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"
As she woke up for the final injection
The sickness was hard
When there was no one around
And it spread to her hands
And it spread to her legs
And they felt like the mud from the pond on the ground
That she played in as a kid
What she did to deserve this
While her friends were at parties
She was on the floor, with a mixture of blood
Sweat and tears by her head
That's when she said, can I be dead?
Yeah I've heard that before
So as I'm writing this thank you note
There's just one thing she wanted you to know
Just before she had to go, she said that she liked you
Just hung the painting that we found of London
I never saw the beauty of that city before
As it sat in our basement next to board games and year books
With a faint smell of must, dust and dog food on the floor
So as I'm writing this thank you note
There's just one thing she wanted you to know
Just before she had to go, she said that she liked you
The sickness was hard
When there was no one around
And it spread to her hands
And it spread to her legs
And they felt like the mud from the pond on the ground
That she played in as a kid
What she did to deserve this
While her friends were at parties
She was on the floor, with a mixture of blood
Sweat and tears by her head
That's when she said, can I be dead?
Yeah I've heard that before
So as I'm writing this thank you note
There's just one thing she wanted you to know
Just before she had to go, she said that she liked you
Just hung the painting that we found of London
I never saw the beauty of that city before
As it sat in our basement next to board games and year books
With a faint smell of must, dust and dog food on the floor
So as I'm writing this thank you note
There's just one thing she wanted you to know
Just before she had to go, she said that she liked you
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Thank-You Note Lyrics as written by Butch Walker
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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this is about the same girl who died of cancer... (take tomorrow)
this is such a sad song. his voice, the lyrics, everything is so fucking sad and beautiful. i love it so much.
Here's my take. The song is about a girl who died of an illness (probably cancer?). The first part is about how she suffered towards the end ("That's when she said, 'Can I be dead?'"). The chorus is from the point of view of someone who was close to her, writing a "thank you note" to a friend of the girl. The note is basically thanking this person for being good to the girl as she neared death. Toward the end, the girl must have gotten quite close to him ("Just before she had to go / She said that she liked you"). Not sure about the second verse though.
wow... no one has commented on this one. well before i actually listend to the words this song i wasreally confused. but after really listening and looking at the lyircs, it has a lot of power to it. and the sad tone to it, like the piano, i just almost want to cry. I dunno, i can't really find very much under the lyrics. i am just wondering what the thank you note actually is? is it for the girl that is sick? or is it for someone else (like the girls crush). also when the guy is looking at the picture, maybe that is where he met the girl, but took her for granted, and now that she is dead he comes to realise the beauty and importance of her. and now these memories are just wasting away with the staleness of the bastment. i dunno! it is a well written song though
wow... no one has commented on this one. well before i actually listend to the words this song i wasreally confused. but after really listening and looking at the lyircs, it has a lot of power to it. and the sad tone to it, like the piano, i just almost want to cry. I dunno, i can't really find very much under the lyrics. i am just wondering what the thank you note actually is? is it for the girl that is sick? or is it for someone else (like the girls crush). also when the guy is looking at the picture, maybe that is where he met the girl, but took her for granted, and now that she is dead he comes to realise the beauty and importance of her. and now these memories are just wasting away with the staleness of the bastment. i dunno! it is a well written song though
this song is soo beautiful..there should be more comments!!!!!
anyway, i think the message of this song is basically, tell someone you like/love them before it's too late
Well, I get the first verse; it's a girl who is sick and is dying, obviously. This song is beautiful, the only thing that bothers me is Butch's voice... it has something I really don't like. But yeah.
as for the meaning, i agree its about the girl who died of cancer... but the last comment...his VOICE bothers you!?!?!? um...okayyyyyy. i think his voice sounds fantastic.