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"
Brainstorm, take me away from the norm
I got to tell you something
This phenomenon, I had to put it in a song
And it goes like
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
Whoa, shades of gold display naturally
You want to know what brings me here, oh
You glide through my head, blind to fear
And I know why
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
Whoa, shades of gold display naturally
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
Whoa, shades of gold display naturally
You live too far away
Your voice rings like a bell anyway
Don't give up your independence
Unless it feels so right
Nothing good comes easily
Sometimes you've got to fight
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
Whoa, shades of gold display naturally
You launched a thousand ships in my heart, so easy
Still it's fine from afar
And you know that
Whoa
Brainstorm, take me away from the norm
Whoa
I got to tell you something
I got to tell you something
This phenomenon, I had to put it in a song
And it goes like
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
Whoa, shades of gold display naturally
You want to know what brings me here, oh
You glide through my head, blind to fear
And I know why
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
Whoa, shades of gold display naturally
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
Whoa, shades of gold display naturally
You live too far away
Your voice rings like a bell anyway
Don't give up your independence
Unless it feels so right
Nothing good comes easily
Sometimes you've got to fight
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
Whoa, shades of gold display naturally
You launched a thousand ships in my heart, so easy
Still it's fine from afar
And you know that
Whoa
Brainstorm, take me away from the norm
Whoa
I got to tell you something
Lyrics submitted by pen1234567, edited by haykayyaygfay
Amber Lyrics as written by Nicholas Hexum
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I listen to this and I swear, whoever this woman Nick is singing to, I hope she hears and feels the love that this man radiates. Rare is such a moment when something so true comes across on tape like this. I hear & feel a love there, one that I wish so much I could be capable of feeling for another... so warm, and so happy.
Maybe I am scared or sad, sometimes I listen to these songs, on the surface they sound sweet, but their is a double message. For example, the song "Patience", by Guns and Roses sounds so romantic, then the name of the album is "Lies". So basically its about leading a girl on..."round her up in a package of lies, send her off to a coconut island". There is that other band 30 Seconds to Mars, "A Beautiful Lie".<br /> <br /> I sort of feel like this song is a beautiful lie. Yes you hear a relaxing loving tone. He sounds warm and happy, maybe he does feel a love for the girl, but not that much. He says, "You live too far away", his excuse for not seeing her. "Your voice rings like a bell anyway", which makes me think she is calling him on the phone and he doesn't have sufficient motivation to visit her. If a guy likes a girl, he will fly across country to visit her. Yes, he liked her "launched a thousand ships in my heart", then he says "still it's fine from afar...".<br /> <br /> What does he have to tell her? He isn't that into her, that's what this song is about a beautiful lie.
ALL YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT HE ISN'T A SONG WRITER RIGHT?? but anyways.. this song is beautifully amazing.
Heya Heather, Im sure you're a great girl(or guy), but just because some other bands think of love like that doesn't mean these guys are the same. Though I get where you're coming from, maybe he's pointing out that even from afar he loves her and just sees her energy, enough energy to launch a thousand ships. Even so she might not realize it or the long-distance relationship isn't going as smoothly as he would've liked, but he doesn't care even if he can't be next to her he still will love her all the same from afar...in my opinion~ :)
@PsychoNavigator I think this song is about a tree<br />
I think he could be referring to the color of the girl's aura, or her energy. It is said that every person emanates color depending on their state of mind/body/spirit, though it can only be detected with a special camera that capturates it. In any case, amber means "individual strength and courage", and golden yellow ("shades of gold display naturally") means "inspirational thought". No matter what he really meant, if it was the name of a girl, or even the color of the girl's hair, I think is a beautifull song :)
having an amber-colored aura*
I would have to agree with you. I totally have a guy who has a golden aura/ energy around him, and he's a bit too far away, so i can't see him all the time, but it's a golden experience every time i do see him. Just gotta figure out what it all means now.
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I sort of feel like this song is a beautiful lie. Yes you hear a relaxing loving tone. He sounds warm and happy, maybe he does feel a love for the girl, but not that much. He says, "You live too far away", his excuse for not seeing her. "Your voice rings like a bell anyway", which makes me think she is calling him on the phone and he doesn't have sufficient motivation to talk to her or visit her. If a guy likes a girl, he will fly across country to visit her. Yes, he liked her "launched a thousand ships in my heart", then he says "still it's fine from afar...". He doesn't really want to see her.
What does he have to tell her?
He has a warm sentimental memory feeling for her (if that), but he isn't that into her, that's what this song is about.
Its a chill, mellow, song about not really caring about a girl.
@heather88 Maybe it's an unrequited love thing. He's loving her from afar or he's only friends with the girl but she's oblivious to his love for her/doesn't love him back. He could be saying that he loves her anyway despite this and is fine with the way things are. It kind of reminds me of Grizzly Bear's song "Shift" in that way.
@heather88 OMG! You totally make sense!
the first time i heard this song, i was in the car with my boyfriend, right after our first date. we're not together now, but evertime i hear this song, i think of him. and this song is absolutely perfect, i love it
this song is like one of the best songs to smoke too, it puts you in like a chill mood and you just lean back relax and hit that pipe
Crazy, pretty much everyone else on this board thought it was a romantic song.
Definite Helen of Troy reference in the launched a thousand ships. Helen of Troy was "the face that launched a thousand ships", which started the Trojan war, which is now a brand of condom.
Maybe he doesn't want to get into a war with anyone over her.
To me, the line "nothing good comes easily, sometimes you got to fight", is probably the best line, because of the motivation involved with fighting for something special meaningful whatever. Which I guess is what needs to happen in high-risk-of-temptation type of relationships.
I find the line 'amber is the color of your energy, shades of gold displayed naturally' one of the best choruses I've heard. If a guy said that to me, I'd be his forever. This guy's a poet.
Well he is actually talking about the color of someones energy coming from their aura. If you train yourself anyone can do it. He is describing the way a persons aura looks, so if your aura is that color and the guy could see aura's he might tell you.
This song is so incredibly deep, the first time i heard it, it completely reminded me of the person who told me to listen to it...he is the most amazing guy in the world and i genuinely hope that what is said in the song is from him to me...
this song is gorgeous. so relaxing and just gives you warm fuzzies and makes you want to watch a sun set and laugh.
its beautiful, it always makes me smile while mouthing the words. I agree with goodbyeskyharbor, it is relaxing and makes you want to watch the sunset.