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"
The desperate eyes are closed maybe it goes away
Please rest tomorrow and bring a satisfied day
The restless urge of love that's worth the burning for
Surely it's that one comforting love to give you more
And that thought can be that begins the brand new tangled web your spinning
Anyone can be a brand new love
Any time the force can be broken to tear you bitter world to be open
Anyone can be a brand new love
You won't be the first
Your twisted change is normal, gossip dirt
Whisper to the nodding head, thrilled you fell apart instead of them, but they will
'Cause any hope for love an be killed
If you need a different face, it's definite time to destroy this place
Follow what you feel you alone will decide what's real
Anyone can be a brand new love
Please rest tomorrow and bring a satisfied day
The restless urge of love that's worth the burning for
Surely it's that one comforting love to give you more
And that thought can be that begins the brand new tangled web your spinning
Anyone can be a brand new love
Any time the force can be broken to tear you bitter world to be open
Anyone can be a brand new love
You won't be the first
Your twisted change is normal, gossip dirt
Whisper to the nodding head, thrilled you fell apart instead of them, but they will
'Cause any hope for love an be killed
If you need a different face, it's definite time to destroy this place
Follow what you feel you alone will decide what's real
Anyone can be a brand new love
Lyrics submitted by White Trash
Brand New Love Lyrics as written by Louis Knox Barlow
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think this song is about coming out of one relationship and going into another.
"Anytime the force can be broken To dare your bitter world to be open Anyone can be your brand new love Anyone can be your brand new"
This means that you shouldn't be afraid to fall in love again, and that there are other people out there that you can fall in love with. So don't be afraid to forget about the last relationship and move on to new people
"You won't be the first Your twisted change is normal Gossip dirt Whispered to the nodding head Thrilled you fell apart Instead of them But they will Cause any hope for love could be killed If you need a different face It's definite time to destroy this place" it basically is saying if someone breaks up with you there will be more! :)
Whoever put the lyrics in skipped a part at the end, after the "its time to destroy this place" they have the chours again then they have- "Follow what you feel, you alone will decide whats for real. Anyone can be a brand new love" then they say the chours a bunch of times
Actually, at the end' it's "you alone will decide what's surreal"
I was really disappointed when I heard this song. My friend showed me "Cruella" and since it has been one of my all time favourite songs. So when I downloaded this piece of crap I couldn't believe it, i lost a lot of respect for them.
This song has great lyrics and such a sweet meaning. Its just saying if you break up then it wasn't meant to be, and that theres probably someone new for you, but it will take time to find them. TJE you should try and listen tot he Superchunk version. If possibly does anyone know who actually wrote the song, Superchunk or Deadsy or someone else.
This is my favorite Deadsy song. The sound is awesome and unique.
Sebadoh, or Lou Barlow, wrote the song.
This was one of the first songs I heard by Deadsy and it became an important part of me getting over someone very special...