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"
4:05
In my neighborhood,
When shots go off,
No one bothers.
A POP, and a reply POP, and no reply
Dinosaurs on the quilt I wore
With a girl.
Such a classic girl,
Such a classic girl,
Such a classic girl
Gives her man great ideas.
Hears you tell your friends,
Hey man, listen to my great idea!
It's true I am a villain
When you fall ill,
that's probably because
Men never can be.
Not like a girl.
A classic girl,
Such a classic girl
They may say, Those were the days,,
But in a way,
You know for us these are the days.
Yes, for us these are the days
And you know you're my girl!
Such a classic girl,
Such a classic girl
Yeah for us these are the days
In my neighborhood,
When shots go off,
No one bothers.
A POP, and a reply POP, and no reply
Dinosaurs on the quilt I wore
With a girl.
Such a classic girl,
Such a classic girl,
Such a classic girl
Gives her man great ideas.
Hears you tell your friends,
Hey man, listen to my great idea!
It's true I am a villain
When you fall ill,
that's probably because
Men never can be.
Not like a girl.
A classic girl,
Such a classic girl
They may say, Those were the days,,
But in a way,
You know for us these are the days.
Yes, for us these are the days
And you know you're my girl!
Such a classic girl,
Such a classic girl
Yeah for us these are the days
Lyrics submitted by iheartnitz
Classic Girl Lyrics as written by Perry Farrell Eric Adam Avery
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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@sokorny He starts out with this line: "4:05; in my neighborhood When shots go off, no one bothers." *What he's alluding to in these lines is that he comes from an area that's not idyllic. It's a rough area of town.
Then, he goes on to say: "A "POP," and a reply "POP," and no reply..." *He's continuing with what he previously stated but adding more depth for the listener to understand just how dangerous the area he lives in is. Gunshots beget gunshots. Violence begets violence, and the end of the gunfire is just as ominous as the beginning because often when you quit hearing the shots, it means one party is no longer capable of returning fire because they've been mortally wounded.
Then, he continues with: "Dinosaurs On the quilt I wore With a girl Such a classic girl. Such a classic girl." *Here he's reminiscing about a particular time he experienced with this girl (Casey Niccoli) under a quilt together. The assumption one would make is that they are naked together under that blanket, which means that they are in a romantic relationship, and he's stating that the love she gives him provides respite from the danger around them.