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 see the steeple,
And the spire,
And a sunset,
Deep and red,
Phoenix and fireflies.
And the time stops,
And the traffic slows,
And this heart starts pulling apart
This cold flesh and worn bones.
And I long to be carried on
Once to be lifted strong
Out of the loneliness, and the emptiness of the days.
I had your loved ones
Seize my body whole,
And at first I fought this flesh to have a soul
Made my world turn, made my flesh behold,
And darling, it was your hand I hold.
And I long to be carried on
Once to be lifted strong,
Out of the loneliness, and the emptiness of the days.
And the spire,
And a sunset,
Deep and red,
Phoenix and fireflies.
And the time stops,
And the traffic slows,
And this heart starts pulling apart
This cold flesh and worn bones.
And I long to be carried on
Once to be lifted strong
Out of the loneliness, and the emptiness of the days.
I had your loved ones
Seize my body whole,
And at first I fought this flesh to have a soul
Made my world turn, made my flesh behold,
And darling, it was your hand I hold.
And I long to be carried on
Once to be lifted strong,
Out of the loneliness, and the emptiness of the days.
Lyrics submitted by chrisdb89, edited by janeaparis1
The Days Lyrics as written by Patrick Wolf
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A beautiful song, a real classy one too...strings have a real old fashioned beauty to them that's hard to explain...
Pretty self evident, longing for the better days, the better times with the person they love....GREAT SONG.
Lyrics are also tragically wrong/inaccurate in many places...if I could copy/paste the lyrics I would fix them, but since this site is stupid and doesn't let me do what 98% of websites do, I can't/won't fix them...
Never mind, here is the correct lyrics as far as I can tell, most taken from official site, although even some of that is missing some words he sings which I've included below:<br /> <br /> ---------------------------------------<br /> <br /> The Days...Passing Days...<br /> <br /> I see the steeple and<br /> Trace to the Spire<br /> And the sun set<br /> Deep in regret<br /> Phoenix in final fire<br /> <br /> And the time stops<br /> Rush hour traffic slows<br /> and my heart starts beating this<br /> dark through old Flesh <br /> and cold Bone<br /> <br /> And I long to be carried on <br /> just once to be lifted strong <br /> out of the loneliness<br /> and the emptiness<br /> of The Days<br /> <br /> of some days...<br /> <br /> Days, I remember...<br /> <br /> I had your love once<br /> Seized my body whole<br /> And in our first dance<br /> I thought by chance<br /> God had matched my soul<br /> <br /> But time bought its traveling<br /> its distance and solitude<br /> and in that traveling<br /> My self damaging<br /> I took my love<br /> Far Far from you<br /> <br /> But now don’t you<br /> still long to be carried on<br /> once more I could lift you strong<br /> Out of the loneliness<br /> And the emptiness<br /> Of The Days<br /> <br /> Passing days...passing days...<br /> <br /> Days...<br /> <br /> Tell me<br /> Have we gone too far<br /> Or did we get too close?<br /> You’ve no father, I’ve no son<br /> when we come-ghosts<br /> I promise, I will meet you<br /> I will meet you<br /> <br /> At the end of The Days...The Days.<br /> <br /> Pass some (or passing) days...<br /> <br /> Won't you meet me at the end of The Days?<br /> <br />
Here is the correct lyrics as far as I can tell, most taken from official site, although even some of that is missing some words he sings which I've included below:
The Days...Passing Days...
I see the steeple and Trace to the Spire And the sun set Deep in regret Phoenix in final fire
And the time stops Rush hour traffic slows and my heart starts beating this dark through old Flesh and cold Bone
And I long to be carried on just once to be lifted strong out of the loneliness and the emptiness of The Days
of some days...
Days, I remember...
I had your love once Seized my body whole And in our first dance I thought by chance God had matched my soul
But time bought its traveling its distance and solitude and in that traveling My self damaging I took my love Far Far from you
But now don’t you still long to be carried on once more I could lift you strong Out of the loneliness And the emptiness Of The Days
Passing days...passing days...
Days...
Tell me Have we gone too far Or did we get too close? You’ve no father, I’ve no son when we come-ghosts I promise, I will meet you I will meet you
At the end of The Days...The Days.
Pass some (or passing) days...
Won't you meet me at the end of The Days?