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"
I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you
Were you born to resist or be abused?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Are you gone and onto someone new?
I needed somewhere to hang my head
Without your noose
You gave me something that I didn't have
But had no use
I was too weak to give in
Too strong to lose
My heart is under arrest again
But I break loose
My head is giving me life or death
But I can't choose
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Oh
Oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh
Oh
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
The life, the love
You die to heal
The hope that starts
The broken hearts
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
I've got another confession my friend
I'm no fool
I'm getting tired of starting again
Somewhere new
Were you born to resist or be abused?
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Oh
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you
Were you born to resist or be abused?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Are you gone and onto someone new?
I needed somewhere to hang my head
Without your noose
You gave me something that I didn't have
But had no use
I was too weak to give in
Too strong to lose
My heart is under arrest again
But I break loose
My head is giving me life or death
But I can't choose
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Oh
Oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh
Oh
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
The life, the love
You die to heal
The hope that starts
The broken hearts
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
I've got another confession my friend
I'm no fool
I'm getting tired of starting again
Somewhere new
Were you born to resist or be abused?
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Oh
Lyrics submitted by Master_of_Puppets
Best of You Lyrics as written by David Eric Grohl Christopher Shiftlett
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Love that, rooied1. thank you....
Have you ever given something (or someone if you like being so cliche) everything you have, and been hurt by it? Like you were conned out of an experience, or something? You feel like you wish you hadn't begun whatever it is that put you where you are now. Some of us are "door mats." We do this too often. We enter things with good intentions, expecting equal return, nothing less, but more importantly, nothing more. When this happens so often, and you get beaten down, there comes a point where you just want to stop being you, and stop careing, but you can't.
Has someone taken your faith? Its real, the pain you feel The life, the love You die to heal The hope that starts The broken hearts
I think this part of the song is just saying that you're not imagining things, that pain, those let downs, those situations where you've felt used and taken advantage of, where you put in more than you were supposed to get back, they're real, and the narrorator of the song recognizes that you would die to heal those wounds, and be done with those pains.
I think this song is consoling that breaking point, where you feel like you're going insane trying not to be hurt by things anymore.
Were you born to resist or be abused? I swear I'll never give in I refuse
This part of the song is like that rebelious point. "Were you born to resist, or be abused?" is rhetorical. You have a choice, to give in to being let down, it's that "are you a man or a mouse" kind of thing. You can man up, or lay down, and one is easier than the other, but only one of them is an acceptable choice to make if you want anything good to happen. I think it's saying instead of letting it hurt you, see it through. If it is going to get the best of you, then you should fight to get the best of it, too.
I was too weak to give in Too strong to lose My heart is under arrest again But I break loose
These lines mirror the previous section about making the choice to stand up and move forward, not give up, to be strong and not give in. Don't accept anything less than you deserve.
Instead of giving up, realize that, after all you've been through, after everything you've done, you've proven that you're too strong to give up hope that things can't be great, that you won't always be that door mat, so when things get bad, just remember that you know you're strong enough to get back up and move forward. If you've found something worth giving your best to, and it refuses, takes what you have, and kicks you to the curb, don't give up, get up and fight for what you deserve, because it's worth it.
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@ME68 WOW! I just LOVE the way you put that. Great job. Great jo expressing yourself. I look forward to reading more of your reviews.
I listen to this song when people have broken me - or I've let them break me. It's like Foos have given me a needle and thread and said 'stitch up those wounds and get on with life'.
actually, even tho the song its self wasn't aimed for Kurt. i think there preformance at wembly stadium was for him.
I really wish people would stop saying this song is about a heartless girl.
@replacements Ok, then...I won't say its about a heartless girl...even though it is.
@replacements it's not about a heartless girl. The girl in the picture (whoever "the girl" might entail) doesn't literally mean harm or have bad intentions. It's merely a stepping stone for her too to learn from. Some two people are just not meant to be together. Whether by their personality types mismatch, upbringings differ, past experiences and emotional level through which you process the events of life, whatever the reasons, , but both of them have forces at play somewhere
I believe this song is about someone who keeps getting taken advantage of. There hurting because of it, and they feel used with no love.
This song gets better everytime I listen to it.
damn, the video for this song is awesome! dave grohl kicks ass and he's so frickin' talented. i love it
Like someone above said, even if you haven't been taken advantage of in one way or another, this song makes you feel like you have been. Every now and then a song comes along that makes me think about stuff I'd rather not think about. This song is one that makes me think the hardest. An acoustic version might be nice, but I think the harder version gives it, for lack of a better word, oompf. If a song ever "spoke" to me, this one is it.