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"
A felling inside
In the back of my head
Like a song I still know
From so long ago
And I wouldn't change a thing
Like a car driving by
Triggers something in my mind
Am I retrieving my direction?
Or just charging forward line?
Am I everything that you wanted me to be?
Have I lost that conditional connection I couldn't see?
To the end
Like a friend
Stands by you again
And I wouldn't change a thing
Toe-to toe
Friend or foe?
It's all that I know
And I wouldn't change a thing
As the years pass us by
Will I still make the grade?
Can I really offer anything?
And will my soul be saved?
Can you cleanse me up?
Drive out the swine?
Am I only falling farther?
Can you keep me safe from harm?
The memories you build
In the house on the hill
Would you really change a thing?
Corrected mistakes in a world full of hate
Never changes anything
Till the end
Like a friend
Stands by you again
Toe-to-toe
Friend or foe?
It's all that I know
Till the end
Like a friend
Stands by you again
And I wouldn't change a thing
Toe-to-toe
Friend or foe?
It's all that I know
And I wouldn't change a thing
In the back of my head
Like a song I still know
From so long ago
And I wouldn't change a thing
Like a car driving by
Triggers something in my mind
Am I retrieving my direction?
Or just charging forward line?
Am I everything that you wanted me to be?
Have I lost that conditional connection I couldn't see?
To the end
Like a friend
Stands by you again
And I wouldn't change a thing
Toe-to toe
Friend or foe?
It's all that I know
And I wouldn't change a thing
As the years pass us by
Will I still make the grade?
Can I really offer anything?
And will my soul be saved?
Can you cleanse me up?
Drive out the swine?
Am I only falling farther?
Can you keep me safe from harm?
The memories you build
In the house on the hill
Would you really change a thing?
Corrected mistakes in a world full of hate
Never changes anything
Till the end
Like a friend
Stands by you again
Toe-to-toe
Friend or foe?
It's all that I know
Till the end
Like a friend
Stands by you again
And I wouldn't change a thing
Toe-to-toe
Friend or foe?
It's all that I know
And I wouldn't change a thing
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28, edited by Mellow_Harsher
World Full of Hate Lyrics as written by Kenneth William Casey Alexander Martin Barr
Lyrics © SPIRIT TWO SMA
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i cant believe im the first person to comment on this song. this is a great and true song about how sometimes life sux so much that all you have are friends, family, and memories. id say this is one of the best songs on blackout, and it may have a different sound then most dkm, but it doesnt matter cuz everything they do is great anyway.
well im not to good with this song meaning but i'll give it a shot, and don't get me wrong, dkm is like my fav band. I think it means that life is short, live life good, bad things happen, roll with it. Peace out
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"As the years pass us by Will I still make the grade? Can I really offer anything? And will my soul be saved? Can you cleanse me up? Drive out the swine? Am I only falling farther? Can you keep me safe from harm? "
I think that this part means that he's asking if after all this time, the person will still have the same interest of being with him than he had at the begining. Do they feel the same for eachother or did the friendship faded...
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"Corrected mistakes in a world full of hate Never changes anything " One of their most powerful lines ever, Love IT!
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wow. this is such an awesome song. and fuck you rubberband that album kicks ass. but to me it seems that this song is just about two people, and as the years pass, they change. and they dont know if they are still the same people, and they are really unsure if they will still even want to know each other. but it can be applied to a hundred different things. it really just makes me think about life in general and its just awesome
corrected mistakes in a world full of hate. if that line alone doesnt stop and make you think then i dont know what to do for you.
Have a sense of humor towards life, Don't get too serious, and hold onto your memories