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"
His eyes are locked on her,
Her eyes are fixed elsewhere,
He's confident, but he's not aware,
She doesn't care.
Their only connection, is the silence that they both grasp,
He's lost control, but she's not aware, of his stare.
Everything seems to intimidate him, with the strobe lights flashing, her body's jolting,
But cracking, as his eyes, spilt in two, if only she knew...
The curtain goes down on him again'
Everything seems to be closing in on her,
It feels just like she is being hunted,
But its all right, it's all good,
She's not aware, of his stare.
We've had this date from the beginning'
The curtain goes down on him again'
Who remains when the curtain falls'
Who remains when the curtain goes down...'
Her eyes are fixed elsewhere,
He's confident, but he's not aware,
She doesn't care.
Their only connection, is the silence that they both grasp,
He's lost control, but she's not aware, of his stare.
Everything seems to intimidate him, with the strobe lights flashing, her body's jolting,
But cracking, as his eyes, spilt in two, if only she knew...
The curtain goes down on him again'
Everything seems to be closing in on her,
It feels just like she is being hunted,
But its all right, it's all good,
She's not aware, of his stare.
We've had this date from the beginning'
The curtain goes down on him again'
Who remains when the curtain falls'
Who remains when the curtain goes down...'
Lyrics submitted by Deadlysinners
Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour Lyrics as written by Liam Rory Clewlow Chris Batten
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I always thought the lyrics were a bit more sinster than that. more like he is watching this girl and almost stalker her but she doesn't realise until maybe it's too late? You know the whole "it feels just like she is being hunted" and "Who remains when the curtain falls?" the final showdown. What happens when they meet.
exactly what i thought mate, i think you nailed it
I can tell you now, the first time I heard this song I thought it was just about ectasy and ravers, then I listened to it more and more intensly and found that I reckon your %100 about that comment. The guy has slipped her a roofie, he has taken an E to relax, and yeah just something about it seems so sinister like you said. <br /> <br /> Everything seems to intimidate him, with the strobe lights flashing, her body's jolting,<br /> But cracking, as his eyes, spilt in two, if only she knew...<br /> The curtain goes down on him again,<br /> Everything seems to be closing in on her,<br /> It feels just like she is being hunted,<br /> But its all right, it's all good,<br /> She's not aware, of his stare.<br /> We've had this date from the beginning<br /> <br /> look at that, its like he has been following her the whole time, and she has no idea what the fuck is going on as he as slipped it into her drink, maybe??? but shes not aware... obviously lol.
It's about sex. Duh.
You retard. It's about just two randoms in a club. The guy likes a girl but the girl has no interest in him. They have both taken ecstasy or some disco drug.
he's lost control, but she’s not aware, of his stare. Everything seems to intimidate him, with the strobe lights flashing, her body's jolting, But cracking, as his eyes, spilt in two, if only she knew...
It says it quite clearly there.
Good song :D xxxx
Yeah i agree with the Disco drug guy. amazing song. :] x
I agree with the whole club/two people/drugs thing
''He’s confident, but he's not aware, She doesn't care.'' When your 'under the influence' you're more confident to people you like and you don't notice they arn't interested. ''Everything seems to intimidate him, with the strobe lights flashing, her body's jolting'' the confusion when you're drunk or whatever with all the chaos in a nightclub. ''The curtain goes down on him again…'' Im guessing this is like the closing of the whole chaotic 'show' that has been him making a fool out of himself? and he's failed once again to get the girl.
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i love this song. its so well put together, it sounds so sad. but i always thought it was about a guy seeing a girl on the dance floor, and just watching her, stalking her.
'It feels just like she is being hunted,'
'We’ve had this date from the beginning…'
sounds like he's going to rape her or something. really well put together, sounds asif he's the victim, when in the words, she is.
It's about rape (Y)
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Maybe a "Streetcar Named Desire" reference? talking about curtains falling, and basically quoting Stanley on the "We've had this date from the beginning", before he rapes Blanche.
by Enter Joe on 01-28-2007 @ 09:50:12 PM
It's about rape (Y)
LOL @ that. Not that rape is funny, just the context of him saying it.
I agree that this song is about two randoms being on some disco rave drug, "He’s confident, but he's not aware, She doesn't care." That line is a classic. Love Enter Shikari, they're awesome.