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"
Yeah, you
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
Relax and kick back
Just take your time
And I'll make sure that we shine
Oh no, I will not let you down
Yeah, you
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
I can make you believe again
That we, we've been dying for so long
Now it's time to come undone
Wash away the tears
And we'll both carry on
Once more, for sure
I found a way we can occupy our time
Rewind to find a place we both can't resist
Yeah, you
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
I can make you believe again
That we, we've been dying for so long
Now it's time to come undone
Wash away the tears
And we'll both carry on
Baby, name a time and a place
I swear I'll be there
I know just what you need
So take me tonight
And you know that the way that you move
It always kills me
So now I'll take the lead and give you the time
Relax and kick back
Just take your time
And I'll make sure that we shine
Relax and kick back
Just take your time
And I'll make sure that we...
I am so obvious
And all that I can do is hold you down
And hope to God you feel it too
Yeah, you
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
I can make you believe that you
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
I can make you believe
That we, we've been dying for so long
And now it's time to come undone
Wash away the tears
And we'll both carry on
Both carry on
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
Relax and kick back
Just take your time
And I'll make sure that we shine
Oh no, I will not let you down
Yeah, you
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
I can make you believe again
That we, we've been dying for so long
Now it's time to come undone
Wash away the tears
And we'll both carry on
Once more, for sure
I found a way we can occupy our time
Rewind to find a place we both can't resist
Yeah, you
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
I can make you believe again
That we, we've been dying for so long
Now it's time to come undone
Wash away the tears
And we'll both carry on
Baby, name a time and a place
I swear I'll be there
I know just what you need
So take me tonight
And you know that the way that you move
It always kills me
So now I'll take the lead and give you the time
Relax and kick back
Just take your time
And I'll make sure that we shine
Relax and kick back
Just take your time
And I'll make sure that we...
I am so obvious
And all that I can do is hold you down
And hope to God you feel it too
Yeah, you
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
I can make you believe that you
You're biting your lower lip
While I'm still talking about what I can't get
With both hands around your hips
I can make you believe
That we, we've been dying for so long
And now it's time to come undone
Wash away the tears
And we'll both carry on
Both carry on
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
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hmmn i love this band n_n
idk though. mabey a guy and a girl, and the and the girl actually loves him, but the guys kind of in it for sex, so she tries to win him over bybeing suggestive. -biting her lip-
I'd love to see this band live!
i went and saw them live it was amazing
Lyrics need to be corrected
after the first 'Yeah, you You're biting your lower lip While I'm still talking about what I can't get With both hands around your hips'
they say 'I can make you believe' at the end of that
I think this song is about a guy and a girl who have been dating for a little while and the guy wants to have sex with her, while the girl wants to wait. (possibly she is a virgin)
Then maybe the girl has a bad day (or something like that) and the guy thinks if he comforts her, he will be able to get into her pants; hence "Baby, name a time and a place I swear I'll be there I know just what you need So take me tonight"
The first time they have sex, the guy is trying to get the girl to just "Relax and kick back" and just go along with it
after the first verse it says "I can make you beleive"
after the first verse it says "I can make you beleive"
I remember there was only 5 other people there when i saw them Nate (the bassist) danced with me and when they sang this song i was sitting on the stage (: I loved that night so much fun! they are great guys and Pat is SOOOO tall! haha anyways the song is about pretty much fooling around