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"
You are made of sugar, milk and molasses
So, little darlin' will attract all the bee's
You are the gazer, you are the attraction
Takes a little vanity to know what it means
I know it 'cause you wrote it down a hundred times
But you say that you're doin' just fine
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, tonight you're giving up
I asked a question, give me an answer
You'll say the word, and I will disappear
You're running fast, but you can run faster
Heels to the dirt, gonna you make it clear.
I know it 'cause you wrote it down a hundred times
But you say that you're doin' just fine
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, you know you'll never find it
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
You wanted something better
But tonight, tonight you're given...
Darkness, And you can hear me
I will try to draw you near me
But in the morning, you will wake up alone
When your body breaks
Even the hummingbirds will feel the earthquake
You'll sing a song of your heart's complaint...
Sing it loud
Sing it clear
Sing so I can hear you
Then sing it soft in my ear
Take it all or take half, pull me down in the grass
I'd go anywhere with you.
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
You don't see it, you won't find it
Say there's something better
You're behind it but you won't get it
La da da, la da da
La da da, la da da
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, you know you'll never find it
La da da, la da da
La da da, la da da
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
You don't see it, you won't find it
Say there's something better
You're behind it but you won't get it
So, little darlin' will attract all the bee's
You are the gazer, you are the attraction
Takes a little vanity to know what it means
I know it 'cause you wrote it down a hundred times
But you say that you're doin' just fine
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, tonight you're giving up
I asked a question, give me an answer
You'll say the word, and I will disappear
You're running fast, but you can run faster
Heels to the dirt, gonna you make it clear.
I know it 'cause you wrote it down a hundred times
But you say that you're doin' just fine
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, you know you'll never find it
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
You wanted something better
But tonight, tonight you're given...
Darkness, And you can hear me
I will try to draw you near me
But in the morning, you will wake up alone
When your body breaks
Even the hummingbirds will feel the earthquake
You'll sing a song of your heart's complaint...
Sing it loud
Sing it clear
Sing so I can hear you
Then sing it soft in my ear
Take it all or take half, pull me down in the grass
I'd go anywhere with you.
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
You don't see it, you won't find it
Say there's something better
You're behind it but you won't get it
La da da, la da da
La da da, la da da
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, you know you'll never find it
La da da, la da da
La da da, la da da
[Chorus]
Say there's something better
You don't see it, you won't find it
Say there's something better
You're behind it but you won't get it
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Molasses Lyrics as written by Greta Morgan Salpeter
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
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wow Museicalin that was amazing! thanks now i like the song even moree