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"
You take a seat right next to me
And I take my Lit notes nervously
I've gotta stay calm, I just want you to stay
I am always daydreaming
Hoping you've dreamt of the same thing
I've gotta stay calm, I don't want this to change
I've been assuming everything
Hoping you'll soon mean everything
I've gotta stay calm, I want this to be real
I don't think you're into me
But truely, that's okay with me
I've gotta stay calm and find out how you feel
So if you wanna say "I-I-I like you"
I might feel just like you
If you choose-choose not to
I knew you-you would
Sometimes I think I am out of my league
And then sometimes I think I can dream
Sometimes I wish I could be the one fish
That you choose out of all in the sea
We are non-existant
But I'll try to be persistant
I've gotta keep on if I want to be close to you
I know you're uninterested
I'm probably just some stupid kid
I could give up if you would want me to
And I take my Lit notes nervously
I've gotta stay calm, I just want you to stay
I am always daydreaming
Hoping you've dreamt of the same thing
I've gotta stay calm, I don't want this to change
I've been assuming everything
Hoping you'll soon mean everything
I've gotta stay calm, I want this to be real
I don't think you're into me
But truely, that's okay with me
I've gotta stay calm and find out how you feel
So if you wanna say "I-I-I like you"
I might feel just like you
If you choose-choose not to
I knew you-you would
Sometimes I think I am out of my league
And then sometimes I think I can dream
Sometimes I wish I could be the one fish
That you choose out of all in the sea
We are non-existant
But I'll try to be persistant
I've gotta keep on if I want to be close to you
I know you're uninterested
I'm probably just some stupid kid
I could give up if you would want me to
Lyrics submitted by ticklemeemo
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haha this really reminds me of me.. i get really nervous everytime i see her and try not to screw up.. but i always screw up in the end tho =(
i enjoy this song immensely
i enjoy this song immensely
i think this song has one of the best synth lines ever. it's extremely 80's and very sweet. when i hear it just takes me to one certain spot, and i think that is the judge of a good song, and this one definitely accomplishes that
this song is really great, i love hellogoodbye
f'in a this song rocks, i love the postal service, hellogoodbye, head automatica, and many others genre
I harshly adore this song. "Sometimes I wish I could be the one fish That you choose out of all in the sea" That made me so happy. Such the best song. EVER.
I absolutely ADORE this song. Hellogoodbye just took my exact feelings and put it into this. They must be geniuses lol
Great another band to obsess over. =p
lyrics are in the wonderful style of hgb. but, i've never heard it. does anyone know where i can songs from them other than the songs on the EP? damn, i think i've looked everywhere