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"
How do you do the things you do to me?
Well, Ian says he's feeling it
And so are all the boys he's with
My head is clear, I'm not convinced
But still say, "How do you do the things you do to me?"
Well, if throwing up is "feeling it"
Then Justin is just not interested
Some things you see might not exist
But that never lasts that long
Well, Ian says he's feeling it
And so are all the boys he's with
My head is clear, I'm not convinced
But still say, "How do you do the things you do to me?"
Well, if throwing up is "feeling it"
Then Justin is just not interested
Some things you see might not exist
But that never lasts that long
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Justin is his brother. Ian is his cousin.
what? y'all are krazeee...it's just about barfing when you see the one you love. y'know, like in southpark?
Justin Oberst is Conor's older brother. Ian McElroy is Conor's cousin and was his bandmate in Desaparecidos. The Ian people are refering to in the song "Poison Oak" is different. He passed away. That is the Ian sung about in this song.
Ian McElroy is Conor Oberst's cousin; I assume that's who "Ian" in the song is. His brother, Collin McElroy, died around 2000 or 2001. I think he killed himself, but I could be wrong. Maybe "feeling it" is understanding and sharing his grief. But then again, Conor's already written several songs about his cousins, so it could be something different.
Hmmm...this song is a virgin for comments. How odd. Its good stuff. I often wonder if this song is about drug use. Am I alone?
"Well if throwing up is 'feeling it' then Justin is just not interested." Kinda makes me think that it's about drinking. Just cause it's something that Conor is definately "feeling". Hahaha. Sorry...
But then: "Some things you see might not exist but that never lasts that long." Sounds like drug use. I don't know...
it seems like he's being used... like date rape.. but he's not quite 'feeling' the date rape.. so he's going along with getting used... and Justin had the same stuff and he's not playing along...
i know that justin is his brother,no idea who ian is. i think he's singing about drinking,justin is saying that its not worth it if you're going to feel like shit and puke later,but the rest of the boys are going along with it.what cd is this on?
i agree that this song is about alcohol or drugs.
this is off of "too much of a good thing is a good thing"