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"
Sunday, wake up, give me a cigarette
Last night's love affair is looking vulnerable in my bed
Silk sheet, blue dawn, Colgate, tongue warm
Won't you quit your crying? I can't sleep
One minute I'm a little sweetheart
And next minute you are an absolute creep
We've got obsessions
I want to wipe out all the sad ideas
That come to me when I am holding you
We've got obsessions
All you ever think about are sick ideas
Involving me, involving you
Supermarket, oh what packet of crackers to pick?
They're all the same, one brand, one name, but really they're not
Look, look, just choose something quick
People are staring, time to go, quick
Skin is on fire—just choose something, something, something
Pressure overwhelming
Next minute I am turning out of the door, facing one week without food
A day, a day when things are pretty bad
But don't let it make you feel sad,
The crackers were probably bad luck anyway
Can't let your cold heart be free
When you act like you've got an OCD
We've got obsessions
I want to erase every nasty thought
That bugs me every day of every week
We've got obsessions
You never tell me what it is that made you strong
And what it is that made you weak
We've got obsessions
I want to erase every nasty thought
That bugs me every day of every week
We've got obsessions
You never told me what it was that made you strong
And what it was that made you weak
Made you weak, made you weak
made you weak, made you weak, made you weak
Made you
Sunday, wake up, give me a cigarette
Last night's love affair is looking vulnerable again
Last night's love affair is looking vulnerable in my bed
Silk sheet, blue dawn, Colgate, tongue warm
Won't you quit your crying? I can't sleep
One minute I'm a little sweetheart
And next minute you are an absolute creep
We've got obsessions
I want to wipe out all the sad ideas
That come to me when I am holding you
We've got obsessions
All you ever think about are sick ideas
Involving me, involving you
Supermarket, oh what packet of crackers to pick?
They're all the same, one brand, one name, but really they're not
Look, look, just choose something quick
People are staring, time to go, quick
Skin is on fire—just choose something, something, something
Pressure overwhelming
Next minute I am turning out of the door, facing one week without food
A day, a day when things are pretty bad
But don't let it make you feel sad,
The crackers were probably bad luck anyway
Can't let your cold heart be free
When you act like you've got an OCD
We've got obsessions
I want to erase every nasty thought
That bugs me every day of every week
We've got obsessions
You never tell me what it is that made you strong
And what it is that made you weak
We've got obsessions
I want to erase every nasty thought
That bugs me every day of every week
We've got obsessions
You never told me what it was that made you strong
And what it was that made you weak
Made you weak, made you weak
made you weak, made you weak, made you weak
Made you
Sunday, wake up, give me a cigarette
Last night's love affair is looking vulnerable again
Lyrics submitted by indiebopper, edited by Firen, abolire, scoutasaur, ElectraHeart, JanzenZane, LivingMyth, Cinsarity, saintemry
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Actually, I think the obsession is obsessive compulsive disorder. As a sufferer myself, when she says "the crackers were probably bad luck anyway" it's the archetypal thought process an OCD sufferer would go through - something as benign as a brand of crackers is believed to have an enormous impact on the day. It's kind of like superstition but in extreme form; everyday objects are believed to be "lucky" or "unlucky". And wanting to erase nasty thoughts is another particularly pertinent line suggesting this song is written about OCD - repetitive rituals are often carried out in order to erase a negative thought.
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I totally agree, its similar to suffering from paranoia and thinking others are staring and not being able to make a decision as all you can think about is your surroundings and the panic! I think the whole song relates to depression, OCD and Anxiety - obsessions and addictive personality are huge factors for these conditions. love her mixture of deep meaningful lyrics and the transition to the obvious lighter description of something as simple as going to the supermarket - a bit like Bipolar! Well done Marina i love it!