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"
Belinda was mine 'til the time
That I found her holdin'
Jim and lovin' him.
Then Sue came along,
Loved me strong,
That's what I thought,
But me and Sue,
That died, too.
Don't know that I will
But until I can find me,
A girl who'll stay and
Won't play games behind me.
I'll be what I am,
A solitary man,
A solitary man.
I've had it to here - being where love's a small word,
A part time thing, a paper ring.
I know it's been done
Havin' one girl who loves you,
Right or wrong,
Weak or strong.
Don't know that I will
But until I can find me,
A girl who'll stay and
Won't play games behind me.
I'll be what I am,
A solitary man,
A solitary man.
That I found her holdin'
Jim and lovin' him.
Then Sue came along,
Loved me strong,
That's what I thought,
But me and Sue,
That died, too.
Don't know that I will
But until I can find me,
A girl who'll stay and
Won't play games behind me.
I'll be what I am,
A solitary man,
A solitary man.
I've had it to here - being where love's a small word,
A part time thing, a paper ring.
I know it's been done
Havin' one girl who loves you,
Right or wrong,
Weak or strong.
Don't know that I will
But until I can find me,
A girl who'll stay and
Won't play games behind me.
I'll be what I am,
A solitary man,
A solitary man.
Lyrics submitted by Hardcore_Icon
Solitary Man Lyrics as written by Neil Diamond
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This is a wonderful cover of the Neil Diamond song, Solitary Man. HIM really does justice to this song, as they have with all their previous covers. The video for this song is very awesome as well. =D
A good song, but somehow a little too... Poppy for HIM...
No its not too poppy for HIM. Even if it was it still ended up sounding great.
Well.. I don't really know how to explain it.. HIM did this song really great, they did.. But the way it was from before, it was pop. HIM are known for choosing great cover songs (like "wicked game" etc.), and this one is good too... But the lyrics are somehow so... "normal"... if you look at the other HIM songs, including their cover songs... Has anyone got any idea of what I'm talking about?
No. I'd say it's different because neil Diamond wrote it.
This Diamond encrusted song has been turned around...to HIM...It might be a little different, but still has all those really cool individual efforts at a HIM song. Congratulations.
I think HIM did an amazing job on this cover and since these comments are supposed to state what the song is about and such I'm going to state the obvious subject - The guy has had alot of girls who cheated on him or dumped him for other guys (belinda and sue) and until he can find a girl who will love him for life and will be loyal to him hes going to be a solitary man - independant. - that pretty much sums it up I think oh yeah and HIM ROCKS! :D lol
i think this song reflects whats in ville's heart-that's why h emade a cover after it, anyway i love it and ville has got a great look-some say he looks like satan
I like this song, mainly cause i havnt heard the original =P And i like the lyrics, being alone kinda for most my life, Im a loner =P
I love this song but the video was absolute crap compared to some of the other ones. But I'm probably just saying that because I can't stand Bam Magera!