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, some of the crowd are on the pitch
Well, some of the crowd are on the pitch
They think it's all over
Well, it is now
Express yourself
Create the space
You know you can win
Don't give up the chase
Beat the man
Take him on
You never give up
It's one on one
Express yourself
It's one on one
Express yourself
It's one on one
Express yourself
You can't be wrong
When something's good
It's never gone
Love's got the world in motion
And I know what we can do
Love's got the world in motion
And I can't believe it's true
Now is the time
Let everyone see
You never give up
That's how it should be
Don't get caught
Make your own play
Express yourself
Don't give it away
Express yourself
It's one on one
Express yourself
It's one on one
Express yourself
You can't be wrong
When something's good
It's never gone
Love's got the world in motion
And I know what we can do
Love's got the world in motion
And I can't believe it's true
Love's got the world in motion
And I know what we can do
Love's got the world in motion
And I can't believe it's true
You've got to hold and give
But do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast
But you must get to the line
They'll always hit you and hurt you
Defend and attack
There's only one way to beat them
Get 'round the back
Catch me if you can
'Cause I'm the England man
And what you're looking at
Is the master plan
We ain't no hooligans
This ain't a football song
Three lions on my chest
I know we can't go wrong
We're playing for England (England)
We're playing the song
We're singing for England (England)
Arrivederci, it's one one one
We're playing for England (England)
We're playing the song
We're singing for England (England)
Arrivederci, it's one one one
We're playing for England (England)
We're playing the song
We're singing for England (England)
Arrivederci, it's one one one
We're playing for England (England)
We're playing the song
We're singing for England (England)
Arrivederci, it's one one one
Well, some of the crowd are on the pitch
They think it's all over
Well, it is now
Express yourself
Create the space
You know you can win
Don't give up the chase
Beat the man
Take him on
You never give up
It's one on one
Express yourself
It's one on one
Express yourself
It's one on one
Express yourself
You can't be wrong
When something's good
It's never gone
Love's got the world in motion
And I know what we can do
Love's got the world in motion
And I can't believe it's true
Now is the time
Let everyone see
You never give up
That's how it should be
Don't get caught
Make your own play
Express yourself
Don't give it away
Express yourself
It's one on one
Express yourself
It's one on one
Express yourself
You can't be wrong
When something's good
It's never gone
Love's got the world in motion
And I know what we can do
Love's got the world in motion
And I can't believe it's true
Love's got the world in motion
And I know what we can do
Love's got the world in motion
And I can't believe it's true
You've got to hold and give
But do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast
But you must get to the line
They'll always hit you and hurt you
Defend and attack
There's only one way to beat them
Get 'round the back
Catch me if you can
'Cause I'm the England man
And what you're looking at
Is the master plan
We ain't no hooligans
This ain't a football song
Three lions on my chest
I know we can't go wrong
We're playing for England (England)
We're playing the song
We're singing for England (England)
Arrivederci, it's one one one
We're playing for England (England)
We're playing the song
We're singing for England (England)
Arrivederci, it's one one one
We're playing for England (England)
We're playing the song
We're singing for England (England)
Arrivederci, it's one one one
We're playing for England (England)
We're playing the song
We're singing for England (England)
Arrivederci, it's one one one
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@JLoDaMofo Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
yeah
the 2002 theme was "stop crying your heart out" by oasis
cheers , :D
Just one thing. It's the 1990 WC song, not 1994. None of the four Home Nations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) qualified for the 1994 World Cup. I was in the UK at the time... it was pathetic, to see them all supporting the Republic of Ireland ;)
One of the greatest songs of all time representing the world's greatest nation. No-one has yet managed to rap better than John Barnes all though many have tried.
50 Cent is just a John Barnes wannabe. John Barnes was shot 17 times.
John Barnes is a rap legend.
John Barnes is the OG
I have never understood the line "This Ain't A Football Song".
Tell it like it is MC JB !
Easily the best football song ever written. But I so want to hear the version with Peter Beardsley doing the rap section.
@vaguely Wait... What? Does such a version exist? Well Nussun my Dorma. \r\n\r\nI think they should reunite to do a song called "Have A Word With Him"\r\n\r\nElsewhere, scientists and astronomers have agreed that there could be a significant impact in a few hundred years due to the velocity of Chris Waddles penalty kick landing back on Earth.\r\n\r\n\r\nArriverderci it\'s one on one.
This was England's theme song during the World Cup in 1994.
@cactusdave Nope. Italia '90.