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"
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Well, I wrote my number down
I never wrote it down before
Were gonna bring it over like something from a film
But I didn't have the bottle at all
Well, I were looking and you kept staring
Your thoughts pairing up with mine
And when you're so pretty and I'm so shy
You properly did give me the eye, though, I'm sure you did
Well, I went outside
Couldn't say I tried and I felt regret
Because you haven't bashed me and dashed back in
'Cause the ship hasn't sailed yet
But when I did I couldn't see your face
I could see your mates but that wouldn't do
Well, I dashed around, tried to find you
But you were nowhere to be seen, oh no, no
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
Well, she moved in ways that kept her there
In our minds for days and weeks and months
I was that amazed and there she stayed
Surrounded by the "What if's?" and the "Maybe's"
Well, I wrote my number down
I never wrote it down before
Were gonna bring it over like something from a film
But I didn't have the bottle at all
Well, I were looking and you kept staring
Your thoughts pairing up with mine
And when you're so pretty and I'm so shy
You properly did give me the eye, though, I'm sure you did
Well, I went outside
Couldn't say I tried and I felt regret
Because you haven't bashed me and dashed back in
'Cause the ship hasn't sailed yet
But when I did I couldn't see your face
I could see your mates but that wouldn't do
Well, I dashed around, tried to find you
But you were nowhere to be seen, oh no, no
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
Well, she moved in ways that kept her there
In our minds for days and weeks and months
I was that amazed and there she stayed
Surrounded by the "What if's?" and the "Maybe's"
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"we played this gig in nottingham, and there was this lass up there, so i went over there, but then she'd gone, its a bit of a shit thing to write a song about actually now in reflection but.....its called seven" -alex turner
seeing a girl and not having the confidence to go over and speek to her. Then deciding to go back in to look for her and not being able to find her. The last verse is about remembering the girl and wondering what might have happened.
well there my thoughts
i also think its "your thoughts bearing up with mine"
does he realy say he has a wank when he goes outside? I swear Alex Turner's balls ain't dropped yet.
its name checks Bromhead Jacket's song before the solo.
ere i must of have a different version of this ;s
"Well I wrote my number down Never wrote it down before Was gonna bring it over like something from a film But I didn't have the bottle at all
Well I'm looking and you kept staring Your thoughts bearing up with mine And when you're so pretty and I'm so shy You probably didn't give me the eye but I'm sure you did
Well I went outside Couldn't say I tried And I felt regret Because you haven't bashed me and dashed back in Cause the ship hasn't sailed yet
But when I did I couldn't see your face I could see your mates but that wouldn't do Well I dashed around, tried to find you But you were, nowhere to be seen Oh no no...
la la la, la la la, la, la la la la, la la la, la la la, la, la la la la, la la la, la la la, la, la la la la,
Well she moved in ways, that kept her there In our minds for days And weeks and months We was that amazed And there she stayed Surrounded by the what if's and the maybe's."
yeah they were playing a gig in nottingham and alex saw this lass & he liked her but when he went to find her she'd gone :|
Anyone know why it's called "7"?
At the start of the song, Matt counts to 7 before they begin, not the usual 8.
i always thought it was that a phone # has 7 numbers, but mangofield could be right top
^ seven digits in a phone number?
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