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 I'm lying in your bed
Play the motions through my head
You know that I'm thinking, I'm thinking
And I have reasons to believe
That I'm not the only one you spend this time with
But I'll stay
You say,
You're weak,
You won't let me down,
You won't let me down
You lied,
Through your teeth,
You smiled in your sleep,
You smile in your sleep
When we met
You said that we were the same
You know that we're different,
We're different
And all those time you promised me that
Everything would work out in the end
You were gravely mistaken
You say,
You're weak
You won't let me down,
You won't let me down
You lied,
Through your teeth
You smiled in your sleep,
You smile in your sleep
You lied
You lied
You lied
You lied
You lied,
Through your teeth
You won't let me down
You lied,
I deserve better then this
I dream of steel
Maroon and warm
Your end (Your end)
Your end (Your end)
You gasp for air
I'll see this through
I'll see through you
You're pale (You're pale)
You're pale (You're pale)
You're pale
Blue eyes
When your lying in your bed,
Your eulogy's been read,
You know that it's fitting
You lied
You say
Your weak
You wont let me down
You wont let me down
You lied
Through your teeth
You smiled in your sleep
You smile in your sleep
You smile
You smile
You smile
You smile
I deserve better than this
Play the motions through my head
You know that I'm thinking, I'm thinking
And I have reasons to believe
That I'm not the only one you spend this time with
But I'll stay
You say,
You're weak,
You won't let me down,
You won't let me down
You lied,
Through your teeth,
You smiled in your sleep,
You smile in your sleep
When we met
You said that we were the same
You know that we're different,
We're different
And all those time you promised me that
Everything would work out in the end
You were gravely mistaken
You say,
You're weak
You won't let me down,
You won't let me down
You lied,
Through your teeth
You smiled in your sleep,
You smile in your sleep
You lied
You lied
You lied
You lied
You lied,
Through your teeth
You won't let me down
You lied,
I deserve better then this
I dream of steel
Maroon and warm
Your end (Your end)
Your end (Your end)
You gasp for air
I'll see this through
I'll see through you
You're pale (You're pale)
You're pale (You're pale)
You're pale
Blue eyes
When your lying in your bed,
Your eulogy's been read,
You know that it's fitting
You lied
You say
Your weak
You wont let me down
You wont let me down
You lied
Through your teeth
You smiled in your sleep
You smile in your sleep
You smile
You smile
You smile
You smile
I deserve better than this
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The Night We Met
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Holiday
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
To quote the band.. "The song, Smile In Your Sleep is a dark song about jealousy, deception and ultimately murder."
To me, the narrator of this song becomes so heartbroken by his lover that he eventually kills him / her, thus the metaphor of 'smiling in their sleep'.
she promises him that she would never cheat on him but yet he knows that she is. She sweetened him with words to make him stay, saying they were the same and were meant to but, but she was wrong, he dreams of killing her in his sleep with a knife, her blood red and warm, she is in her death bed and finally got what she deserved for lying and cheating
He actually said the following about this song - "First time we went to the UK, I was super jet lagged and I crashed out in my bunk. Slept for like 14 hours and had the most fucked up dreams. Woke up and I had no idea where I was and I literally thought I had murdered someone. Wrote the song about that."
First song from the new album, available for listen on purevolume. These guys have really come along since their last album, you can feel heaps more energy and emotion in the song.
the new album rocks, going to buy it as soon as it comes out :D
I totally agree L-Kyne. They definitely have built up their music with quite a bit more emotion, and melody seems to be playing a new part in their upcoming album.
awesome song, the rest of the album is much much better. definitely buying it when it retails
COME ON GUYS!!!! where are lyrics for the rest of the new album? im dying for them...lol
This song is just really fucking great. Silverstein's new album is awesome and there music has definitely matured since the last album.
to correct the lyrics:
when i'm lying in your bed, play the motions through my head. You know that i'm tihnking, i'm thinking...and i have reasons to believe that im not the only one you spend this time with, but i'll stay. (chorus) You say you're weak, you won't let me down, you won't let me down. You lie through your teeth, you smile in your sleep, you smile in your sleep.
When we met you said we were the same. You know that we're different, we're different. And all the times you promised me that everything would work out in the end, you were gravely mistaken.
You lie, you lie, you lie, you lie through your teeth, you won't let me down, you lie, i deserve better then this! i dream of steel, maroon and warm, your end. You gasp for air, i'll see this through, i'll see through you, your pale blue eyes.
When your lying in your bed, your eulogy's been read, you know that it's fitting, you lie.
you smile, you smile, you smile, i deserve better then this!