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"
I woke today, felt another way,
Everything was gonna be fine.
My head rose up then my legs came too,
Quarter past nine was the time.
I used to lose floating memories, found myself
Wishing I'd remember old times.
But I woke today,
Felt another way,
Felt free in the sky to fly.
I stepped out the door, didn't know what for,
I saw my lady walking along.
I could have cried out what I wanted to say,
But I am sick of all this terrible charm.
I used to be into apologies, a regular to shame I
Was shy.
But I woke today,
Felt another way,
Felt free in the sky to fly.
Well I'm through the gate, got to my house about
A quarter to eight.
And I made a drink, got about an hour to relax and
Just think.
I'm just bored, nothing's ever gonna be the same
Anymore.
And with my drink in hand I got up to stand and I
Was off to a regular day.
The morning dragged on, I was walking along,
Missing pieces fell to the ground.
Apparently, I could not see,
But I saw everything going down.
So I packed my bags and I was on my way,
I feel a little different in a different way.
But like I said when I got out of bed, I was off to a
Regular day.
I could not hide, I wore my pride,
It felt good to be on the run.
The air quality was something new to me and I got
Along fine with the sun.
And when I rest my heard and I lay down to bed,
I put the pieces down with the blame.
And if all goes well, at the morning bell,
I'll wake feeling free just the same.
Well I'm through the gate, got to my house about
A quarter to eight.
And I made a drink, got about an hour to relax and
Just think.
I'm just bored, nothing's ever gonna be the same
Anymore.
And with my drink in hand I got up to stand and I
Was off to a regular day.
Everything was gonna be fine.
My head rose up then my legs came too,
Quarter past nine was the time.
I used to lose floating memories, found myself
Wishing I'd remember old times.
But I woke today,
Felt another way,
Felt free in the sky to fly.
I stepped out the door, didn't know what for,
I saw my lady walking along.
I could have cried out what I wanted to say,
But I am sick of all this terrible charm.
I used to be into apologies, a regular to shame I
Was shy.
But I woke today,
Felt another way,
Felt free in the sky to fly.
Well I'm through the gate, got to my house about
A quarter to eight.
And I made a drink, got about an hour to relax and
Just think.
I'm just bored, nothing's ever gonna be the same
Anymore.
And with my drink in hand I got up to stand and I
Was off to a regular day.
The morning dragged on, I was walking along,
Missing pieces fell to the ground.
Apparently, I could not see,
But I saw everything going down.
So I packed my bags and I was on my way,
I feel a little different in a different way.
But like I said when I got out of bed, I was off to a
Regular day.
I could not hide, I wore my pride,
It felt good to be on the run.
The air quality was something new to me and I got
Along fine with the sun.
And when I rest my heard and I lay down to bed,
I put the pieces down with the blame.
And if all goes well, at the morning bell,
I'll wake feeling free just the same.
Well I'm through the gate, got to my house about
A quarter to eight.
And I made a drink, got about an hour to relax and
Just think.
I'm just bored, nothing's ever gonna be the same
Anymore.
And with my drink in hand I got up to stand and I
Was off to a regular day.
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i think this song is about quitting smoking weed.
"I used to lose floating memories, found myself wishing I'd remember old times."
he wants to remember what he does and also the song talks about how boring stuff is because when you can blaze you can just sit there and be entertained but if you're sober you just get bored.
"The air quality was something new to me "
much better air quality when you're not breathing smoke.
what an awesome song. rock on.
amazing song. why aren't there any more comments for this one?
amazing song. why aren't there any more comments for this one?
Sweet song, I think it's just about the dumps of how boring life can be... but he values every little quality of his life. I play this song when I'm depressed or jsut pissed off about crap
def right on target bleedamerican...its about growing out of the stage of getting wasted and screaming at girls trying to get laid....basically the daily grind of a 17-25 yr old and how that norm gets really old...
I absoulutely LOVE this song
Its like they added some Sublime in this song, i love how the best starts off slow and then about 2 mins into it, it totally changes, just like sublime
O.A.R. fucking rocks
Marc said before perfoming this song at a concert:
"Have you ever had one of those relationships that you just like...your so happy to be as far away as possible...nah nah...I mean no? none of you have had a relationship where you can't fucking stand to see the site of that person anymore........and well we wrote this with that in mind."
that pretty much sums it up
A broken relationship ended well for the writer. He's got over her, he's "so moved on", and he's better for it. The air is clearer, days seem brighter, life is better. Pretty coincidental that I'm going through something like this at the moment.
His relationship with a girl has ended. He's not necessarily depressed, but he is sadden by this. But he reallized his days aren't going to be like they use and sure they may suck now, but he just has to move on. That's life...shit happens...keep on keepin on.