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"
Rent to the landlord baby, that's his business
That's his business, that's his business
Rent to the landlord baby, that's his business
That's his business, that's his business
Papa used to tell me it was the electric
The electric, the electric
Mama used to tell me it was so expensive
It's expensive just to live
And the money's always gone
My papa working so hard just to get paid
We make money, make money to spend
People want, people need 'cause it never ends
Now baby, it takes money, takes money my friend
People need, people want 'cause it never ends
Slip to the bottom of my empty pocket
Empty pocket, empty pocket
Slip to the bottom of my empty pocket
Empty pocket, empty pocket
Overdrawn again, feeling insufficient
Insufficient, insufficient
How many more times must I sing this song?
And the money's always gone
Mama working so hard just to get paid
We make money, make money to spend
People want, people need 'cause it never ends
Now baby, it takes money, takes money my friend
People need, people want because it never ends
Mama used to tell me it was, be electric
Be electric boy, be electric
Rent to the landlord baby, that's his business
That's his business, that's his business
How can I ever thank you, my girl?
When the money's always gone
Now I'm working so hard just to get paid
We make money, make money to spend
People want, people need 'cause it never ends
Now baby, it takes money, takes money to spend
People need, people want because it never ends, yeah
It takes money as everyone knows
Here it comes, there it goes, here it comes, there it goes
It takes money as everyone knows
Cost is high, pay is low, cost is high, pay is low
My mama working so hard just to get me by
How could I ever thank you, my girl?
That's his business, that's his business
Rent to the landlord baby, that's his business
That's his business, that's his business
Papa used to tell me it was the electric
The electric, the electric
Mama used to tell me it was so expensive
It's expensive just to live
And the money's always gone
My papa working so hard just to get paid
We make money, make money to spend
People want, people need 'cause it never ends
Now baby, it takes money, takes money my friend
People need, people want 'cause it never ends
Slip to the bottom of my empty pocket
Empty pocket, empty pocket
Slip to the bottom of my empty pocket
Empty pocket, empty pocket
Overdrawn again, feeling insufficient
Insufficient, insufficient
How many more times must I sing this song?
And the money's always gone
Mama working so hard just to get paid
We make money, make money to spend
People want, people need 'cause it never ends
Now baby, it takes money, takes money my friend
People need, people want because it never ends
Mama used to tell me it was, be electric
Be electric boy, be electric
Rent to the landlord baby, that's his business
That's his business, that's his business
How can I ever thank you, my girl?
When the money's always gone
Now I'm working so hard just to get paid
We make money, make money to spend
People want, people need 'cause it never ends
Now baby, it takes money, takes money to spend
People need, people want because it never ends, yeah
It takes money as everyone knows
Here it comes, there it goes, here it comes, there it goes
It takes money as everyone knows
Cost is high, pay is low, cost is high, pay is low
My mama working so hard just to get me by
How could I ever thank you, my girl?
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gonna see them live on the water hopefully theyll play this
i love this song... i can't believe nobodys commented on it! i think the lyrics are pretty straightforward- he's very thankful, either to his mama who he calls "his girl" but maybe to someone else... but either way, he's very thankful for the financial and possibly some other support that his parents and whoever else may have given him...
This was the first song I heard by Pepper ever. Its so true. Cost is high, pay is low. I love Pepper.
can anyone tell me what does "Mama used to tell me it was, the electric, the electric boy, the electric" mean?, pepper is the best!
I think he's talking about when he was a kid his mom would say that the electric bill was high and thats where the money went to
AWESOME SONG! So true what he says in the song though
this song is actually kind of touching..very true. and cute.
this song is actually kind of touching..very true. and cute.
This is the first song that I heard from Pepper, and at first I didn't really care for it as much as I do now. The previous song that was my number one was "Bring Me Along." Then one night when I was on the path of never waking up the next morning, this song care on. When I heard it, for what I thought was going to be my last, the song became clear to me. My interpretation of this song was visualizing Kaleo as a little child, who's adolescent parents "unfortunately" had a child who were unprepared both mentally and financially. Which brings me to the point of the first verse which states, " Rent to the Landlord baby, that's his business..." Which would mean that there was a question that generated this answer. Which would mean that Kaleo would have asked his parents " where is the money going?" Of course his parents did not want to hell him that the truth of why they were alway short on money, but the truth of the matter is that the baby was where all the money was going. So his parents would come up with these excuses to turn him away from the truth like it was the electric, or rent that cost so much money. Which with all the frustration that the parents were going through they all would argue and fight including the now grown teen child. Now that Kaleo is all grown up saying, " slip to the bottom of my empty pockets.." realizing that living in this world is hard, having to work hard like his parents. So this song is set out to let his parents know that he understands that whatever fighting or lying that happen was to protect him in the long run. "How could I ever thank you, My girl" meaning you will always be my mom no matter what happened andi could never do what you did. Of course his ma is telling him to be electric, setting goals, and achieving greatness, Music and singing. This is what I thought the song was trying to get out to the public, as right now my mom and I do not have a great relationship. Growing up poor with a lot of brothers with parents that could barely scrap by. I do understand like Kaleo does