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"
To the left of me's the sketch you drew
And to the right I see that book I lent you
To help you through the night
The black of charcol on my thumbs
But with any luck you'll see the light that comes
From open eyes
It's All Hallow's Eve
Hold my hand
Ahead there's land
We'll row the boat
And leave it on the other shore
Through the wreckage of my college years
I made sure to hold close both my hate and fear
Of letting go
Told you Sunday just how long it's been
You confessed to me fears you'd been holding in
Now we both know
It's all fine with me
Hold my hand
Ahead there's land
We'll row the boat
And leave it on the other shore
Hold my hand
Ahead there's land
We'll row the boat
And leave it on the other shore
Through the fall
Come hell and all
We'll row the boat
And leave it on the other shore
And to the right I see that book I lent you
To help you through the night
The black of charcol on my thumbs
But with any luck you'll see the light that comes
From open eyes
It's All Hallow's Eve
Hold my hand
Ahead there's land
We'll row the boat
And leave it on the other shore
Through the wreckage of my college years
I made sure to hold close both my hate and fear
Of letting go
Told you Sunday just how long it's been
You confessed to me fears you'd been holding in
Now we both know
It's all fine with me
Hold my hand
Ahead there's land
We'll row the boat
And leave it on the other shore
Hold my hand
Ahead there's land
We'll row the boat
And leave it on the other shore
Through the fall
Come hell and all
We'll row the boat
And leave it on the other shore
Lyrics submitted by risefromtheashes
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i kindof feel like this song’s about death, it feels like a goodbye song to me. the actual title of this track is The Boat Song, and there’s supposed to be a Viking tradition of sending off the dead in flaming boats. so the chorus about rowing a boat to the OTHER shore is like crossing over to the OTHER side. and then i feel like the book he’s talking about could be the Bible because he said he lent the book to help the person over night, and the Bible is definately a comfort book for some people. also light coming from open eyes, is like the realisation death is upon them, but it’s been accepted. it goes on to talk about this during the college years stanza, with holding close the fear and hate of letting go. the next couple lines seem to be talking about maybe squaring up or making peace with God or some other higher power before the person goes, as symbolized by the Sunday confession lines and then on with the line “it’s all fine with me” so in conclusion i feel like this song is about accepting death as a natural inevitability. the chorus also creates a sense that there's a greater being waiting for us when we die, like with the hold hand holding and "we". it creates a sense of comfort really. and i love how Ludo’s able to take a topic that’s kindof frightening for most and turn it into something so relaxing and pretty. love this band
bromptonxblend, your explaination makes ALOT of sense for this song, expecially since the album it comes off of is dedicated to Tim Ferrell's father who passed during the recording of it. Soooooo kudos. I like your analysis tons.
I don't know. I'm not a religious person, so I personally interpret this as a couple just holding on and making it through a difficult time together. It could be about death, I don't deny that, but I personally disagree with all the religious bits you put in. But, that's just me, if that's how you interpret it I'm not trying to change your mind. ^-^
This song wasnt sung by the normal singer Andrew Volpe, but instead Tim Ferrell as lead and Andrew in the back.
i always liked this song..because of how it sounds so calm...but now that you pointed that out that its about death it makes a lot of sense.... All-Hallows Eve...duh...spirits... and i think it does have religious meaning in it, i don't know, but i understand it that way
wow i honestly thought this song had nothing to do with death. i thought it was just kind of a cute love song type-thing.
but it does make a huge amount of sense about death. it's a really beautiful and calming song, it's really cool how he wrote a song showing acceptance and love for his father's death.