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"
Gave all the vampires back to God that day
No one got raped here, but the pain's still inside
I'll never love you, but I've got words to say
No one betrayed here, but the memories lie
I said don't go away
Turned off the lights
And then you said please don't follow me
And you cared
You stole my passion
Burned my everything
They're all the same here
Locked up change deep inside
I'll never love you, but I've got words to say
You killed the feeling, but the pain's still alive
You kept your feelings hidden
Like a psycho, burned it all
Down take me with you
Won't you let me go
I said don't go away
Turned off the lights
And then you said please don't follow me
And you cared
Well I'm so sick
We're just so sick
So sick of man
No one got raped here, but the pain's still inside
I'll never love you, but I've got words to say
No one betrayed here, but the memories lie
I said don't go away
Turned off the lights
And then you said please don't follow me
And you cared
You stole my passion
Burned my everything
They're all the same here
Locked up change deep inside
I'll never love you, but I've got words to say
You killed the feeling, but the pain's still alive
You kept your feelings hidden
Like a psycho, burned it all
Down take me with you
Won't you let me go
I said don't go away
Turned off the lights
And then you said please don't follow me
And you cared
Well I'm so sick
We're just so sick
So sick of man
Lyrics submitted by tokyovigilante
Sick of Man Lyrics as written by Kelly Hayes Jeremy D. Marshall
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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"Sick Of Man is about a dad who leaves his child one night while the kid is sleeping."
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this song is about scooter's own life, he was abandoned as a child. He's writing how he felt during that period of his life. Im proud of him!!! I love u!! Can't wait to see you guys soon. {{{hugz}}}
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