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"
"Won't you let me, well you know I can drive
Please let me take your car
Won't you please let me take your car"
Two policemen in the car behind
Not on duty but they stopped
And just before the car caught fire
Bravely they pulled her off
Bravely they pulled her off
Bravely they pulled her off
Bravely they pulled her off
If I were you Chrissie I'd rather
Please let me take your car
Won't you please let me take your car"
Two policemen in the car behind
Not on duty but they stopped
And just before the car caught fire
Bravely they pulled her off
Bravely they pulled her off
Bravely they pulled her off
Bravely they pulled her off
If I were you Chrissie I'd rather
Lyrics submitted by anausteregentleman
Violent Dreams Lyrics as written by Stina Nordenstam Ethan Kath
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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In case anyone is curious, the lyrics/singing are sampled from Stina Nordenstam - A walk in The Park
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This is a remix of 'A walk in the Park' by Stina Nordenstam.
this is such a beautiful song
@jrothbart by beautiful u mean weird, right?!<br />
This song gives me fucking nightmares, but I love it and listen to it all the time. How fucked up is that?
at the minute. 1.30 to 2.15, it sounds as if to say: trust me
I have done the lyrics, and i spent so much time figuring them out, and i can't submit them all. is there a way you can please delete this song.so i can add the lyrics?
For some reason, it won't allow me to delete it, but only rename the song. :/<br /> <br /> Private message me?
PUT IT IN AS A COMMENT!!! I NEED THEM! THIS SONG IS LIKE A RIVER IN MY BRAIN!!! AAAHH
here's what i've found it to be (i haven't figured out the whole song yet)<br /> Won't you let me well you know I can drive<br /> Please let me take you car<br /> Let me take your car<br /> Two policemen in the car behind<br /> Not on duty but they stopped<br /> And just before the car caught fire<br /> Bravely they pulled her off<br /> Bravely they pulled her off<br /> Bravely they pulled her off<br /> Bravely they pulled her off<br /> If I were you Crissy I'd rath-<br /> <br /> in the chorus, you can hear "this must be the end," but i haven't figured out the rest of the chorus or anything. tbh this doesn't even sound all the way right, the words are really distorted.
I hope cc actually asked her/paid some money to sample that track, they don't exactly have the best track record on that side of things.
The chorus sounds as if it says:
I wouldn't. Indeed this must be the end.
its saying "violent dreams. this must be the end"
Cutterbup is right it does say that there's lyrics missing too
masnos is right. Here are the lyrics to Nina Nordenstam's A Walk in the Park, even though the booklet says they sampled her song "I See You Again" but ive listened to that song also and it sounds nothing like Violent Dreams. My guess is they took bits and pieces from the lyrics to make the chorus:
A Walk in the Park:
Chris was five when her mother died She was the only child Her mother used to say I'd spoil her too much She was my joy and pride Seems like yesterday ... I hear her voice Five hours left to go: "Won't you let me, well you know I can drive Please let me take your car Won't you please let me take your car" Two policemen in the car behind Not on duty but they stopped And just before the car caught fire Bravely they pulled her off Now days grow warmer Chris and spring is here You'll see it with my eyes If I were you Chrissie I'd rather not Take this to stay alive No I would rather die One of these days when the sun shines We'll go outside And listen to the birds in the park.