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"
I'm sorry for the nights I let you down
Now all that's left to say is that I turned around
Back to the boy you fell in love with
Not this plague that brings you down
Remind your mom to call me I still care
Cause her approval meant the world
And I will not dare to disagree
With the life you arranged
Just remember only God knows if I've changed
I'll sing along to every song
I'll tag along for the ride
Cause in my head,
I'm right there too,
Through the good times
The bad ones too
I'm here for you
Cause in my dreams
You're the one who keeps me asleep
On the nights where I could care less
If I ever woke up again
Now all that's left to say is that I turned around
Back to the boy you fell in love with
Not this plague that brings you down
Remind your mom to call me I still care
Cause her approval meant the world
And I will not dare to disagree
With the life you arranged
Just remember only God knows if I've changed
I'll sing along to every song
I'll tag along for the ride
Cause in my head,
I'm right there too,
Through the good times
The bad ones too
I'm here for you
Cause in my dreams
You're the one who keeps me asleep
On the nights where I could care less
If I ever woke up again
Lyrics submitted by xoEmergencyTDM
Overtheyears [Demo Version] Lyrics as written by Christofer Drew
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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These lyrics are completely wrong at some parts. Haha :)
This is what I hear, and I'm pretty sure I'm right:
I'm sorry for the nights I let you down Now all that's left to say is that I turned around Back to the boy you fell in love with Not this plague that brings you down
Remind your mom back home that I still care Cause her approval meant the world And I not dare dissagree with the life you arrange Just remember only god knows if I change
I'll sing along To every song I'll tag along For the ride
Cause in my head I'm right there to Through the good times The bad ones too I'm here for you
Cause in my dreams You're the one who keeps me asleep On the nights where I could care less If I ever woke up again
I thinkkk that's right, but idk maybe not. :)
kay, it doesnt really make sense... plague, hes talking about himself.<br /> <br /> hes saying that he turned around, that hes the boy she fell in love with, that hes not going to be a asshole anymore..... back to the boy that she fell in love with, not the prick that brought her down. it doesnt make sense a guy cannot be a plague.<br /> <br /> i think these are as close as you can get/mostly right, but i mean chris would be the only one who would know the right lyrics.<br /> <br /> I'm sorry for the nights I let you down<br /> Now all that's left to say is that, I've turned around<br /> Back to the boy you fell in love with<br /> Not this prick that brings you down.<br /> <br /> remind your mom back home that i still care,<br /> cuz her approval ment the world,<br /> and i don't dare, to disagree with the life you've aranged,<br /> just remember only god knows if i've changed<br /> <br /> i'll sing along to every song,<br /> i'll tag along for the ride,<br /> <br /> cuz in my head, <br /> im right there to,<br /> through the good times, <br /> the bad ones too,<br /> im here for you,<br /> <br /> cause in my dreams,<br /> you're the one who keeps me asleep,<br /> on the nights where i could care less <br /> if i ever woke up agian. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
Actually I'm pretty sure he does say plague.. and that makes perfect sense.
Yeah, that sounds right! I was going to say when he was singing that the other night at the mall he sang it pretty much like that but i wasnt really paying attention but that sounds right
Yeah, it's definitely "plague", not "prick".
this song is beautiful :)
actually, i think it's "remind your mom to call me, i still care"
one of my favorites<3(:
this song is sooo moving. :) i love it and its so pretty :)
its "remind your mom to call me, i still care."
i love this song, its beautiful.
i LOVE the way he says "ride."
I'm sorry for the nights I let you down Now all that's left to say is that, I've turned around Back to the boy you fell in love with Not this plague that brings you down.
-Sounds like he was with this girl and she left him because he changed and all he did was let her down. He's trying to tell her he's changed back to the guy she fell in love with.
remind your mom back home that i still care, cuz her approval meant the world, and i don't dare, to disagree with the life you've aranged, just remember only god knows if i've changed
-this part sounds like he wanted and still wants to be the best he can be for her. she's arranged a life, maybe it doesn't include him cause she doesn't believe he's changed.he just wants her to be happy, so he won't disagree, but he doesn't want her to assume he hasn't changed his ways.
I'll sing along To every song I'll tag along For the ride Cause in my head I'm right there to Through the good times The bad ones too I'm here for you
-Maybe he's singing along because every song reminds him of her. By 'tag along for the ride' maybe he means he'll keep hoping he'll be with her again and he'll stay close to her cause he wants to see where they end up. On the way, he's saying he'll be there for her through whatever happens.
Cause in my dreams You're the one who keeps me asleep On the nights where I could care less If I ever woke up again
-This part sounds like he keeps sleeping because he dreams of her and he wouldn't care if he never woke up, because his dreams of being with her could keep going.
Really sweet song, i love it :]
x ThreeCheersForFiveYears