I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
You'll always be to me
A stain to never fade
The worst mistake I've made
A blemish on an otherwise detestable career
A studied insincere
But I'll always be to you
A record overplayed
The rain on your parade
Will you never look at me
And see beautiful again
I would I were the same
But I look for always
I don't want to understand
To make it go away
Or hush myself when I just want to say
Will you never be to me
A surface kind of friend
I do believe that this is not the end
It's not the end
I'll always be to you
A stain to never fade
The worst mistake you've made
An episode to file under "never try again"
I would I were the same
But I want to be your adrenaline
The redness across your chest
Oh lover I confess
Though you'll always be to me
A stain to never fade
I'd do it all again
Because I look for always
And still I stand with the persistence of an idiot
Still I stand will I say
Hell, I do believe that this is not the end
A stain to never fade
The worst mistake I've made
A blemish on an otherwise detestable career
A studied insincere
But I'll always be to you
A record overplayed
The rain on your parade
Will you never look at me
And see beautiful again
I would I were the same
But I look for always
I don't want to understand
To make it go away
Or hush myself when I just want to say
Will you never be to me
A surface kind of friend
I do believe that this is not the end
It's not the end
I'll always be to you
A stain to never fade
The worst mistake you've made
An episode to file under "never try again"
I would I were the same
But I want to be your adrenaline
The redness across your chest
Oh lover I confess
Though you'll always be to me
A stain to never fade
I'd do it all again
Because I look for always
And still I stand with the persistence of an idiot
Still I stand will I say
Hell, I do believe that this is not the end
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it's like..love song with new words, isn't it? "You'll always be to me a stain to never fade worst mistake i've made" A person has made a lasting impression.
Not quite so simple as that; a lasting impression yes, but not a positive one. "Worst mistake I've made": evidently aware that the relationship was a bad idea... but, it'd seem, a mistake he'd be more than happy to repeat. The lyrics are reasonably straightforward: "I would I were the same" - may wish he could just put the (mess of a) relationship out of mind, but cannot.
hmm...i love this song, it's amazing. i agree with ***Mooq, i think it's about a relationship that has turned sour, but he feels he would do it all again
'though you'll always be to me a stain to never fade i'd do it all again'
"an episode to file under "never try again" " maybe i've misunderstood this bit but he doesnt't seem to want to try it again, it seems it was something he did, perhaps that caused the break up or whatever that he woudl do again, not the relationship itself
he's great with words
i dont reallgiv a $h*t what its about,its good,itmakes me smile easy world are fantastic. stop disecting stuff and enjoy it for what it is.(imriled coz any self respecting fan would know what its about)
yeh but..this is songMEANINGS. You cant say something like that on songmeanings.
hubba hubba... dis song is soooo cooel ya its about a couple splittin up.i think that the 1st verse of dis song is one ofthe lovers side of the story and the 2nd verse is the other luvas side of the story. PHEW! Long winded... oh, and tweet, DUUUUUH!
I think this song is about a one night stand with a friend, who they think is right for them but deep down they know they aren't and the main reason they think thy're right for them is because their 'time' together was so good. But the problem is the other person involved seems to be regretting it happening. The person knows it was a mistake to jepordise their friendship and they tell themselves it was a mistake,BUT they'd do it all over again.
I agree completely with Racquel!