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"
Oh, I didn't mean to yell
But sometimes I get beside myself
And oh, I didn't mean to rush you
But time keeps pushing so much
Oh, time keeps pushing so much
Your eyes stare at me in the dark
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom
Oh, If I didn't give it all
When I stood you made me crawl
And oh, if you never heard the song
Then I could still hide down behind the wall
Then I could still hide down behind the wall
Your eyes stare at me in the dark
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom, oh my freedom
Said eyes, those eyes
I said don't steal my freedom
Your eyes stare at me in the dark
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom
Oh, my freedom
Your eyes stare at me in the dark
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom
Oh, my freedom
Said eyes, those eyes
Said eyes, those eyes
I said don't steal my freedom
But sometimes I get beside myself
And oh, I didn't mean to rush you
But time keeps pushing so much
Oh, time keeps pushing so much
Your eyes stare at me in the dark
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom
Oh, If I didn't give it all
When I stood you made me crawl
And oh, if you never heard the song
Then I could still hide down behind the wall
Then I could still hide down behind the wall
Your eyes stare at me in the dark
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom, oh my freedom
Said eyes, those eyes
I said don't steal my freedom
Your eyes stare at me in the dark
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom
Oh, my freedom
Your eyes stare at me in the dark
And I hope those eyes
Don't steal my freedom
My freedom
Oh, my freedom
Said eyes, those eyes
Said eyes, those eyes
I said don't steal my freedom
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I love this song, and the whole message (my oppinion about the message, anyways =O) ). . . I've heard it many times, over and over again, and I just can't help loving it =O) I think this song is actually about some trouble he'd gotten after some song - either from a person or just trouble in the big picture. . . . 'Cause he says in verse 12-13 he actually says "If you never heard the song, then I could still hide down behind the wall". And then this is his way of saying he's sorry, but that it was an quick impulse, that he didn't really mean anything by. . . Well, just my thought =O)
This song is soo meaningful and has a powerful message.
This song is great. It's strong, meaningful and has a mix of great beats. In the song Scott Stapp seems to be speaking I assume to a loved one (maybe his wife) and apologizing for some kind of verbal conflict that they were involved in. He hopes that it won't lead to further conflicts because he loves her and would "loose his freedom for her" but he doesn't want to. The song does a good job of fitting in the message with the changing melody.
This is the most painful song I've ever heard. I always think of my ex-girlfriend and they way she would look at me in my truck at night when I took her home. Her eyes would shine and she looked so beautiful...
this song is, in my opinion, one of their best songs... gets you there in your soft spot... and about the girl... ooooooo... it's like he meets this girl that he fears will threaten his lifestyle and he doesn't want change forced upon himself
Your eyes stare at me in the dark And I hope those eyes don't steal my freedom My freedom...
Wonderful song. Creed made pure magic with this one.
this song is awesome....no doubt about that...it cud be to the fans....telling them not to steal his freedom.ofcourse he wud be missing those days when he walked down the street wid not everyone recognizing him....but when u gain something...u have to lose something aswell!and this cud also be about when sometimes u overrun someone......juss in anger u hurt someone....and later u realize did it wrong.....
I'm not sure what the song means but the begining is so beautiful! Ohh i didn't mean to yell! and for sure Scott's voice is perfect for the song!!
I'm not sure the meanin of this song it's is so beautiful! Oh i didn't mean to yell... And scott's voice is perfect for the song!