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"
If you do this
If you do this you'll never have a chance to try again
If you do this you'll never have a chance to try
It's the same sound
Same sting
The same collapse
Of every thing
It's the same size,
Same blade,
The same lie
My way
My face
My heart
My race
I'm a mistake
My way
My face
My heart
My race
I'm such a disgrace
[Chorus]
You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
Like cracks in the glass
And flames full of grass
You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
Let them come near when
Perfection's the key you need
Let the... Loose, just try again
Let the... Loose, just try again
Its the same doubt,
The same dream
It's the same sabotage
'Cause I'm the enemy
It's the same night
Same day
It's the same parasite,
Feeding on the betrayal
My way
My face
My heart
My race
I'm such a disgrace
[Chorus]
You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
A work in progress
Perfection is killing me
A disguise of self-deception
Hides my secrets perfectly
I'm injecting my reflection
'Cause I hate the way it judges me
Don't you do it
You're not healing you, yeah
Don't you do it
You're not healing you, yeah
[Chorus]
You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
A work in progress
Perfection is killing me...
If you do this you'll never have a chance to try again
If you do this you'll never have a chance to try
It's the same sound
Same sting
The same collapse
Of every thing
It's the same size,
Same blade,
The same lie
My way
My face
My heart
My race
I'm a mistake
My way
My face
My heart
My race
I'm such a disgrace
[Chorus]
You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
Like cracks in the glass
And flames full of grass
You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
Let them come near when
Perfection's the key you need
Let the... Loose, just try again
Let the... Loose, just try again
Its the same doubt,
The same dream
It's the same sabotage
'Cause I'm the enemy
It's the same night
Same day
It's the same parasite,
Feeding on the betrayal
My way
My face
My heart
My race
I'm such a disgrace
[Chorus]
You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
A work in progress
Perfection is killing me
A disguise of self-deception
Hides my secrets perfectly
I'm injecting my reflection
'Cause I hate the way it judges me
Don't you do it
You're not healing you, yeah
Don't you do it
You're not healing you, yeah
[Chorus]
You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
A work in progress
Perfection is killing me...
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This could be about a body image disorder, such as BDD, "my way, my face... im such a disgrace/mistake" and "injecting my reflection cos i hate the way it judges me"
Also, BDD is an OCD related disorder, and striving for perfection that the song alludes to is common characteristic of BDD/OCD. It's impossible to reach the perfection they strive for, hence it is sabotage, "same day, same night... its the same sabotage", as well as, "perfection is killing me".
Your perception of yourself is the enemy, "'cos I'm the enemy."
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these lyrics are wrong. way wrong.
these lyrics are wrong. way wrong.
my way my face my heart my race
is really...
my weight, my face my height, my race
and
It's the same slice, same blade, the same lie, same old (OLE) vein
.............
like cracks in the glass and flames full of grass
is..
like cracks in the glass & faded photographs
Let them come near when Perfection's the key you need.
is...
let them condemn imperfections make you unique
Let them, let them loose just try again Let them, let them loose just try again
is really...
[nothing left to lose just try again]
it's the same night same day it's the same parasite, feeding on the betrayal.
is actually..
it's the same night the same day it's the same paraites feedin' on the betrayed
A work in progress perfection is killing me
is.. a work in progress imperfections make you unique
there are so many mistakes in the current lyrics posted.. i think you should re-interupt your view of the song with the RIGHT lyrics.
LOL!! thank you iselfammadei, i've been trying to find a good lyrics web site all day and not many have had the right Otep lyrics. thank god for leaflets that come with the RIGHT LYRICS WHEN YOU BUY THE CD! i wish i could figure out how to write the lyrics on here so i could correct them.
aaahhhhh i luv this song...
its bad asss
This is probably one of the best otep songs in my personal opinion mostly because she doesnt just scream...i LOVE her scream but this has a really deep meaning and her voice just really connects to it. I'm am very lucky cause i am an mexican/american but i DONT get made fun of that. i have a 'good' body figure. so im not so "ugly" but we all are beautiful. i belive that this song gets that through. You can almost understand each word so you dont have to look up the lyrics..just the best song in the world...i DO get fun of cause i decide to be the unique one of the school. I do go astray of what other people think is "cool" i do follow my own drum and i am proud of it...so this song is great and very infectious :) love you all jasmine
The lyrics posted are accurate for the version I'm listening to...
I've been hearing rumors floating around that this might be used for the TV show Dexter...
Here's my take on it:
"if you do this... if you do this... if you do this you'll never have a chance to try again if you do this you'll never have a chance to try..."
It starts off with her trying to talk someone out of commiting suicide.
The first verse and the tunnel is the persons response. Saying that the're continuouslt suffering and don't see things getting any better. And that they have very low self esteem.
The chorus is her reponse saying that the fact that they're flawed is what makes them perfect. But the person remains unconvinced: "a disguise of self deception hides my secrets perfectly
i'm rejecting my reflection cause i hate the way it judges me"
So she pleads with them: "don't even do it YOU'RE NOT EVEN YOU YET."
Well anyways it's a pretty amazing song. I love it.