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"
Where have you gone my Rosealia?
Into the crowd he'll never find you
If you walk real fast and you stay down low
[Chorus:]
So many times, so many chances
This one could be your last
You say, "No, no, no the fighting has left me tired"
You say, "No, no, no" but the hurting goes on
Put on your mask wearing your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia
Put on your mask wearing your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia
What has he done my senorita?
His kind of love is going to kill you
Do you fake a smile when you dodge the blows?
[Chorus]
Ladies and gentlemen of America
There'll no longer be hurt
Jealousy can rip your heart out
And jealousy can turn a hand into a fist
[Chorus]
My Rosealia
Into the crowd he'll never find you
If you walk real fast and you stay down low
[Chorus:]
So many times, so many chances
This one could be your last
You say, "No, no, no the fighting has left me tired"
You say, "No, no, no" but the hurting goes on
Put on your mask wearing your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia
Put on your mask wearing your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia
What has he done my senorita?
His kind of love is going to kill you
Do you fake a smile when you dodge the blows?
[Chorus]
Ladies and gentlemen of America
There'll no longer be hurt
Jealousy can rip your heart out
And jealousy can turn a hand into a fist
[Chorus]
My Rosealia
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wow, I can't believe nobody's commented on this one yet! this song has such great lyrics. I really think this is a cool song, an interesting story about a woman fleeing an abusive relationship in the middle of Carnivale.
"Put on your mask, wearing your cape" is also a reference to being at a Mardi Gras ball or parade, where the paraders are dressed festively, especially the dukes, who wear a mask and cape (they actually look frighteningly like Klansmen lol).
I love this song. Where have you gone my Rosealia?
wow, i didn't realize it had to do with Carnivale...is that the same as Mardi Gras? (they're from New Orleans, yes?)
Anyhow, i love the double meaning of "put on your mask, wearing your cape...". it's so beautiful. because on the one hand, the mask & cape hide her from her abusive husband and let her escape. but on ther other hand, it's like she's a super hero flying around & stuff. haha. it perfectly captures the duality of hiding & vulnerability with her courage & strength too. truly a tragic girl...so sad.
LOVE THIS SONG
being from louisiana i dont really care about new orleans actually but yeah i love better than ezra they are so awsome. they play at LSU alot never got a chance to see them yet.
ohwow by new orleans i meant mardi gras... my bad
Being from Louisiana I love this song by this New Orleans band. I know that the inspiration for this song came from one night the BTE guys were at a bar while travelling on tour and they met an older Spanish woman whom they talked with. She was constntly re-applying make-up and generally seemed a nice but sad figure.
Powerful lyrics. Plus, the instrumentals are wonderful. <3