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"
She's fresh to death,
She'll be the death of you,
Seduction leads to destruction.
She's fresh to death,
She'll be the death of me,
She's fresh but not so clean.
Cute face slim waist,
She's got em' in a craze,
Yeah I think he's going crazy.
When she speaks it makes me grind my teeth,
Yet he still thinks she's amazing.
And she's been playing games,
Ever since 98',
Shallow is as shallow does,
Some people never change.
She's so fine,
She's thinks she's so damn fine.
She might be fine,
But she ain't worth a second of your time.
You're as fake as the moans you make,
And you're as weak as the hearts you break.
You're as fake as the moans you make,
So just give us a little break.
Sex sells,
And your sex cells make all the lost boys drool.
Cause you're a dime,
But they'll have to wait in line,
Until one of them makes it two of you.
Cute face slim waist,
You still got em' in a craze,
Yeah I think I'm going crazy.
I have a long list of things to say,
But I'll leave it at,
You amaze me.
You're as fake as the moans you make,
And you're as weak as the hearts you break.
You're as fake as the moans you make,
So just give us a little break
She'll be the death of you,
Seduction leads to destruction.
She's fresh to death,
She'll be the death of me,
She's fresh but not so clean.
Cute face slim waist,
She's got em' in a craze,
Yeah I think he's going crazy.
When she speaks it makes me grind my teeth,
Yet he still thinks she's amazing.
And she's been playing games,
Ever since 98',
Shallow is as shallow does,
Some people never change.
She's so fine,
She's thinks she's so damn fine.
She might be fine,
But she ain't worth a second of your time.
You're as fake as the moans you make,
And you're as weak as the hearts you break.
You're as fake as the moans you make,
So just give us a little break.
Sex sells,
And your sex cells make all the lost boys drool.
Cause you're a dime,
But they'll have to wait in line,
Until one of them makes it two of you.
Cute face slim waist,
You still got em' in a craze,
Yeah I think I'm going crazy.
I have a long list of things to say,
But I'll leave it at,
You amaze me.
You're as fake as the moans you make,
And you're as weak as the hearts you break.
You're as fake as the moans you make,
So just give us a little break
Lyrics submitted by whenmemoriesfad3
The Way We Talk Lyrics as written by Jonathan Slocumb
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Alright im pretty sure its about a a conceited whore and how this guy is just standing back watching her seduce all these guys and how shes just a waste of their time and he's trying to tell them that that before he ends up like all the other guys she has used.
im fresh to death!
i used to remember when they were just babies. [:
me toooo, but i think they're gonna be the next big thing. they remind me of cute is what we aim for a lot.
These guys are WAAAAAYYY more talented than CIWWAF. No comparison I'm sorry. :) However, this song is really cool and makes a lot of sense. He really hits the nail on the head when referring to modern America's exploitation of young women. I mean think about it.... cute face slim waist....what most girls strive for right? And the girls that do have "it" use it to their advantage. I agree with BuhRanDee. He's exactly right. I have looked from this perspective many times seeing girls just using their looks to seduce guys but everything they say has no thought behind it whatsoever, seriously makes me grind my teeth... ehhh... one word for girls like that.... but we'll keep this a PG comment :)
She’s fresh to death, She’ll be the death of you, Seduction leads to destruction. She’s fresh to death, She’ll be the death of me, She’s fresh but not so clean.
refering to a ex girlfried and warning someother boy that she will kill you in the break up
Cute face slim waist, She’s got em’ in a craze, Yeah I think he’s going crazy. When she speaks it makes me grind my teeth, Yet he still thinks she’s amazing.
And she’s been playing games, Ever since 98’, Shallow is as shallow does, Some people never change.
describing her and stating how it disgusts him and shes been shalow since shes been born
You’re as fake as the moans you make, And you’re as weak as the hearts you break. You’re as fake as the moans you make, So just give us a little break.
saying shes a concited whore that gets pleasure out of breaking hearts
The "She's been playing games ever scince 98" cant be the year she was born that would make her like 10 or 11
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"I have a long list of things to say, But I’ll leave it at, You amaze me." She amazes him, how she can break all these guys hearts and still sleep at night. Maybe? Maybe not?
I don't think "'98" is referring to the year she was born. That would make her only about ten years old. '98 probably refers to her middle school days.
I think it is about a concieted whore and all but then he notices hey shes pretty damn fine and at the same time he knows to back off or he'll end up broken.
i like this song! its the first song i heard by the maine!