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"
OW-OW!
Yes I did it and I'll do it again
It doesn't matter if I am your best friend
I don't think so
You're not that smart
Over and over it breaks my heart
The cycle continues, time for your crime
The pain comes back in an ugly design
Her makeup smears
The tears that she cries
Over and over every night
Emotional swords slash my soul
And now the pain, it takes control
I think about you
I think about me
I think about the way that it used to be
I need a bottle
I need some pills
I need a friend
And I need some thrills
A shoulder to cry on
A friend to depend on
When life gets rough
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
It's like a fight every single day
It's always easy when you have it your way
Deep in my heart
In the depths of my soul
My selfish ways are out of control
I'm sorry that it comes down to this
I punch through the wall as I break my fist
Her makeup smears
The tears that we cry
Over and over every night
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
You're so selfish
You're making me want to end this
Relationship
You're making me want to end this
Loving ties unwind
Loving ties unwind
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again (you're so selfish)
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again (you're so selfish)
You think about yourself before you think about me
Loving ties unwind
Lost time behind
Loving ties unwind
Lost time behind
Yes I did it and I'll do it again
It doesn't matter if I am your best friend
I don't think so
You're not that smart
Over and over it breaks my heart
The cycle continues, time for your crime
The pain comes back in an ugly design
Her makeup smears
The tears that she cries
Over and over every night
Emotional swords slash my soul
And now the pain, it takes control
I think about you
I think about me
I think about the way that it used to be
I need a bottle
I need some pills
I need a friend
And I need some thrills
A shoulder to cry on
A friend to depend on
When life gets rough
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
It's like a fight every single day
It's always easy when you have it your way
Deep in my heart
In the depths of my soul
My selfish ways are out of control
I'm sorry that it comes down to this
I punch through the wall as I break my fist
Her makeup smears
The tears that we cry
Over and over every night
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
You're so selfish
You're making me want to end this
Relationship
You're making me want to end this
Loving ties unwind
Loving ties unwind
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again (you're so selfish)
You think about yourself before you think about me
Time and time again (you're so selfish)
You think about yourself before you think about me
Loving ties unwind
Lost time behind
Loving ties unwind
Lost time behind
Lyrics submitted by PapaRoacher_5k
Time and Time Again Lyrics as written by Jacoby Shaddix David Buckner
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This song is about how sometimes you can put yourself before others you love...
kick ass song!!!!!
Where'd you get it?
The album isn't out yet....
And it's not on KaZaA...
Where have you guys heard this song? The album comes out June 18th and I can't find any of the songs... they're all looped.
Yeah... The looped one kicked ass anyway...
Yes it is...
they all can be found on irc..DALnet channel #americasbestrock or at papasremains.americasbestrock.com
You can find the new Papa ROach CD - LoveHateTragedy at mp3oracle.com . You can usually find a lot of new cds there even a week b4 they come out and they are always the right one. Its better for hip hop and rap cds but they usually have the popular rock as well
Yeah this song is AWESOME, but im SO buying the cd when it comes out
got the cd and it's great this is one of the best on there