The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
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"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"
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"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"
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"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
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Okay - yes, some of the things he says are a little "risque," and he's over played, but anyone who appreciates music can tell you that Eminem is far and away one of the best MC's in rap at the moment. He has an amazing ability to rhyme and he changes speeds with his rhymes like a true professional. For the most part, his songs have a personal touch to them (IE, they're about his life, which, I might add, was not an easy one) which helps the listener to connect with what he's saying. I hate rap (for the most part), but Eminem is kind of a diamond in the rough. And for whoever said that Eminem is just living off Dre's beats, if you read the liner notes of the new album, you would know that only 3 of the 20 songs were produced by Dre and "Without Me" was not one of them. So, if you're coming here to nay-say...I first suggest you learn to appreciate music as an art form, and also, obtain a sense of class somewhere and not go around posting heinous things about artists you don't like. You can't hate him that much or else you wouldn't have even come here.
i agree with you on every point except that hate part not many people get what hate really is. if you actually hate someone you have to care enough to be able to hate them hate is a very powerful emotion that most people misunderstand<br />
@epochblue yes, I generally don't appreciate rap too much, but Eminem is an exception...
@epochblue 2002! Wow
why come here just to say you hate him you fuckin weiners noone cares
agreed with beddall, you guys seriously have no lifes if you have to come here to diss eminem, go post positive comments on music you like
Yeah, I'm kind of confused as to why someone would come to this specific page to READ the lyrics to a song they don't like by an artist they hate....Can anyone explain this phenomenon to me ? Because I'm seeing a lot of it on this site lately.
whuts up with the trailer park girls??? who are they? where are they from? why are they here? why are they going round the outside??? doesnt anybody care?????
I came here to ask the same question! The video kind of explains it, but not really.
@HolyInfidel The trailer park girls lyrics, in this context, has multiple references. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1) The lyrics to the song Box Cutta Blade Runna' by Cannabis. This seems to be a poke at that artist as, at the time of release of 'Without Me' they were not on good terms. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 2) It also, as does the Canabis song, refer back to a song by Malcolm McLaren called 'Buffalo Gals'. Malcolm McLaren was a British promoter, who turned into a fashion store owner (which helped set the look for the early New Wave/New Romantic look in the 80s), and then started managing early punk acts like The New York Dolls, The Sex Pistols, Adam Ant, and Bow Wow Wow. It could be argued that McLaren was one of the first white artist to have success as a Hip Hop artist, helping to pave the way for Eminem. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 3) Ultimately, through the Malcolm McLaren song, it is a reference to the song 'Buffalo Gals' performed by many artists, which was first published under the name 'Lubly Fan' by a black faced American performer, in the 1840s, named John Hodges.
who ever submitted these lyrics to the site is a complete idiot.
uh-oh.
to Blazelet: its such a shame for u that i had to read this...i just finished getting outta a fight too and then here U r provoking ppl; its ppl like u who don't belong here and who r obviously unwanted so just get out now, go post up a positive message about some corny group u like, and give us all a FUCKN BREAK MOTHA FUCKR!! to roger wilco: uh-oh is right p.s. to Blazelet:NO1 GIVES A RAT'S ASS WHAT U THINK!!! U ROCK EMIN3M!!!
sry..i TRIED to express my opinion calmly....
this song was titled 'arizona' before it went to print.....fyi