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"
Lately I'm rather good at blurring little things like lines between cleanliness and technology. Steady. I'm trying pretty hard to keep from getting seen but you pointed out and laughed at me. This jig is up. Don't be anything but ok. Fact is I must admit I like it and I decline to choose a team unless they're paired in 2's. Maybe I'm definitely thinking. Ok alright enough I said ok, you can come too. Don't run that's not fair.
Lyrics submitted by belleautumn
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
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how i see it is that this one person particularly the girl is really good at hiding, keeping emotions and thoughts under control so they won't take over her. She's trying to keep it from being known but the guy sees right through her, points out and knows exactly what he thinks it is and finds it amusing why does she even bother blurring things when it's still very obvious. "This jig is up."
"Don't be anything but okay" ranges from not being afraid, be okay, like it's all gonna be good.
"I must admit I like it and I decline to choose a team unless they're paired in 2's. Maybe I'm definitely thinking." Here comes foreign thoughts invading. It's pretty explanatory what it clearly means. But still there's the maybe. Hesitation.
"Ok alright enough I said ok, you can come too. Don't run that's not fair." Part where she finally gives in and admits it that it's totally fine to carry on with whatever it is between them. It's somehow inviting the other person. She confirms it that she definitely has a big thing for him and lays it out in the open, asks that he doesn't run --it's just totally not fair to do that, give more justice to what this is.
This is a nice song. To me, it means something like wanting to be invisible, but it wasn't working. And all the things that happen weren't going as planned, but it should be okay. that's all from me. yay.
To me its seems like getting used to the rockstar type thing. Not used to it and kind of modest so she tries not to be seen. But she admits she loves it
This song reminds me of OCD. Uh, yeah.
i love how when she shouts "don't run thats not fair" she actually sounds like a little girl whos complaining that someones cheating you know? she has possibly the CUTEST voice in the history of music!
I definatley afree with cinnamin hearts! her voice is soo good and ccute at the same time!
Is this song a final version of Plays Pretty For Baby or something?
'tis a good song.
to answer your question, radcore, yes, Plays Pretty For Baby was re-recorded as Super OK...just has different lyrics
it's weird to compare this version to the one ANT sung...i think his and rachel's voices mix really well together (like in This Was All A Bad Idea)
If it's not the Rock Thing it's defos something "I want to be alone, not searching for a new love .. oh .. okay .. okay why not .. oh it's okay"ish.
the entire song seemed like a child playing in a school yard. like hide and seek - "I'm trying pretty hard to keep from getting seen". it's like 2 people are in a relationship and it's completely immature but she loves it because it's so fun. she knows it's dumb but she loves the feeling of it."I must admit I like it and I decline to choose a team unless they're paired in 2's". it's the whole cat and mouse aspect of a relationship. ya know?
~Peggy~