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"
Walkin' down the kings road,
I see so many faces
They come from many places
They come down for the day
They walk around together
And try and look trendy
I think it's a shame
That they all look the same
(Chorus):
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
Then they go to Rough Trade
To buy Siouxsie and the Banshees
They heard John Peel play it
Just the other night
They'd like to buy the O Level single
or Read about Seymour
But they're not pressed in red
So they buy The Lurkers instead
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
They play their records very loud
And pogo in the bedroom
In front of the mirror
But only when their mums gone out
They pay 5 pence fares on the buses
And they never use toothpaste
But they got two fifty to go and see The Clash.
Tonight!
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
The part time punks!
The part time punks!
The part time punks
I see so many faces
They come from many places
They come down for the day
They walk around together
And try and look trendy
I think it's a shame
That they all look the same
(Chorus):
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
Then they go to Rough Trade
To buy Siouxsie and the Banshees
They heard John Peel play it
Just the other night
They'd like to buy the O Level single
or Read about Seymour
But they're not pressed in red
So they buy The Lurkers instead
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
They play their records very loud
And pogo in the bedroom
In front of the mirror
But only when their mums gone out
They pay 5 pence fares on the buses
And they never use toothpaste
But they got two fifty to go and see The Clash.
Tonight!
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
Here they come
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
The part time punks!
The part time punks!
The part time punks!
The part time punks
Lyrics submitted by nonotme
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People who jump the punk (or any fashion trend) scene only because it looks cool and blow it off when it they get bored of it.
Hahaha! This song always makes me laugh. Part-time punks, heh. There's always been that kind of people, most commonly known as "posers" nowadays. This song reflects it so well.
best song ever
Totally agre with teenageriot-1. I love this song so much, so awesome.
someone needs to play this song to Fall Out Boy, Panic at the disco and all that lot.
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