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"
We are sore the length of our bodies
We restore water we cry
We are nothing if not your granddaughters
We have been nothing but dignified
We, we brave bee stings and all
And we don't dive, we cannonball
And we splash our eyes full of chemicals
Just so there's none left for little girls
Just so there's none left for little girls
Roll, roll, roll up your denim
We've got to pedal 10 hours south
They pour it down from their balconies
You've got to push all the doubt to the side of your mouth
We, we brave bee stings and all
And we don't dive, we cannonball
And we splash our eyes full of chemicals
Just so there's none left for little girls
Just so there's none left for little girls
We are sore the length of our bodies
We restore water we cry
We are nothing if not your granddaughters
We have been nothing but dignified
We, we brave bee stings and all
And we don't dive, we cannonball
And we splash our eyes full of chemicals
Just so there's none left for little girls
Just so there's none left for little girls
We restore water we cry
We are nothing if not your granddaughters
We have been nothing but dignified
We, we brave bee stings and all
And we don't dive, we cannonball
And we splash our eyes full of chemicals
Just so there's none left for little girls
Just so there's none left for little girls
Roll, roll, roll up your denim
We've got to pedal 10 hours south
They pour it down from their balconies
You've got to push all the doubt to the side of your mouth
We, we brave bee stings and all
And we don't dive, we cannonball
And we splash our eyes full of chemicals
Just so there's none left for little girls
Just so there's none left for little girls
We are sore the length of our bodies
We restore water we cry
We are nothing if not your granddaughters
We have been nothing but dignified
We, we brave bee stings and all
And we don't dive, we cannonball
And we splash our eyes full of chemicals
Just so there's none left for little girls
Just so there's none left for little girls
Lyrics submitted by LeSerpentMascara
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The Night We Met
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
"And we splash our eyes full of chemicals Just so there's none left for little girls"
The best part of the song. A reference, if you don't know, to the fact that in many less-civilized nations, especially in South Asia women sometimes have acid thrown on their faces to injure and disfigure them. It is done by women due to competition over a male, or it is done by a male to retaliate against a woman. (Thao is, if I remember correctly, of Vietnamese ancestry, so it is unsurprising that this issue would be close to her.)
The whole song is about women (forgive the term) "manning up" to fight for further generations of women. They are doing things which do not fit the traditional idea of what is "girly."
They brave bee stings (Take pain and harm) in a world where women are supposed to be too fair to handle pain. They cannonball rather than dive (Make a splash, make a change, make themselves known) in a world where women are supposed to be unobtrusive and complacent. They throw acid on their own faces (welcome the fight against systems of sexual oppression) in a world which allows others to throw acid on their faces. It's all done so there's none left for little girls- so that a new generation of women won't have to face the same fight.
This is a fun song that seems to be about getting out and having a good time. I'm not sure about why your doubts would be in your mouth or why you would need to push them to the side...
"And we don't dive, we cannonball" is such a great line =D nice song
'Roll, roll, roll up your denim We've got to pedal 10 hours south They pour it down from their balconies You've got to push all the doubt to the side of your mouth'
Fantastic. I think the song is mainly about teenagers around the age where they feel like they are growing up to fast and just go on a childish adventure to reclaim that youth. I love the reference to rolling up the denim of your pant leg so it doesn't get caught in your bike chain.
"I'm not sure about why your doubts would be in your mouth or why you would need to push them to the side..."
You're taking it too literally. She just means not to doubt yourself, and push any doubts you might have out of your mind.
I initially thought this song was just about summer fun too, but there was an audio clip of Thao describing it as a Women's Advocacy song, and the line "we splash our face full of chemicals/just so there's none left for little girls" meaning "as impossible as it sounds, let's absorb all of this bad stuff in the world so hopefully the next generation of women won't have to deal with it." Whether that was the original intent of the song or she just added that interpretation for an attempt at sophistication later on I don't know, but it added a level of understanding for me, and I like the song better now.
Thanks for posting that. I was just listening to this song and was going to post my interpretation and just got what I was thinking confirmed. Feels good, haha
I think the song is about being a teenager too, only trying to balance growing up with wanting to stay young. "We are sore the length of our bodies" Is about trying too hard to fit into society's idea of an adult. "We restore the water we cry" Is about trying to make up for our childish moments. "We are nothing if not your granddaughters, We've been nothing but dignified" Is about trying to make your older relatives proud and see you as an adult. "We, we brave bee stings and all" Is about getting through the times when you get 'stung' by people's words. "We don't dive we cannonball" Is saying they'd rather be fun and childish (cannonball) than be adult and conformed (dive). "We splash our eyes full of chemicals, Just so they're is none left for little girls" Is saying that as teenagers, we'll be the adults so the little kids don't have to go through the pain of adulthood yet. "Roll, roll, roll up your denim, We've got to pedal 10 hours south" Is talking about giving up your adult looks and going 'south', or regressing into your childhood ways. Also a biking reference. "They pour it down from their balconies" Is talking about trying to smother you with adult ideas and principles when you're a teenager. "You've got to push all the doubt to the side of your mouth" Is about pushing your adult worries away and being a kid again. That's just what I got from listening to the song for hours on end. I love this song!