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 whistle good, I'm kinda straight
And I can, I can, I can have fun
No matter what I do I've always assumed that
I can't go on sucking my thumb
Sifting through the toys waiting at my door
After thinking that I couldn't read
Sitting on my couch and waiting for the porno
While I'm sucking on my damn fugi
I don't know why, I just wanna die
And here's two bucks for you
Guess this is the part where I should really part
But I guess I got nothing to do
I don't know why, I just wanna die
And here's two bucks for you
Guess this is the part where I should really part
But I guess I got nothing to do
What's our grandma think of me?
All that I've got to do today
I guess I should, it's a wonder, I'd say
My breath is how the streets cave in everyday
Oh, how the antelopes
Tom's thumb just walked right through my nose
That's my mom
Into my room until my papa's long gone
What's our grandma think of me?
All that I've got to do today
I guess I should, it's a wonder, I'd say
My breath is how the streets cave in everyday
Guess I should, it's a wonder for God's sake
My breath is how the streets cave in everyday
And I can, I can, I can have fun
No matter what I do I've always assumed that
I can't go on sucking my thumb
Sifting through the toys waiting at my door
After thinking that I couldn't read
Sitting on my couch and waiting for the porno
While I'm sucking on my damn fugi
I don't know why, I just wanna die
And here's two bucks for you
Guess this is the part where I should really part
But I guess I got nothing to do
I don't know why, I just wanna die
And here's two bucks for you
Guess this is the part where I should really part
But I guess I got nothing to do
What's our grandma think of me?
All that I've got to do today
I guess I should, it's a wonder, I'd say
My breath is how the streets cave in everyday
Oh, how the antelopes
Tom's thumb just walked right through my nose
That's my mom
Into my room until my papa's long gone
What's our grandma think of me?
All that I've got to do today
I guess I should, it's a wonder, I'd say
My breath is how the streets cave in everyday
Guess I should, it's a wonder for God's sake
My breath is how the streets cave in everyday
Lyrics submitted by yaksordrpepper
Marlboro Man Lyrics as written by Mark Hoppus Scott Raynor
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Hard to understand. If you go to punkdisasters.com and go to the multimedia section the to Audio: Other you can download a whole bunch of demos, unreleased songs and different versions of released songs. There is another version of this song that is easier to understand and these are the lyrics i got...
Well this one day My mind is strained I, can I, can I, can have fun
But no matter what I do And how much I just sip I can't go on just sucking my thumb
Throwing away my toys Resting at my door After thinking that I couldn't read Sitting on the porch And waiting for the porno While sucking on my nicotine
I don't know why I just want to die And here's 2 bucks for you If I take the carton I should really fart But I guess it’s a lot more healthier too
I don't know why I just want to die And here's 2 bucks for you If I take the carton I should really fart But I guess it’s a lot more healthier too
Black dog grandma latex paved All in violence today I Guess I should, listen to what the doc says
My breath Is how the streets get paved Every day
Oh how the wind blows Slow and soft as is slides through my nose But that’s not enough It’s never enough ‘till I cough alone
Black dog grandma latex paved All in violence today I Guess I should, listen to what the doc says
My breath Is how the streets get paved Every day
I Guess I should, listen to what the doc says My breath its how the streets get paved Every day
... some parts make less sense, but others make more sense because the song is about smoking.
this songs aight but i herd better but....owell
Are these the right lyrics...anyways personaly i think they should re-amp flyswatter and re-record all the songs with travis
raystday is right blink 182 should record fly swatter again because i didnt understand nothing. but i think this song needs more inprovement
but then you could say that would have no meaning to how blink 182 started, and how they want to be remembered, aka "crappy punk rock", lol.
This song is really hard to understand. I give a lot of credit to Yaksordrpepper for figuring this one out.
i luv the opening riff, you wont hear tom play that shit on a new song ever again... so sad :(
"Tom's thumb just walked right through my nose "
Umm I don't get that line...
Yeah, that last comment was the right lyrics for my Marlboro Man version...
Anyways Marlboro Red's are awesome... so this song kicks ass... Not just cuz of the cigs, I think the songs funny...
And screw all of you who can't hear it... you just suck, listen up! Gritty punk rock is where they started, and that's where I fucking love blink-182...
That was an exaggeration, I love all blink, but older is sick as hell... But I just can't take the mother fuckers who only have the latest Self-Titled / Untitled album... God dammit, go buy their actual albums!!!
thanks FenderStrat03 they are the right lyrics