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"
Well every time you took me to the lies of your bed
you know I tried to do it every time you read
but all of your words that came down like your spies
trickled through the morphine and tried to make a crime
I don't expect to suggest that we're through
you know I can live without you if you do
but tell me that the temperature is rising in your head
tell me the blood is not to be misled
All these little boys coming through the cracks
trying to pick up the things, performed all the slack
I've seen the broken fences right down to the line
green like a mind that said it never was retired
I know I know I know it's true
all the things you thought about I want you to do
and when the clouds separated in comes the sun
hurry through the song that a girl once sung
she's the reason why I'm trying to make it alright
trying to drive through to Croatia tonight
wanna lie beside her with the wind in my hand
try to be the stereotype with a plan
but my love of god and god is love
that's why you ruined all the things of the above
don't you expect to make a phone call tonight
treat me like a motherfucker who is right
Oh I know we're gonna be the lucky ones
Every time the future comes into the past
I know you should sing about things that will last I got a prize in the neverneverland, took a tattoo and tried to make a new friend
you can see the ideas coming right through the glass
everyone sings about something that past
but I don't decide wether I can believe
take me to your bed and show me some trees
I can build a featherbird in your home
try to tell you that there's plenty to roam
you're like the blood that lives inside my bed
I need to tell you that you are not misled
oh I know we're gonna be the lucky ones
you know I tried to do it every time you read
but all of your words that came down like your spies
trickled through the morphine and tried to make a crime
I don't expect to suggest that we're through
you know I can live without you if you do
but tell me that the temperature is rising in your head
tell me the blood is not to be misled
All these little boys coming through the cracks
trying to pick up the things, performed all the slack
I've seen the broken fences right down to the line
green like a mind that said it never was retired
I know I know I know it's true
all the things you thought about I want you to do
and when the clouds separated in comes the sun
hurry through the song that a girl once sung
she's the reason why I'm trying to make it alright
trying to drive through to Croatia tonight
wanna lie beside her with the wind in my hand
try to be the stereotype with a plan
but my love of god and god is love
that's why you ruined all the things of the above
don't you expect to make a phone call tonight
treat me like a motherfucker who is right
Oh I know we're gonna be the lucky ones
Every time the future comes into the past
I know you should sing about things that will last I got a prize in the neverneverland, took a tattoo and tried to make a new friend
you can see the ideas coming right through the glass
everyone sings about something that past
but I don't decide wether I can believe
take me to your bed and show me some trees
I can build a featherbird in your home
try to tell you that there's plenty to roam
you're like the blood that lives inside my bed
I need to tell you that you are not misled
oh I know we're gonna be the lucky ones
Lyrics submitted by clockwrist
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Well every time you took me to the lies of your bed you know I tried to do it every time you read but all of your words that came down like your spies trickled through the morphine and tried to make a crime I don't expect to suggest that we're through you know I can live without you if you do but tell me that the temperature is rising in your head tell me the blood is not to be misled
All these little boys coming through the cracks trying to pick up the things, performed all the slack I've seen the broken fences right down to the line green like a mind that said it never was retired I know I know I know it's true all the things you thought about I want you to do and when the clouds separated in comes the sun hurry through the song that a girl once sung she's the reason why I'm trying to make it alright trying to drive through to Croatia tonight wanna lie beside her with the wind in my hand try to be the stereotype with a plan but my love of god and god is love that's why you ruined all the things of the above don't you expect to make a phone call tonight treat me like a motherfucker who is right
Oh I know we're gonna be the lucky ones
Every time the future comes into the past I know you should sing about things that will last I got a prize in the neverneverland, took a tattoo and tried to make a new friend you can see the ideas coming right through the glass everyone sings about something that past but I don't decide wether I can believe take me to your bed and show me some trees I can build a featherbird in your home try to tell you that there's plenty to roam you're like the blood that lives inside my bed I need to tell you that you are not misled oh I know we're gonna be the lucky ones
Some small differences here, so why not?
Well, every time you took me to the lies of your bed, You know I tried to do it every time that you read, But all of your words that came down like your spies, Trickled through the morphine and tried to make a crime. I don't expect to suggest that we're through, You know I can live without you if you do, But tell me that the temperature is rising in your head, Tell me the blood is not to be misled.
All these little boys coming through the cracks, Trying to pick up the things, performed all the slack. I've seen the broken fences right down to the line, Green like a mind that said it never was retired. I know, I know, I know it's true, All the things you thought about I want you to do, But when the clouds separated, in comes the sun, Hurry through the song that a girl once sung. She's the reason why I'm trying to make it alright, Trying to drive through to Croatia tonight. Wanna lie beside her with the wind in my hand, Trying to be a stereotype with a plan. But my love of god and my god is love, That's why you do with all the things of the above! Don't you expect to make a phone call tonight? Treat me like a mother** who is right.
Ooh, I know we're gonna be the lucky ones.
Every time the future comes into my past, I know you should sing about things that will last. I got a prize in Never Never Land, Took a tattoo and tried to make a new friend. You can see the ideas coming right through the glass, Everyone speaks about some things that they're past, But I don't decide whether I can believe, Take me to your bed and show me some trees. I don't like the feather bed in your home, Try to tell you that there's plenty to roam. You're like the blood that lives inside my bed, I'm not to tell you that you are not misled.
Ooh, I know we're gonna be the lucky ones.
"well everytime they took me" = "well everytime you took me" "to the rise of your bed" = "to the rise of your __" (sounds like "baby" to me) "you know what kind of doing at the top of your head but" = "you know i gotta do it ___ but"
"all the little words that came down like a spider" = "all the little words that came down like the spines" "trickle through the morpheme" = "trick come through the morphine" "try to make them cry" = "" "tell me that love is not to be this way" = "tell me the blood is not to be __"
"one of these little boys" = "all these little boys"
"soon" = "it's true"
"all the things i thought about that i want you to do" all the things you though about what you been doing" "when the crying seperated in comes the sun" = "when the clouds separated in comes the sun"
"trying to be a stereotype with a friend" = "trying to be a stereotype with a plan" "but my love is gone and my god is low" = "my love is god and my god is love" "that's why i'm doing all the things that you don't know" = "that's why i'm doing all the things that the above" "treat me like a motherfucker who was right" = "treat me like a motherfucker who is right"
"ooh, i know we're gonna need a lucky one" = "ooh, i know i'm gonna be the lucky one"
"every time a creature comes into my path" = "every time your future comes into my past" "i know you should snigger about things that we laughed" = "i've known you should think about things don't last" "took a talk to him tried to make a make friend" = "took a tattoo and tried to make _____ be friend(s)" "but you can see that i'm just coming out through the glass" = something else "everyone speaks about something the past took" = something else "i came beside with it" = something else "you're like a brother who thinks i won't care i'm ready to tell you that you don't know what this is" = something else
"ooh, i know we're gonna need a lucky one" = "ooh, i know i'm gonna be the lucky one"
"i'm in respect to suggest that we're through" = sounds like "i don't expect to suggest that we're cool"
"ooh, i know WE'RE gonna be the lucky ONES"
would only makes sense since the song is called "lucky ones"
and last line is "i don't need to tell you that you are not mislead."
so many other lyrics are completely off but it's too late at night to decipher.
this is what i hear:
well every time they took me to the rise of your bed you know i try to do it at the top of your head but all my little words that came down like the smiles trick them to the morphine try to make them cry but i don't expect to suggest that we're through you know i can live without you if you do but tell me that the temperature's rising in your head tell me the blood is not to be mislead
all these little boys coming through the cracks trying to pick up with ease, falling from the stars i can see the broken fences lying down on the yard green like the mom that said 'i never was retired'
i know, i know, i know it's true all the things you thought about what you could do when the clouds separate in comes the sun heard it through a song that a girl once sung she's the reason why i'm trying to make it all right trying to drive through the cold wishing tonight all my life was sad i've got the moon in my hands try to be a stereotype with a plan but
mom is the god and my god is love that's why i do it all the things to be above (?) don't you expect to make a phone call tonight treat me like a motherfucker who is right
ooh and i know we're gonna need a lucky one
everytime the future comes into my past i know you should sleep about things that won't last i have got a cause and never (?) took a tatoo and try to make a new friend but you can see the ivy coming up in the glass everyone speaks about something that passed but i don't which side that i can believe in take me to your bed and show me some treason
i can pay the phone bills you will hold try to fill you in where there is no one alone you're the one i got that tried to make a friend
i'll do the rest later g2g
this is the rest:
i meant to tell you that you are not mislead
ooh and i know we're gonna be the lucky ones
that's just what i heard but mnlwnd and clockwrist could be right too, probably some combination of the different things everyone heard. it's pretty impossible to guess at the meaning because these lyrics could be interpreted in a lot of ways but maybe something about salvation, not necessarily in a religious way
at the part...
"she's the reason why i'm trying to make it alright trying to drive through girl, wish it tonight"
I'm pretty sure he's saying "she's the reason why i'm trying to make it alright, trying to drive through to Croatia tonight"
Croatia is a place in Europe and it's pronounced "Kroh-ey-shuh"...so it makes sense.
k... are the lyrics worked out? can we start talking about the meaning of it now? cuz i got nothing really....