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"
When the siren's flash is gone
And we're left to carry on
All the memories are too few
When the pastor's music plays
And that casket rolls away
I could live again if you
Just stay alive for me
Please stay now, you left me here alone
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own
Make it on my own (it's the end of the line)
Whoa, it's the end of the line, whoa
Now that you are dead and gone
And I'm left to carry on
I could never smile 'cause you
Won't stay alive for me
Please stay now, you left me here alone
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own
Make it on my own (it's the end of the line)
Whoa, it's the end of the line, whoa
Finally
Your final resting day
Is without me
I weep
And think of brighter days
What about me?
You can't take back the one mistake
That still lives on after life it takes
In that one day that changed our lives
And bitter memories are left behind
You can't take back the one mistake (whoa)
That still lives on after life it takes
In that one day that changed our lives (whoa)
And bitter memories are left behind, oh yeah
Please stay now, you left me here alone (whoa)
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own (whoa)
Make it on my own (it's the end of the line)
Please stay now, you left me here alone (whoa)
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own (whoa)
And we're left to carry on
All the memories are too few
When the pastor's music plays
And that casket rolls away
I could live again if you
Just stay alive for me
Please stay now, you left me here alone
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own
Make it on my own (it's the end of the line)
Whoa, it's the end of the line, whoa
Now that you are dead and gone
And I'm left to carry on
I could never smile 'cause you
Won't stay alive for me
Please stay now, you left me here alone
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own
Make it on my own (it's the end of the line)
Whoa, it's the end of the line, whoa
Finally
Your final resting day
Is without me
I weep
And think of brighter days
What about me?
You can't take back the one mistake
That still lives on after life it takes
In that one day that changed our lives
And bitter memories are left behind
You can't take back the one mistake (whoa)
That still lives on after life it takes
In that one day that changed our lives (whoa)
And bitter memories are left behind, oh yeah
Please stay now, you left me here alone (whoa)
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own (whoa)
Make it on my own (it's the end of the line)
Please stay now, you left me here alone (whoa)
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own (whoa)
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I think its written about one of their friends who died in an auto accident, but i'm not sure and if anyone does know, post it, cuz i need to know for this english thing where we got to pick a song and talk about what it alludes to, thanx
i think that this song is about one of dexters best friend/brother/girlfriend/wife/whatever that killed himself
One of my close friends killed himself two years ago, and listening to this song was a way I could get out my feelings, most of which I didn't understand. The Offspring has a talent for making their music sound great, so that's enough, but if you listen to the lyrics, most of them are really deep and have a personal meaning. This song still makes me cry, but it helped me deal, and I'm glad Dexter is putting out such great poetry.
Awesome song, deff. about someone close committing suicide. u cannot deny the pure emotiong dexter brings to the mic on this one
i love this song....and it meant a lot to me when me and one of my close friends were suicidal. it helped me to realise that i wasnt the only one going through the shit i was trying to deal with. keep it up!
Sounds to me like it's about a friend who commit suicide.... I might add more later
yeah, i agree w/ pinkfloydrulez. it sounds like its about someone he knew that was close to him that commited suicide. possibly his wife that died. the lines that make me think its about suicide are: "I could live again if you could Just stay alive for me" "I could never smile cause you Won't stay alive for me" these lines both say that the person can never be happy again because that person decided to go on without them. "You can't take back, the one mistake That still lives on after life it takes" after you kill yourself, you cant take it back and everyone is left to live w/ the tragedy of your death.
good song.
This song is awesome, but (looks like there is a typo in the lyrics) my version of this song starts with: When the siren's flash is gone And we're left to carry on All the memories are to few..........
Yea mine too acid rain drops... Anyway an excellent song helped me cope with the death a my friends dad,and my own problems as well. I would leave my friends to deal with such a horrid problem that would scar them for life. Now that you are dead and gone and i'm lest to carry on all the momories are to few. Whoa to emotional sorry guys!
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