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 on my own where I found you alone
You were caught up in somebody else's mess.
And yes, I drank all those drinks on my own,
My life's become some blurry little quest.
And the cloud came deep and slowly
At the end of all, you'd ask me
If I even had a clue where I was.
Well, I don't know your truth flows
And I'm bringing by the tooth calls
In the night and in they stole, they never was.
It'd all begin if you sing,
I wanna know to keep the rain.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough is enough.
Sick to the bone on my steps to my home,
The moon shines through the drapery and leaves.
To her to ignore everyone on my own,
My true love just to feel so made of bricks.
But as my body crumble, you walked as I just stumble
We spoke only of things made in my head.
You never once controlled me, what all the others told me
But if I kept on going I'd be dead.
It's not just you that they blame
Now tell me where they keep the rain.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough's always too tough.
See what I've done now, I don't understand
She says I'm screaming and I raise my hand.
But I never meant to, wasn't even there,
I never meant to, I would never dare.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough's always too tough.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough is enough.
You were caught up in somebody else's mess.
And yes, I drank all those drinks on my own,
My life's become some blurry little quest.
And the cloud came deep and slowly
At the end of all, you'd ask me
If I even had a clue where I was.
Well, I don't know your truth flows
And I'm bringing by the tooth calls
In the night and in they stole, they never was.
It'd all begin if you sing,
I wanna know to keep the rain.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough is enough.
Sick to the bone on my steps to my home,
The moon shines through the drapery and leaves.
To her to ignore everyone on my own,
My true love just to feel so made of bricks.
But as my body crumble, you walked as I just stumble
We spoke only of things made in my head.
You never once controlled me, what all the others told me
But if I kept on going I'd be dead.
It's not just you that they blame
Now tell me where they keep the rain.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough's always too tough.
See what I've done now, I don't understand
She says I'm screaming and I raise my hand.
But I never meant to, wasn't even there,
I never meant to, I would never dare.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough's always too tough.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough is enough.
Lyrics submitted by llscience, edited by cuytastic, Ilovecats4, PITCHINDIGO, username-ben
Cry Like a Ghost Lyrics as written by Michael Angelakos
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I don't think so… I've watched some of Michael Angelakos's interview's and found that in a point in time where his life revolved around alcohol and the such (a messy time in short), there were friends of his that encouraged his bad habits and definitely did not help.
That makes perfect sense because Slyvia may be the one out of hand, the one guiding him that way. "No one's gonna tell you when enough's enough," and "But as my body crumbled, you walked as I just stumbled." When he talks about hurting this girl, I think he means his girlfriend, not Sylvia, but this part I'm not sure.
The licensed lyrics that replaced mine are horrible (the second verse especially..) so:
All on my own, where I found you alone You were caught up in somebody else's mess And yes, I drank all those drinks on my own My life’s become some blurry little quest
And the clock kept ticking slowly, and you leaned over to ask me If I even had a clue where I was Well I lied down your wood floors, and my brain and body took course In the night and then, as though it never was
It all began to feel the same I want to know where they keep the rain
Sylvia, right back where you came from You’re a pendulum, heartbroken and numb but Sylvia, no one’s gonna tell you when enough’s enough Enough is enough
Sick to the bone on the steps to my home The moon shined through the drapery of leaves To her, to ignore everyone on my own My true love, just to feel some made up breeze
But as my body crumbled, you walked as I just stumbled And we spoke only of things made in my head You never once controlled me what all the others told me, That if I kept on going, I’d be dead
It’s not just you who felt the pain Now tell me where they keep the rain
Sylvia, right back where you came from You’re a pendulum, heartbroken and numb but Sylvia, no one’s gonna tell you when enough’s enough Enough’s always too tough
See what I’ve done now, I don’t understand She says I screamed and that I raised my hand but I never meant to, wasn’t even there I never meant to, I would never dare
Sylvia, right back where you came from You’re a pendulum, heartbroken and numb but Sylvia, no one’s gonna tell you when enough’s enough Enough’s always too tough
Sylvia, right back where you came from You’re a pendulum, heartbroken and numb but Sylvia, no one’s gonna tell you when enough’s enough Enough is enough
I think this song is told from the perspective of an alcoholic,who's in some sort of a relationship(dating,possibly just a friendship) with this girl(Sylvia). He's recalling how she's helped him through his drunken nights,the song even seems to suggest that they met at a party.The last verse sounds like on one particular night,he was so wasted that he hit her,without really meaning to.In the chorus I think he's talking about how she's putting too much pressure on herself,that she needs to let him go and start to enjoy her life.
I'm not sure about the "now tell me where they keep the rain" part tho
I agree with your interpretation. <br /> <br /> I think the "rain" is a reference to liquid = liquor/alcohol. In a reference to his alcoholism, he can't help but to seek out another drink even in the midst of reassuring Silvia that it's not something she should worry about.
And the clock kept ticking slowly, and you leaned over to ask me If I even had a clue where I was Well I lied down your wood floors, and my brain and body took course and the night ended as though it never was.
I think Silvia is a drug. Drugs are a pendulum they always end up coming back around. "Clock ticking slowly".. "brain and body took course".. This is the only reason I can think of how he arrived at the idea he wants to know "where they keep the rain". He could mean the "reign". Mind-altering drugs have you searching for answers in your own head sometimes. "You spoke only of things made in my head" is why, "you never once controlled me". People often tell you that mind-altering drugs will take over your life and control you. "But if I kept on going I'd be dead." This, however, is true, probably. During this story he might be drunk as well. "See what I've done...I Never meant to I wasn't even there" clearly points out that he was under some influence where he doesn't remember what he was doing. "Ignoring everyone" and "just to feel some made up breeze" is definitely what it is like on drugs, you are alone just to have your own experience and it may not even exist in this reality, like a made up breeze that you trip on. "Enough is always too tough" is quitting the drug. That is why he is heartbroken. I have gone through the same experience myself. I connect to all of Passion Pit's lyrics in some way. They are very educated and I feel as if they understand what it could take to turn this planet around. Thanks for reading.
I personally think that the Sylvia being mentioned in this song is a friend in Michael's life. Michael (lead singer of passion pit) has mentioned in interviews, as someone else on here has stated, that he has had a rough time with alcohol and bipolar disorder. In these interviews it is also said that bad people surrounded him in this time encouraging bad behaviour. I think this song is about one of those people, and he is singing about how he has someone in his life to tell him to slow down, but she doesn't. And this is his way of describing these friendships. Particularly to 'Sylvia'. Interview mentioned: pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/8893-rite-of-passion/2/
Silvia, right back where you came from, you're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.