"The Lover After Me" as written by and Daniel/hayes Jones....
Here I go again I promised myself I wouldn't think of you today
It's been seven months and counting
You've moved on
I still feel exactly the same
It's just that everywhere I go all the buildings know your name
Like photographs and memories of love
Steel and granite reminders
The city calls your name and I can't move on
Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me
Am I all alone in the universe?
There's no love on these streets
I have given mine away to a world that didn't want it anyway
So this is my new freedom
It's funny I don't remember being chained
But nothing seems to make sense anymore
Without you I'm always twenty minutes late
Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me
And as time goes by so slowly
The nights are cold and lonely
I shouldn't be holding on
But I'm still holding on for you
Here I go again, I promised myself I wouldn't think of you today
But I'm standing at your doorway
I'm calling out your name because I can't move on
Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me
It's been seven months and counting
You've moved on
I still feel exactly the same
It's just that everywhere I go all the buildings know your name
Like photographs and memories of love
Steel and granite reminders
The city calls your name and I can't move on
Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me
Am I all alone in the universe?
There's no love on these streets
I have given mine away to a world that didn't want it anyway
So this is my new freedom
It's funny I don't remember being chained
But nothing seems to make sense anymore
Without you I'm always twenty minutes late
Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me
And as time goes by so slowly
The nights are cold and lonely
I shouldn't be holding on
But I'm still holding on for you
Here I go again, I promised myself I wouldn't think of you today
But I'm standing at your doorway
I'm calling out your name because I can't move on
Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
"The Lover After Me" as written by Darren Hayes Daniel Jones
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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But I'm still holding on for you......
beautiful....
I used to listen to this song on repeat for long durations of time back when i was in high school. it reminded me of this guy i was friends with at the time who seemingly forgot i existed, after we'd been friends for years. I'm happy to say i don't relate this to that moron anymore.
this is still one of my favorite songs of theirs. =P
"am I all alone in the universe?
there's no love on these streets
I have given mine away
to a world that didn't want it anyway
so this is my new freedom!
it's funny, I don't remember being chained,"
these lines make me think of when people say "oh, you didn't need that person in your life anyway!" or something to that effect, when at the time all you can feel is a giant gaping void in your life because of that person's absence. freedom my ass. =P
Either way, anyone who has been through a painful breakup can relate to this song. Especially if that breakup came after many years of living with your lives intertwined with each others'. In this song, Darren speaks of trying desperately to move on while everything reminds him of her. The bed they shared, the movies they watched, you get the idea. It's about trying to walk on when you can't even move your thoughts.
These lyrics talk about how the world itself has not changed because they broke up, the lights go out the same, but this is the pivotal moment where he realizes his is not the name she's calling anymore when she turns out her lights. Painful stuff.