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 only twenty three for another hour, give or take
I'm a fan of yours and I need a good mistake
I'm not a sinner or preacher, all I have is slight of hand
I do magic tricks for all the boys in the band
Baby, could I be the rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me, hand me the bat
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give in to this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises
No promises, oh no promises
Oh
I've never done this before, promises, promises
But I'm enjoying the illusion and the things my body says
Now you see me, now you don't, oh how well you disappear
What are you running from and may I interfere?
Baby, could I be the rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me, hand me the bat
Oh oh baby, could I be the rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me, hand me the bat
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give in to this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises
No promises
No, no no promises
Oh, no no no no promises
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give in to this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises
No promises
No, no no no promises
No, no no no promises
No no promises
I'm a fan of yours and I need a good mistake
I'm not a sinner or preacher, all I have is slight of hand
I do magic tricks for all the boys in the band
Baby, could I be the rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me, hand me the bat
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give in to this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises
No promises, oh no promises
Oh
I've never done this before, promises, promises
But I'm enjoying the illusion and the things my body says
Now you see me, now you don't, oh how well you disappear
What are you running from and may I interfere?
Baby, could I be the rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me, hand me the bat
Oh oh baby, could I be the rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me, hand me the bat
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give in to this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises
No promises
No, no no promises
Oh, no no no no promises
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give in to this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises
No promises
No, no no no promises
No, no no no promises
No no promises
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Can anyone please be so kind and explain the meaning of " I'd swing if you'd hand me, hand me the bat " to me and what " be the rabbit in your head " means and refers to ? Thank you :)
The 'rabbit in your hat' refers to the metaphor of magic/illusion (see comment by deadkid). A magician's rabbit is his closest companion as the success/failure of the trick depends on whether it appears or not...someone you can rely on (when you need me most)<br /> <br /> The bat/swinging refers to knocking down the walls/barriers set up to protect her from being hurt (again).
Okay unfortunately I still did not get it - why a bat ? is this kind of a phrase or a mataphor ?? But thanks for the explanation with the rabbit :)
This might seem too simple, but I honestly think he chose bat, because it rhymes with hat. The rabbit in your hat line is pure genius, so he wouldn't re-word it to accommodate the bat line. It shouldn't be read too literally. He's basically saying, "Stop hiding behind the magic, and be true to yourself = Stop acting, because I want to know the real you. I won't let you down and I'll help you take down these walls if you'd just say the word (if you'd hand me the bat)."
Actually, the line "i'd swing if you'd hand me the bat" sounds to me like he just wants her to give him a shot, a chance to prove he'd be there for her. And if she gave him that shot, he'd swing the bat to hit it out of the park as hard as he can.
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"Swing the bat" could be a sports reference. I think of a baseball batter not afraid of the moment and the risk of losing it. He wants to say that he would not hesistate.
"Swing the bat" could be a sports reference. I think of a baseball batter not afraid of the moment and the risk of losing it. He wants to say that he would not hesistate.
"Swing the bat" could be a sports reference. I think of a baseball batter not afraid of the moment and the risk of losing it. He wants to say that he would not hesistate.