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"
Our time has come, watch me set it off
It's been a while but we back
So you can count it loss
We lay and wait, don't hesitate
When opportunity knocks
Break the locks and rush the gates
Seize the day, we got moves to make
It's got to be now
'Cause we're half past late
Say what you say, but you ain't shown me nothin'
If you want me to feel you
Then you best to show me something
All bark and no bite, talking all hype
I hang with the illest bloodlines, we sterilize
Here we come
Chant down dem Babylon
The wicked man when he sees me I go run
Me understand
Why dem cowards don't want none
Undergound blaze sound to Armageddon
chorus x2
RISE- Let your spirit fly
RISE- Stand up for yourself
RISE- Hold your head up high/Our time has come
(chorus repeat)
Choose my battles, unravel your crew
Dismantle, they still can't handle or fathom what I throw at 'em
I can't imagine, they bablin'
Actin' like I'm laughin', don't find it funny
But I smile at your sarcasm
You plastic, so tragic, you fake
So you mask it, no gimmicks, no antics
We real and we've outlasted
Your phoniness, so you best to come correct
You want to disrespect
Why do cowards talk the loudest
Papa didn't raise no punk
On everything I love, if you ready
Then come and get it son
Overpower the strong tower
Infiltrate top ranks
Count down the final hour
Here we come
Chant down dem Babylon
The wicked man when he sees me I go run
Me understand
Why dem cowards don't want none
Underground blaze the sound to Armageddon
(chorus)
(bridge)
We made it this far don't you quit on me
(chorus)
It's been a while but we back
So you can count it loss
We lay and wait, don't hesitate
When opportunity knocks
Break the locks and rush the gates
Seize the day, we got moves to make
It's got to be now
'Cause we're half past late
Say what you say, but you ain't shown me nothin'
If you want me to feel you
Then you best to show me something
All bark and no bite, talking all hype
I hang with the illest bloodlines, we sterilize
Here we come
Chant down dem Babylon
The wicked man when he sees me I go run
Me understand
Why dem cowards don't want none
Undergound blaze sound to Armageddon
chorus x2
RISE- Let your spirit fly
RISE- Stand up for yourself
RISE- Hold your head up high/Our time has come
(chorus repeat)
Choose my battles, unravel your crew
Dismantle, they still can't handle or fathom what I throw at 'em
I can't imagine, they bablin'
Actin' like I'm laughin', don't find it funny
But I smile at your sarcasm
You plastic, so tragic, you fake
So you mask it, no gimmicks, no antics
We real and we've outlasted
Your phoniness, so you best to come correct
You want to disrespect
Why do cowards talk the loudest
Papa didn't raise no punk
On everything I love, if you ready
Then come and get it son
Overpower the strong tower
Infiltrate top ranks
Count down the final hour
Here we come
Chant down dem Babylon
The wicked man when he sees me I go run
Me understand
Why dem cowards don't want none
Underground blaze the sound to Armageddon
(chorus)
(bridge)
We made it this far don't you quit on me
(chorus)
Lyrics submitted by HoldURBreath
Set It Off Lyrics as written by Paul Sandoval Noah Bernardo
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is an awsome song. POD is heavy but not too heavy. Right to the point where its enjoyable. This was the best way to start off Satalite. A must for fans. I give it a thumbs up!
for those who havent heard this song yet, it rocks. i feel that this is the best song form pod. i love them because they are my brothers, but this song takes the cake, it is truely about living radically for the Lord which this song oozes with. in todays times its about being hardcore, and pod is hardcore, they influenced me to be more hardcore, and they encourage me to stay strong, and dont give up no matter how hard it gets. because being a Jesus Freak in todays times isnt easy, but the Lord gives me strength to endurance and he gave me music from pod to uplift my soul, so that i may glorify his name. "dont you quit on me!!!!" "Papa didnt raise no punk!!!" Papa-GOD- didnt raise no punk------> richard
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This is a great song. I haven't heard a P.O.D. that I haven't liked though. I personally think this is kind of a song that shows that no matter the troubles we face all we need is to have faith in the Almighty. Because when we are weak He uses us for great things. So my quick interpretaion is fight for Him and the spirit will always be there for you.
great song
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that's just bullshit (heavy=good). Great song!!
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