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"
Well he's a chick magnet if ya know what I mean
The way the girlies just go to him
Well ya should've seen
the guy yeah he's got style and it's plain to see
Smooth shoes and cool tattoos
Hair pomped as tight as can be
He ain't got a girlfriend
No one to sing this song to
He's gotta settle down
If he meets that special girl soon
He knows just what to do
When it comes to the girls
He writes them poetry
And he picks them flowers
He knows just what to say
When it comes to the ladies
Knows how to make a girl smile
How to drive a girl crazy
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this is probly one of mxpx most popular songs (among the fans). it is so much fun to hear, and the music video is hilarious. its even better when they play it live!! i love this guys!
this song means hours of fun learning the skat section with all my girlfriends... the best part about the video is that Yuri has chest hair drawn on with brown marker... They will always be my boys.
awesome song. i call my best friend a chick magnet now because when we first started becomin friends i told him to download it. heh. yeah. i <3 this song :D MxPx forever
This is an awsome song. they have alot better though
Well he's a chick magnet if ya know what I mean. The way the girlies just go to him, well ya should've seen. He's got hair, he's got style and it's plain to see, Smooth shoes and cool tattoos, Hair pomped as tight as can be <~~~~correct lyrics
He ain't got a girlfriend, no one to sing this song to. He's gotta settle down, if he meets that special girl soon.
These lyrics describe my friend Justin almost EXACTLY! It's weird
while this isn't the best MxPx song, but it's the one i have to say it is the one that is catchy as a mother. i'm pretty much singig it around the house and at work. it scares me sometimes. then again i spend a bunch of time with my one friend who's pretty a living example of this song. oi.
What's the "Dude, you a mad chick magnet" from!? It sounds like Jay.. anyway .. this song kicks ass too .. MxPx rocks!!
dude you a mad chick magnet is from mallrats
hey, this is my favorite song! does anyone know who is Mikes wife or girlfriend??
great song!