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"
Blue jeans, white shirt
Walked into the room, you know you made my eyes burn
It was like James Dean, for sure
You're so fresh to death and sick as ca-cancer
You were sorta punk rock, I grew up on hip hop
But you fit me better than my favorite sweater, and I know
That love is mean (oh oh) and love hurts (oh oh)
But I still remember that day we met in December, oh baby
I will love you 'til the end of time
I would wait a million years
Promise you'll remember that you're mine
Baby, can you see through the tears?
Love you more
Than those bitches before
Say you'll remember (oh baby) say you'll remember, oh baby ooh
I will love you 'til the end of time
Big dreams, gangsta
Said you had to leave to start your life over
I was like, "No please, stay here"
We don't need no money, we can make it all work
But he headed out on Sunday, said he'd come home Monday
I stayed up waitin', anticipatin' and pacin' but he was
Chasing (oh oh) paper (oh oh)
Caught up in the game, that was the last I heard
I will love you 'til the end of time
I would wait a million years
Promise you'll remember that you're mine
Baby, can you see through the tears?
Love you more
Than those bitches before
Say you'll remember (oh baby) say you'll remember, oh baby ooh
I will love you 'til the end of time
You went out every night
And baby that's alright
I told you that no matter what you did, I'd be by your side
'Cause I'ma ride or die
Whether you fail or fly
Well, shit, at least you tried
But when you walked out that door, a piece of me died
Told you I wanted more, that's not what I had in mind
Just want it like before
We were dancin' all night
Then they took you away, stole you out of my life
You just need to remember
I will love you 'til the end of time
I would wait a million years
Promise you'll remember that you're mine
Baby, can you see through the tears?
Love you more
Than those bitches before
Say you'll remember (oh baby) say you'll remember, oh baby ooh
I will love you 'til the end of time
Walked into the room, you know you made my eyes burn
It was like James Dean, for sure
You're so fresh to death and sick as ca-cancer
You were sorta punk rock, I grew up on hip hop
But you fit me better than my favorite sweater, and I know
That love is mean (oh oh) and love hurts (oh oh)
But I still remember that day we met in December, oh baby
I will love you 'til the end of time
I would wait a million years
Promise you'll remember that you're mine
Baby, can you see through the tears?
Love you more
Than those bitches before
Say you'll remember (oh baby) say you'll remember, oh baby ooh
I will love you 'til the end of time
Big dreams, gangsta
Said you had to leave to start your life over
I was like, "No please, stay here"
We don't need no money, we can make it all work
But he headed out on Sunday, said he'd come home Monday
I stayed up waitin', anticipatin' and pacin' but he was
Chasing (oh oh) paper (oh oh)
Caught up in the game, that was the last I heard
I will love you 'til the end of time
I would wait a million years
Promise you'll remember that you're mine
Baby, can you see through the tears?
Love you more
Than those bitches before
Say you'll remember (oh baby) say you'll remember, oh baby ooh
I will love you 'til the end of time
You went out every night
And baby that's alright
I told you that no matter what you did, I'd be by your side
'Cause I'ma ride or die
Whether you fail or fly
Well, shit, at least you tried
But when you walked out that door, a piece of me died
Told you I wanted more, that's not what I had in mind
Just want it like before
We were dancin' all night
Then they took you away, stole you out of my life
You just need to remember
I will love you 'til the end of time
I would wait a million years
Promise you'll remember that you're mine
Baby, can you see through the tears?
Love you more
Than those bitches before
Say you'll remember (oh baby) say you'll remember, oh baby ooh
I will love you 'til the end of time
Lyrics submitted by maurothompson, edited by irisme, carlosvinicius
Blue Jeans Lyrics as written by Elizabeth Woolridge Grant Emile Haynie
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Blue jeans, White shirt Walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn
It was like James Dean, for sure You so fresh to death & sick as ca-cancer
Big dreams, gangster Said you had to leave to start your life over I was like: "no please, stay here," We don't need no money we can make it all work But he headed out on Sunday, said he'd come home Monday I stayed up waitin', anticipatin' and pacin' but he was Chasing paper "Caught up in the game" that was the last I heard
You went out every night And baby that's alright I told you that no matter what you did I'd be by your side Cause Ima ride or die Whether you fail or fly Well shit, at least you tried.
But when you walked out that door, a piece of me died I told you I wanted more-but that not what I had in mind
I just want it like before We were dancin' all night
Then they took you away- stole you out of my life
Will love you till the end of time I would wait a million years
"Past experience is an indicator of future behavior" ~Dr. Phil What I would give to have him be incorrect, but he's not. Every pivotol moment the same decision was made, which led to nowhere, if that makes any sense.
So what you're also saying is that people don't change. THAT is not true.
Hi, by the way. :)
Some can't, even when you believe they truly want to. We've discussed hurdles.
Regardless, change is inevitable. Not easy, but inevitable.
I think evolve would be a more fitting term. People are always changing but staying the exact same if that makes sense. Some people lack the ability, aptitude, strength or whatever it is that prevents them from evolution. Because while we evolve were moving in a direction that will eveutally come full circle as we progress through life. Hopefully, once complete we'll be at the end of oru journey and destination:)
R U gonna walk down my Seattle street, Bella? You didn't all the times you had the chance. You intentionally made a walk impossible. So what's gonna be different this time. Nothing. You are incredible in so many ways, but not that one.
Typical. The words come easy, but when they don't there is silence. That's not evolution.
Um. lol. Housework is inevitable also. Sorry.
Yeah. I understand those years of housework that kept you busy.
What are you talking about? You gonna come clean for me? Sounds good! I got the little maid outfit ready. ;)
"This is not a "negative," as one commentator suggested."<br /> <br /> Excuse me, I said it had "negative undertones", which means something different.<br /> <br /> Are you saying metaphors that involve references to cancer, burning and death are completely positive? Or don't show contain sort of negative undertone, that is separate from their surface-level meaning? <br /> <br /> "Also, this is not a negative, either. In hip-hop slang, "sick" is the same thing as saying "dope" or "ill." It means that person/thing is cool/awesome."<br /> <br /> Of course "sick" is slang, that's incredibly obvious, we're not all from the 18th century. She linked it back to cancer because she's being ironic, and is probably commenting on the origin of the word. She does the same thing with "fresh to death", which is pretty paradoxical. <br /> <br /> All her compliments on him use imagery that is negative, but is reshaped into something positive. Which points to the fact that there is underlying negativity, on at least a subconscious level.<br /> <br /> Your interpretation of these lyrics are incredibly shallow. Even though I'm not a fan of Lana Del Rey, I understand that her lyrics aren't just "hip" ways of expressing that "you are the best, you're awesome!" and nothing more.
Ethanescence; yet your interpretation was reading way to far into the lines. <br /> to each it's own.
Okay so my friend knows Lana and was pretty close to her.<br /> <br /> "Big dreams, gangster<br /> Said you had to leave to start your life over<br /> I was like: "no please, stay here,"<br /> We don't need no money we can make it all work" <br /> <br /> The song is legitimately about this guy she was in love with, the dudes name is Rob. He was into heroine or something (dealing it/using it) and one day he traveled to Alaska for some reason or another.<br /> <br /> "But he headed out on Sunday, said he'd come home Monday<br /> I stayed up waitin', anticipatin' and pacin' but he was<br /> Chasing paper<br /> Caught up in the game" that was the last I heard"<br /> <br /> Caught up in the heroine game that is. While the guy was there in Alaksa he overdosed. The news spread to all his friends but after a day or two Lana still had no idea and MY friend was the one who found out and called Lana on the phone to tell her the news. Lana then wrote the song sometime between then and January 15 when she performed it live for the first time on Saturday Night Live (She was pretty messed up with alcohol and what not thats why the performance was so ehh.) <br /> <br /> "You went out every night<br /> And baby that's alright<br /> I told you that no matter what you did I'd be by your side<br /> Cause Ima ride or die<br /> Whether you fail or fly<br /> Well shit, at least you tried."<br /> <br /> At least he tried right?<br /> <br />
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@earthgirl2 yes agree with all you said except I think she means he is probably dead because "that was the last I heard". Born to die sort of carries on that theme. If he was just in prison she'd be able to contact him. And the wait a million years suggests she sees it as an eternal love and she'll find him again