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"
left, right
left, right and
left, right
left, right and (repeated)
Weary from the war, as I stumble into fortune
Strike a deal with a witch, and cut off her head
With pockets full of gold, boy, would I journey into town
And trade my scuffed boots for bribes and Burberry.
Became the talk of the town though the heart remained mute as I
Fed the poor with the king's cutlery;
Locked in towers behind walls comes some divination
Where true love was promised to me...
On a
Black dog
Black burning eyes
Come carry you here, to my room
Dark to one spark, and I have your heart
But as quick as you come, you're always gone so soon
soon, soon, soon
Gone so soon, soon, soon
Gone so soon, soon, soon
Always gone so soon.
And now I live alone in this dirty old attic,
And my friends have no strength to climb up the stairs,
Do in the dark (dark), I spark (spark) a small box of tinder,
And your love is ferried to here.
On a
Black dog,
Black turning eyes,
Come carry you here, to my room,
Dark to one spark and, I have your heart,
But as quick as you come, you're always gone so soon, soon, soon
Gone so soon, soon, soon
Gone so soon, soon, soon
Always gone so soon.
(So soon)
Why does no flame e're last for long?
Oh, no, no spark brights dark for long,
Oh no,
A thousand kisses are no Judas kicking in to stop me
From trying to start the fire,
Start the fire
Start the fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire...
Deep down in me...
left, right and
left, right
left, right and (repeated)
Weary from the war, as I stumble into fortune
Strike a deal with a witch, and cut off her head
With pockets full of gold, boy, would I journey into town
And trade my scuffed boots for bribes and Burberry.
Became the talk of the town though the heart remained mute as I
Fed the poor with the king's cutlery;
Locked in towers behind walls comes some divination
Where true love was promised to me...
On a
Black dog
Black burning eyes
Come carry you here, to my room
Dark to one spark, and I have your heart
But as quick as you come, you're always gone so soon
soon, soon, soon
Gone so soon, soon, soon
Gone so soon, soon, soon
Always gone so soon.
And now I live alone in this dirty old attic,
And my friends have no strength to climb up the stairs,
Do in the dark (dark), I spark (spark) a small box of tinder,
And your love is ferried to here.
On a
Black dog,
Black turning eyes,
Come carry you here, to my room,
Dark to one spark and, I have your heart,
But as quick as you come, you're always gone so soon, soon, soon
Gone so soon, soon, soon
Gone so soon, soon, soon
Always gone so soon.
(So soon)
Why does no flame e're last for long?
Oh, no, no spark brights dark for long,
Oh no,
A thousand kisses are no Judas kicking in to stop me
From trying to start the fire,
Start the fire
Start the fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire...
Deep down in me...
Lyrics submitted by playedinstereo, edited by Youssii
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It's legit.
OH GOD THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD<br /> cuteness!
You could tell it was him though, yeah? He has a particular way of communicating through the internet, and so it wasn't hard to tell.
yes it was deff him! im pretty much surprised he was thinking of the lyrics like 5 years before the release! he must work hard
On a black dog Black burning eyes
You need an extra 'black' I think.
I love the way he pronounces the words, and the left/right bits are simply beautiful. A really passionate, mystical song.
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