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"
I heard he dabbled into witchcraft
I heard occult
Oh, they're pretty much the same
I guess he was adopted
or raised by wolves
That's ridiculous to say
I heard he boiled over
cursed the town
had the touch
so nothing grew
I heard that too
It's true
(That's a lie!)
I heard he spoke in tongues
You're crazy
I heard he was a refugee
I heard he was a monster
a scary ghost
Oh you know there's no such thing
I heard he boiled over
cursed the town
had the touch
so nothing grew
I heard that too
It's true
(That's a lie!)
We're left with some stories and dirt
But this is the part that will hurt
And nobody learned
And now nothing grows here
Always a shy unremarkable man
Then one day he'd had it
And threw up his hands
He filled up his lungs
And he pulled at his hair
And he curled up his lips
And he bellowed:
"You'll never know!
How sorry you'll be!"
I heard he dabbled into witchcraft
I heard occult
Oh, they're pretty much the same
I guess he was adopted
or raised by wolves
That's ridiculous to say
I heard he boiled over
cursed the town
had the touch
so nothing grew
I heard that too
It's true
(That's a lie!)
We're left with some stories and dirt
But this is the part that will hurt
Nobody learns
Now nothing grows
Always a shy unremarkable man
Then one day he'd had it
And threw up his hands
He filled up his lungs
And he pulled out his hair
And he curled up his lips
And he bellowed:
"You'll never know!
How sorry you'll be!"
The looks on their faces
You'd swear they were dead
It finally sunk into their bones
what he said:
"The seed will be bitter!
The harvest will crumble!
Your fields will lay fallow for years
and nothing will grow!"
People will speak of him
once in a while
As legend would have it
You'll hear it for miles
He'll curse up a blue streak
Add lead to the earth
And stink like all manner of things
And nothing will grow.
I heard occult
Oh, they're pretty much the same
I guess he was adopted
or raised by wolves
That's ridiculous to say
I heard he boiled over
cursed the town
had the touch
so nothing grew
I heard that too
It's true
(That's a lie!)
I heard he spoke in tongues
You're crazy
I heard he was a refugee
I heard he was a monster
a scary ghost
Oh you know there's no such thing
I heard he boiled over
cursed the town
had the touch
so nothing grew
I heard that too
It's true
(That's a lie!)
We're left with some stories and dirt
But this is the part that will hurt
And nobody learned
And now nothing grows here
Always a shy unremarkable man
Then one day he'd had it
And threw up his hands
He filled up his lungs
And he pulled at his hair
And he curled up his lips
And he bellowed:
"You'll never know!
How sorry you'll be!"
I heard he dabbled into witchcraft
I heard occult
Oh, they're pretty much the same
I guess he was adopted
or raised by wolves
That's ridiculous to say
I heard he boiled over
cursed the town
had the touch
so nothing grew
I heard that too
It's true
(That's a lie!)
We're left with some stories and dirt
But this is the part that will hurt
Nobody learns
Now nothing grows
Always a shy unremarkable man
Then one day he'd had it
And threw up his hands
He filled up his lungs
And he pulled out his hair
And he curled up his lips
And he bellowed:
"You'll never know!
How sorry you'll be!"
The looks on their faces
You'd swear they were dead
It finally sunk into their bones
what he said:
"The seed will be bitter!
The harvest will crumble!
Your fields will lay fallow for years
and nothing will grow!"
People will speak of him
once in a while
As legend would have it
You'll hear it for miles
He'll curse up a blue streak
Add lead to the earth
And stink like all manner of things
And nothing will grow.
Lyrics submitted by RitualDevice, edited by eightball666
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I'm like 85% confident of these lyrics. They're WAY closer than the ones posted all over the net on the big lyrics sites. The last 8 lines or so are pretty hard to make out. And the "remarkable man" line might not be right.
The lyrics appear to be right to me, thanks for posting them!
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I'm sure Coady sings 'Prepare to die' instead of what you wrote ('That's a lie')
I saw them live a few weeks ago, and it looked more closer to that.
It's definitely "That's a lie", at least on the album. If he feels like singing it different live, then it's his song.
I agree with all of the lyrics except, as you said "always a sign of remarkable man". I'm pretty sure it's "always a shy, unremarkable man". Otherwise, pretty damn good.
I agree with Captain Famous. Also, its "Your stables will burn, And your harvest will crumble, Your fields will lay fallow for years"
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Oh it's a shame, a remarkable man; That one day he'd had it, and threw up his hands...
... People will speak every once in a while...
The 2nd line is "I heard a cult" The rest is close but its still off
i'm pretty sure it's 'occult' not 'a cult' due to the following line - they're pretty much the same.<br /> i think 'we're left with some stories inert' might be 'stories and dirt' ?<br /> <br /> it's definitely 'always a shy unremarkable man' and 'people will speak of him once in a while'. <br /> also sounds more like 'the seed will be bitter' than 'your stables will burn' but i'm not sure.<br /> never been sure what coady's part is - 'that's a lie' seems to fit, i used to think it was 'back to life' which is clearly wrong but 'prepare to die' also sounds good.<br /> <br /> anyway, it's one of the best f-ing songs ever.