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'm in love because I know you
And I'm sorry I don't show you
And if I find that you ain't by me
Afraid no one know the things you see
How could you believe in someone sorry-sad like me?
I know the deal and I thank you anyway
And if you leave, you know I'm crawlin' at your feet
You never get weak when I'm leanin' hard on you
[Chorus]
But I guess that's just the way you are
And I guess it's just the way you are
Well, I guess it's just the way you are
Well, I guess it's just the way you are
And all the things that you don't show me
Like when you pretend that you don't know me
I waste a dime and I can't call you
I spend a lifetime if I fall for you
How could you believe in someone sorry-sad like me?
I know the deal and I thank you anyway
And if you leave, you know I'm crawlin' at your feet
You never get weak when I'm leanin' hard on you
[Chorus]
Hold me up [Repeat: x4]
And I'm sorry I don't show you
And if I find that you ain't by me
Afraid no one know the things you see
How could you believe in someone sorry-sad like me?
I know the deal and I thank you anyway
And if you leave, you know I'm crawlin' at your feet
You never get weak when I'm leanin' hard on you
[Chorus]
But I guess that's just the way you are
And I guess it's just the way you are
Well, I guess it's just the way you are
Well, I guess it's just the way you are
And all the things that you don't show me
Like when you pretend that you don't know me
I waste a dime and I can't call you
I spend a lifetime if I fall for you
How could you believe in someone sorry-sad like me?
I know the deal and I thank you anyway
And if you leave, you know I'm crawlin' at your feet
You never get weak when I'm leanin' hard on you
[Chorus]
Hold me up [Repeat: x4]
Lyrics submitted by clumsiest1
Just the Way You Are Lyrics as written by John Rzeznik George Tutuska
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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okay, let's see...i think it's about a relationship. (I'm in love because I know you / And I'm sorry I don't show you) He's in love with her because of who she is, but he doesn't really show her how he feels, and he's sorry for it. (And if I find that you ain't by me / I'm afraid no one will know the things you see) She sees something special in him that no one else seems to see, and he thinks that if she isn't with him, no one will ever see what she sees in him. (How could you believe in someone sorry and sad like me) He's doesn't have much self-confidence, and wonders why she believes in him. (And if you leave you know I'm crawlin' at your feet / You never get weak when I'm leaning hard on you) He depends on her alot, and she seems to be fine with it. She stays strong and comforts him, but if she ever left, he'd go after her. (And I guess that's just the way you are) He figures that she's a strong and confident person, and that's just the way she is. (And all the things that you don't show me) She keeps things inside too, but doesn't let him know because she doesn't want him to worry. (I waste a dime and I can't call you) He puts the money in the phone, and starts to dial her number, but stops because he doesn't want to depend on her too much. (I'll spend a lifetime if I fall for you) If he falls in love with her, he'd spend forever with her.
Well that's what I got from reading the lyrics, don't know if it's right or not!
--Kat