grey
I'm not about to mourn the death of rock'n'roll
Cast your broken shackles away
And sing like you mean it
Sing like you're feeling something
Everybody wants for something
Everybody wants for more
We wanna hear the jack plugs hum again
Everybody wants for more
All these voices sound the same
All that changes is the name
And I just wanna hear some music with some soul
So many sheltered shades of grey
I'm not about to mourn the death of rock'n'roll
Cast your broken shackles away
And sing like you mean it
Sing like you're feeling something
And I just wanna hear some music with some soul
Everybody wants for something
Everybody wants for more
We wanna hear the jack plugs hum again
Everybody wants for more
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i love this song so much. her voice sounds really calm and sad in this one. especially in the 'soon you can call the police, i'm sorry for my manners.....'
i'm not sure about any of you, but i think this song just has to do with personal wars of choosing what's good and bad for you, and in this song's case it has to do with alcohol, drugs, and sex.
and in this song, 'i gave my heart to rock n roll' means really that she completely gave herself away not knowing that the hurt she's experiencing is the consequence.
so basically, this song is just about knowing that you've fucked up a lot.
omg this song kicks ass!!! its awesome so like bittersweet makes me sad but at the same time makes me smile!!
I GAVE MY HEART TO ROCK N ROLL
I think this song is just about them expressing her love for Rock n Roll. But if looked carefully, many parts of the song can also function as a metaphor for drugs, alcohol and sex. And since Rock n Roll is kinda synonymous to sex, drugs and alcohol, it really is up to you on which you'd like to interpret it as.
Or, alternatively you can also consider it as Rock n Roll = Sex, drugs, alcohol, the music rock n roll. In other words, her meaning of rock n roll encompasses all these aspects.
Just my 2c.
"Jump up bubble up, what's in store" is a lyric from the song Love is the Drug by Roxy. I was listening to the radio and the Roxy song came on and I nearly had a conniption trying to figure out what song it was that I had heard that lyric in before.
I love The Sounds and this song is great!!
the sounds are awesome. one of my favorites. i guess its talking about how rock and roll is so much better than love. i dont think these lyrics are right though, heres what i think:
got a nasty habit called rock and roll... seems like love no longer can turn me on... jump up bubble up, whats in store... (roxy) and so you can call the police, im sorry bout my manners, but you see...
well thats all i have. byyyyyyy the way. the sounds rock.
Reply to the post abouve (by gengy) just heard the live version of R&R (I'm a new "The Sounds" convert) and the lyrics you said were right ;) just incase people were wondering.
Yes the sounds rock
One, two, three, four no I want more and five, six, seven it
s not ok how come you taste so good this time Im really hooked Its half past ten, its getting late But the night is young and I cant wait You know I like it loud You should know me by nowSomething sweet or something strong Seems like love no longer can turn me on Like boy need girl and girl need boy got a nasty habit called rock n roll
But you don
t know what its like I´ve done things you've only dreamed about More than once or twice, it keeps me up at night Jump up, bubble up, what´s in store Bryan looked for love, but I want more I find another beat, there`s no time for sleepSomething sweet and something strong Seems like love no longer can`t turn me on Like the girls in suits and those pretty boys I gave my heart to rock n roll
So you can call the police I`m sorry but my manners, but you see I'm a bit drunk as you can see I bet you would like to undress me
Something sweet and something strong Seems like love no longer can`t turn me on Like boy need girl and girl need boy Got a nasty habit called rock n roll
Something sweet and something strong Seems like love no longer can`t turn me on Like boy need girl and girl need boy Got a nasty habit called rock n roll
these are the lyrics i found somewhere else and i think theyre right
This song is really pretty. I think it's saying that music or rock and roll is better than love and all of it's confusion.
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