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"
Large in the margin my drama unfolds behind closed doors
Told on the down low i believe that i'm sold
But really i don't know
Maybe it's better but i can't think so
Maybe it's better to fight
One never ever knows
Believe the rumors that grow like tumors
It's more fun than the truth that we know
Trying too hard to reach a higher plain
Will fuck you up
When you least expect it
You think you're moving closer when suddenly you wrecked it
But all the same the pain gains wisdom
As if you ain't had enough then you're in some
Prison of your own creation mental dilation
Look at what you're facing placing blame in every direction
But in the end it's your own infection
[Chorus]
There's no way to avoid listening
You'll always end up listening
Here's hoping the voices aren't too unkind
Here's hoping the voices are benign
It's easier when you hear it
There's no reason to fear it
It's you
You
You think they'll probably find you
Well then you're probably right
'cause they'll come back to remind you
For eternity
Of when you gave up the fight
Somehow they always will find you
The voices in the night, every night
Keep coming back to remind you
For eternity
Of when you gave up the fight
[Chorus]
Told on the down low i believe that i'm sold
But really i don't know
Maybe it's better but i can't think so
Maybe it's better to fight
One never ever knows
Believe the rumors that grow like tumors
It's more fun than the truth that we know
Trying too hard to reach a higher plain
Will fuck you up
When you least expect it
You think you're moving closer when suddenly you wrecked it
But all the same the pain gains wisdom
As if you ain't had enough then you're in some
Prison of your own creation mental dilation
Look at what you're facing placing blame in every direction
But in the end it's your own infection
[Chorus]
There's no way to avoid listening
You'll always end up listening
Here's hoping the voices aren't too unkind
Here's hoping the voices are benign
It's easier when you hear it
There's no reason to fear it
It's you
You
You think they'll probably find you
Well then you're probably right
'cause they'll come back to remind you
For eternity
Of when you gave up the fight
Somehow they always will find you
The voices in the night, every night
Keep coming back to remind you
For eternity
Of when you gave up the fight
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by pen1234567
Large in the Margin Lyrics as written by Nicholas Hexum Chad Sexton
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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First of all, "clout" from the beginning of the song, is defined as “an influence or pull,” in this case, from another entity in the brain. “Drama unfolds behind closed doors” of psychiatrist's offices all the time, told on the "down-low" or secretive grounds between the singer and his doctor. The singer can't think it’s better to accept what the doctor reveals - that someone else in his mind influences him. We don’t usually like to think we’re crazy!
I think jwoostyle has it right about the plane of existence. You have a very true philosophical view. I think it’s painful to try and discover your purpose or beliefs in life, especially when you fail. It would be even more difficult to escape your mind, or successfully try to understand yourself, should this song be about schizophrenia. Some studies have shown that acid (we all know what 311’s music is a product of :D) may bring out schizophrenic qualities in people who were a tad schizo in the first place. Sometimes the drug can bring about “the fear,” which I think this lyric also implies. Almost all the time, it goes away, but with few people, certain brain chemistries are strongly revealed.
The next stanzas entertain the idea that he must listen to these voices, taking them as they are. He goes on to say that if there’s another being in there with you, he’ll find you, constantly reminding you of his existence. “Giving up the fight” I think corresponds to allowing yourself to give up reality, as it exists for other people, and give in to the fact that you are schizo! It seems as though towards the end of the song, our friend has definitely given into the ailment, hoping now that the voices aren’t “too unkind.” There really is no reason to fear them, because these voices are a product of you.
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Not a bad interpretation, I think this is sort of a sub meaning of the general philosophical principle<br /> <br /> That is, getting over self doubt