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"
Naked in the bathtub
Sittin' on the porcelain
Waiting for that little hurricane to pull your torso in
The water don't run, just drips like rain
Still drips like a painkiller drips to the veins
Fill it up
With a bag of that happy stuff
'Cause the way she runs out, you can tell she ain't had enough
Good times goddess
My goodness
Got finger nail polish autopilot foot prints
With a smile that's stitched to the fabric of bedtime tales and
Keep them tits out of the attic
The mouth of madness
Loud and manic
The motive of the bird going south on the Atlas
Picture a hole
Put your hero in
Envision the gold
Now zero in
Been watching your night train track for the last few stops
With no desire to hop it
How did we end up in your apartment
Pocket full of gossip says this ain't smart
When it's all said and done, can't get restart
But I'll be damned if I don't wanna kiss you
Hard
Shoulda known better not to fuck wit' you
Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose
Lost in the rush don't know what to do
That drug got you like I want you
Shoulda known better not to fuck wit' you
Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose
Lost in the rush don't know what to do
That drug got you like I want you
I've got a restraining order
Against Satan's daughter
And I keep it at the bottom of this Jamison and water
And when we get there
You can sit there and stare
From behind your mascara and your thick hair
I'm aware of that pain you harbor
The same negative game to the names you martyr
Apart from the details and substance and whatnot
I fucks with that hunger of love pistol and gut rot
Bloodshot
Give me one shot, my shot
Propped up on enough talk to make time stop
The lines of chalk that Benjamin might cop
Killed the illustrations on the neighborhood sidewalks
Then all of a sudden she got silent
Pupils like marbles, hide behind the eyelids
Get away sticks go limping hole place
That fucked up smile sucked up most of her face
Truly beauty, the scene so surreal
And each criticism becomes redeemed
Swallow my words
No more judgment it's true
'Cause you look like what I feel like when I'm with you
Shoulda known better not to fuck wit' you
Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose
Lost in the rush don't know what to do
That drug got you like I want you
Shoulda known better not to fuck wit' you
Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose
Lost in the rush don't know what to do
That drug got you like I want you
Sittin' on the porcelain
Waiting for that little hurricane to pull your torso in
The water don't run, just drips like rain
Still drips like a painkiller drips to the veins
Fill it up
With a bag of that happy stuff
'Cause the way she runs out, you can tell she ain't had enough
Good times goddess
My goodness
Got finger nail polish autopilot foot prints
With a smile that's stitched to the fabric of bedtime tales and
Keep them tits out of the attic
The mouth of madness
Loud and manic
The motive of the bird going south on the Atlas
Picture a hole
Put your hero in
Envision the gold
Now zero in
Been watching your night train track for the last few stops
With no desire to hop it
How did we end up in your apartment
Pocket full of gossip says this ain't smart
When it's all said and done, can't get restart
But I'll be damned if I don't wanna kiss you
Hard
Shoulda known better not to fuck wit' you
Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose
Lost in the rush don't know what to do
That drug got you like I want you
Shoulda known better not to fuck wit' you
Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose
Lost in the rush don't know what to do
That drug got you like I want you
I've got a restraining order
Against Satan's daughter
And I keep it at the bottom of this Jamison and water
And when we get there
You can sit there and stare
From behind your mascara and your thick hair
I'm aware of that pain you harbor
The same negative game to the names you martyr
Apart from the details and substance and whatnot
I fucks with that hunger of love pistol and gut rot
Bloodshot
Give me one shot, my shot
Propped up on enough talk to make time stop
The lines of chalk that Benjamin might cop
Killed the illustrations on the neighborhood sidewalks
Then all of a sudden she got silent
Pupils like marbles, hide behind the eyelids
Get away sticks go limping hole place
That fucked up smile sucked up most of her face
Truly beauty, the scene so surreal
And each criticism becomes redeemed
Swallow my words
No more judgment it's true
'Cause you look like what I feel like when I'm with you
Shoulda known better not to fuck wit' you
Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose
Lost in the rush don't know what to do
That drug got you like I want you
Shoulda known better not to fuck wit' you
Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose
Lost in the rush don't know what to do
That drug got you like I want you
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theres lots of references to childhood-
With a smile that's stitched to the fabric of bedtime tales that Keep them kids out of the attic -her smile is formed out of the stories she grew up on, that formed her morals, "her inner compass" that kept the kids from doing things simply out of fear
Picture a hole Put your hero in -prince charming, all that stuff, shes looking to the drugs as something that will save her
The lines of chalk that benjamin might cop Killed the illustrations on the neighborhood sidewalks -reference to coke probably, comparing the amount of drugs you could get for $100 to the negative effects they have, replacing other forms of happiness, such as the simplicity of children playing with sideway chalk
-could also be their future if the drug use continues- chalk outlines of their dead bodies
The motive of the bird holdin' south on the atlas -birds migrate because its their instict, they do it to surive- the drugs control her to the degree she believes she needs them, that its part of her natural life and necessary
Then all of a sudden she got silent Pupils like marbles, hide behind the eyelids Get away sticks go limping hole place The smile sucked up most of her face Truly beauty the scene serene And each criticism becomes redeemed Swallow my words No more judgment it's true Cause you look like what I feel like when I'm with you
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word, i second that. way too commercial. not that that's bad, but it just ain't atmosphere!! the sad clown releases were all pretty dope tho leadin up to this album...
my favorite lines (are incorrect here and should be): goodtimes goddess my goodness goth finger nail polish autopilot footprints with a smile that's stitched to the fabric of bedtime tales that keep them kids outta the attic the mouth of madness loud and manic the motive of the bird holdin south on the atlas
Definitly Heroin
"this is a really weak single, from a really weak album. Im disapointed. "
are you serious?, yeah it may be different, but this album comes off really strong to me, it shows that they can pull off different styles, and Slugs lyrics are just as strong.
you guys are tripping. He's just growing as we all do. I'm sure Slug doesn't expect you to like every song he writes so stop being so fuckin' critical. If you don't like it don't waste space by typing a bunch of asshole remarks
The motive of the bird going south on the Atmos’
^^^
Did anybody catch on to that line? This ties to how Slug refers to girls as birds (Bird Sings Why the Caged I Know). This just talks about the girl going down on him. Its a heavily sexual song, but this girl is drugged up.
Picture a hole Put your hero in Envision the gold Now zero in Been watching your night train track for the last few stops With no desire to hop it How did we end up in your apartment Pocket full of gossip says this ain’t smart When it’s all said and done, can’t get restart But I’ll be damned if I don’t wanna kiss you-- Hard
Basically a description of putting his dick in this chick and "going for the gold" which is to get off. And then "pocket full of gossip" might mean that this sexual encounter is kinda controversial. Maybe they are cheating on their partners with each other? But Slug doesnt care because he has wanted to fuck her so bad...
I think it's related to both - sex and drugs.<br /> picture a hole, put your HERO IN<br /> envision the gold<br /> now zero in<br /> <br /> <<< could be about a dick or a needle<br /> <br /> Been watching your night train track for the last few stops<br /> With no desire to hop it<br /> <br /> <<< could be about the addiction of the girl, and he doesnt want to use this drug too. or the girl is a whore, and he knows that, so she had many lovers and he has never felt like he wants to "hop on her"<br /> <br /> <br /> How did we end up in your apartment<br /> <br /> <<< so now he got seduced. <br /> <br /> Pocket full of gossip says this ain�t smart<br /> <br /> <br /> <<< one of his name is "smart" so maybe that line is about people thinking he's 1, to good for that girl 2, off drugs<br /> <br /> When it�s all said and done, can�t get restart<br /> But I�ll be damned if I don�t wanna kiss you--<br /> Hard<br /> <br /> <<< 1, he doesnt do drugs anymore so no way for restarting 2, he thinks about the future and knows there is no such with that girl<br /> <br /> The same negative game to the names you martyr<br /> <br /> <<< heroin<br /> <br /> Apart from the details and substance and whatnot<br /> That hunger of love pistol and gut rot<br /> <br /> <<< self destruction<br /> <br /> Bloodshot<br /> Give me one shot, my shot<br /> Hopped up on enough talk to make time stop<br /> <br /> <<< now he did it, though he should have known better 1, sex with whore 2, heroin<br /> <br /> The lines of chalk that benjamin might cop<br /> Killed the illustrations on the neighborhood sidewalks<br /> <br /> <<< don't know maybe about coke <br /> <br /> Then all of a sudden she got silent<br /> Pupils like marbles, hide behind the eyelids<br /> Get away sticks go limping hole place<br /> <br /> <<< heroin - "get away sticks", could be about a orgasm to because of the hidden pupils like marbles and after the orgasm she or he hates the other person again and want her/him to leave<br /> <br /> Swallow my words<br /> No more judgment it�s true<br /> Cuz you look like what I feel like when I�m with you<br /> <br /> <<< now after the sex/drug abuse he can't be anymore judgemental about her, and he pitys her because she looks fucked up, and that's the way he feels when he's with her<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
great but these lyrics are fucked...
yeh dude who let this guy post lyrics?? they should ban him.
great song great lyrics, and the beats never let me down