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"
It's a decision that was made between you and me
And the division that was lately this odyssey, believe me
I'm bad enough and I guess we're doing fine
But I'm scared of something more that is on the line
Well I got five on the five
And I been taking time, doing it all along
Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
If we keep it alive
I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home
Right back to you, yeah
Right back to you, yeah
Well, I love you well enough that I'll have you know
The day I found you, girl, you laughed like a stereo
Now tell me why you always wanna put on a show
Cause you look nothing like the kids in the videos
Well I got five on the five
And I been taking time, doing it all along
Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
If we keep it alive
I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home
Ah yeah
Well I love you well enough that I'll have you know
The day you found me, girl, my laugh made a stereo
Now tell me why you always think I put on a show
Cause I look nothing like the kids
Yeah, I look nothing like the kids
Yeah, I look nothing like the kids in the videos
Well I got five on the five
And I been taking time, doing it all along
Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
If we keep it alive
I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home
Yeah, I got five on the five
And I been taking time, doing it all along
Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
If we keep it alive
I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home
Ah, yeah
Alright!
And the division that was lately this odyssey, believe me
I'm bad enough and I guess we're doing fine
But I'm scared of something more that is on the line
Well I got five on the five
And I been taking time, doing it all along
Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
If we keep it alive
I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home
Right back to you, yeah
Right back to you, yeah
Well, I love you well enough that I'll have you know
The day I found you, girl, you laughed like a stereo
Now tell me why you always wanna put on a show
Cause you look nothing like the kids in the videos
Well I got five on the five
And I been taking time, doing it all along
Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
If we keep it alive
I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home
Ah yeah
Well I love you well enough that I'll have you know
The day you found me, girl, my laugh made a stereo
Now tell me why you always think I put on a show
Cause I look nothing like the kids
Yeah, I look nothing like the kids
Yeah, I look nothing like the kids in the videos
Well I got five on the five
And I been taking time, doing it all along
Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
If we keep it alive
I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home
Yeah, I got five on the five
And I been taking time, doing it all along
Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
If we keep it alive
I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home
Ah, yeah
Alright!
Lyrics submitted by hugmecolin
Five on the Five Lyrics as written by Jack White Brendan Benson
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I wouldn't put it past jack white to write a song about masturbating in his car
oh god! the masturbating thing makes sense! the five fingers on the five inch? WEIRD. i think jack might be a little more endowed than that, not to be perverted.
back to the subject anyway. great song!
Seems kind of obvious that he is saying he's got his hand on the stick shift.. he is driving.. he's ready to get the hell out of there (after all.. he's been the only one working at the relationship anyway.. he has been doing it all alone). Not sure where this other craziness is coming from (they'll be driving home at 5pm? haha.. he'll be whacking off on the highway? come on). Pretty simple.
I think just the opposite. I think this song is great, and have thought so since they were playing it during the 2006 tour.
The only thing I have nooooo idea about is the title itself. "Five on the Five" - what kind of phrase is that?
totally disagree with justfetus. this is my favourite song on the album musically. as for five on the five, i think its gambling speak (ie. five bucks on the five horse). not sure if that fits the lyrics though.
totally disagree with justfetus. this is my favourite song on the album musically. as for five on the five, i think its gambling speak (ie. five bucks on the five horse). not sure if that fits the lyrics though.
Since he talks about driving, I think of five people on the 5 freeway.. Gambling or bidding are other possibilities.
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whoever wrote that this song isnt good is just disconnected from musical talent. when i saw this song on the album i had remembered that they played it live many times over the last few years. and after listening to it and refreshing my memory you can tell that they are having fun playing this song. after the last part of the first half of the song, jack gives a "woo" and they go of into a little jam and separate song. its the 1 song i cant wait to see live. Jack=Gold