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"
My young bride,
Why are your shoulders like that
Of a tired old woman,
Like a tired old woman?
My young bride,
Why are your fingers like that
Of the hedge in winter,
Of the hedge in winter?
Polonaise in winter,
Snowshoes and hunters
Carried the goods in for you.
Darkness and forests grant you
The longest
Face made for porridge and stew.
My young bride,
Why aren't you moving at all,
Helps to make the day seem shorter,
Helps to make the day seem shorter.
My young bride,
Why aren't you keeping with you
All the ones who really love you,
All the ones who really love you?
Polonaise in winter,
Snowshoes and hunters
Carried the goods in for you.
Darkness and forests grant you
The longest
Face made for porridge and stew.
Why are your shoulders like that
Of a tired old woman,
Like a tired old woman?
My young bride,
Why are your fingers like that
Of the hedge in winter,
Of the hedge in winter?
Polonaise in winter,
Snowshoes and hunters
Carried the goods in for you.
Darkness and forests grant you
The longest
Face made for porridge and stew.
My young bride,
Why aren't you moving at all,
Helps to make the day seem shorter,
Helps to make the day seem shorter.
My young bride,
Why aren't you keeping with you
All the ones who really love you,
All the ones who really love you?
Polonaise in winter,
Snowshoes and hunters
Carried the goods in for you.
Darkness and forests grant you
The longest
Face made for porridge and stew.
Lyrics submitted by lazyoldsun
Young Bride Lyrics as written by Eric Pulido Eric Nichelson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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i agree. the video doesn't have to be taken too literally. the song is about a girl who feels trapped. in the video she is trapped by her illness, but the song can be interpreted in different ways. i too believe it's about a girl who married a man she doesn't love an is unhappy.
this is a great song....
This song is so freakin sad once you see the video and truly understand what its about. It turns out the girl actually has some bad disease that causes her to be bed ridden. The song is describing the effects of the illness on her.
Its really really sad, and I'm depressed now.
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i thought it was about an arranged marriage between an older man and a younger girl... but, i know i'm wrong. so. bleh.
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I always thought it was about a girl who just married too young and too spontaneously. Honestly, I think the song can be interpreted in many different ways despite the music video.
no, just you :)