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"
It's so much better
When everyone is in
Are you in?
It's so much better
When everyone is in
Are you in?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
It's so much better
When everyone is in
Are you in?
It's so much easier
When seafoam green is in fashion
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
Are you, are you, are you, are you
Are you, are you, are you, are you
Are you, are you, are you, are you
Are you, are you, are you, are you
Oh-oh-oh (are you, are you, are you, are you)
Oh-oh-oh (are you, are you, are you, are you)
Oh-oh-oh (are you, are you, are you, are you)
Oh no, oh-oh, no
Are-are you in
Are-are, are
You, you, i-i-in
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
When everyone is in
Are you in?
It's so much better
When everyone is in
Are you in?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
It's so much better
When everyone is in
Are you in?
It's so much easier
When seafoam green is in fashion
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
Are you, are you, are you, are you
Are you, are you, are you, are you
Are you, are you, are you, are you
Are you, are you, are you, are you
Oh-oh-oh (are you, are you, are you, are you)
Oh-oh-oh (are you, are you, are you, are you)
Oh-oh-oh (are you, are you, are you, are you)
Oh no, oh-oh, no
Are-are you in
Are-are, are
You, you, i-i-in
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you in?
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
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i think the song is about how its so much better when we all get along. all is in... no one is out!
This song kind of epitomizes the overall theme of the whole album. Every Incubus album seems to have a different feeling behind it. A Crow Left of the Murder was very political, Make Yourself was very humanistic and focused on self-realization, and Morning View was all about forgetting all the shit that's thrown at you and enjoying life. This song represents that perfectly. Like whatever you and your friends do to chill and let go, do that, whether it's pot (sea-foam green) or whatever. Brandon is asking the listener directly "Are you ready to let go and enjoy life? Are you in?"
Has anyone taken the time to realize how talented Dirk Lance is?? GOODNESS, that boy can take a bass guitar to TOWN people. I saw incubus in concert about 2 weeks ago, and during this song he was all over. I only want to say one thing to those who say that this isn't a good song because the simple lyrics. Incubus makes MUSIC. Simple as that. They have a bass player, drummer, guitarist, dj as WELL as a singer. Why not let em all have a chance to show they can jam out? Great neat, great groove, hell of a vocal melody, and good guitar SUPPORT (switching roles!!) Guys... beautifully written song has to be respected...
I love this song =] Ar first i though it was kind of about chilling out and friendship but after watching the video, i think its got a bit more of a cheeky sexual meaning. Its nicer to think its the friend thing but i think its more applying to threesomes etc...
it's about an orgy. brandon boyd got inteviewed by chad micheal murray for ellegirl and brandon boyd said yes.
@celestina1the2 could definitely see them singing about such a theme, and with such a mellow / chilled out tune :)
Do mushrooms and you'll get this song.
this is the first enlightened response i have seen regarding this song. manhands knows the deal. acid (lsd) will also do the trick.
My interpretation, having not seen the video (cause I didn't want it to influence my interpretation) is that this is a tongue & cheek song about how there's the "in" crowd that always has to be in hip/fashion and be conformists, then there is the followers who always want to be with the "in" crowd and then there's the others such as the geeks, nerds and the non-conformists. The song is more of a sarcastic/matter-of-fact take on these types of social scenarios, saying "are you in" or are you a geeks/nerd.
Love the track, chill music....
I think it is really simple, just that things are always better when everyone is in. When we are all on the same page, all in, all together....
Also Incubus are a bunch of Surfers and for them I would imagine when Sea Foam Green is in fashion the waves are good, and also good times when all are in with that.
This song is good, When I went to see Incubus Brandon said there was no need to ask us this question! :)
this song is about an orgy. if you look up a interview that chad micheal murray did with brandon boyd in ellegirl you will see.
his voice is amazing on this one...but then, they all are :)