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"
No matter where you go
They'll fucking tie you down
And bleed you from your wrists
(Bleed you from your wrists)
Well, it?s better that we leave
Leave it this way
(Leave it this way)
And just to soften the blow
I?ll steal all of your kisses
(Your kisses)
And sew them up
In the creases of our hearts
No matter where you go
They'll fucking tie you down
And bleed you from your wrists
(Bleed you from your wrists)
Well, it?s better that we leave
Leave it this way
(Leave it this way)
And just to soften the blow
I?ll steal all of your kisses
(Your kisses)
And sew them up
In the creases of our hearts
And just to soften the blow
I?ll steal all of your kisses
(Your kisses)
And sew them up
In the creases of our
Hearts, hearts
I never really loved you anyway
Hearts, hearts
I never really loved you anyway
Hearts, hearts
I never really loved you anyway
Hearts, hearts
I never really loved you anyway
And I'm the one thing you betted on
Don't ever let them take you down
Oh, I'm the one thing you betted on
Don't ever let them take you down
They'll fucking tie you down
And bleed you from your wrists
(Bleed you from your wrists)
Well, it?s better that we leave
Leave it this way
(Leave it this way)
And just to soften the blow
I?ll steal all of your kisses
(Your kisses)
And sew them up
In the creases of our hearts
No matter where you go
They'll fucking tie you down
And bleed you from your wrists
(Bleed you from your wrists)
Well, it?s better that we leave
Leave it this way
(Leave it this way)
And just to soften the blow
I?ll steal all of your kisses
(Your kisses)
And sew them up
In the creases of our hearts
And just to soften the blow
I?ll steal all of your kisses
(Your kisses)
And sew them up
In the creases of our
Hearts, hearts
I never really loved you anyway
Hearts, hearts
I never really loved you anyway
Hearts, hearts
I never really loved you anyway
Hearts, hearts
I never really loved you anyway
And I'm the one thing you betted on
Don't ever let them take you down
Oh, I'm the one thing you betted on
Don't ever let them take you down
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incredible song. very powerful live and great lyrics. Is this about being in trapped relationships... and being brought down by them because you arent happy in it. or maybe not... just a guess as no-one has said anything
^ i completely agree. this song is like the bestest of best. SO powerful live, and the melodic vocals make this song just beautiful.
I'm seeing them tomorrow so I'll see how powerful this song is live.
this song is wonderful...especially the "hearts, never really loved you anyway" part...so much emotion
this is the FFAF song that gets stuck in my head the most often
"i'll steal all of your kisses and sew them up in the creases of our hearts"
this song is really awesome..i agree with what asortedjellybeans says about the lyrics..this song has so much emotion..FFAF have to be the best melodic hardcore band ive ever heard..they can sing and scream really well...i have to agree that the "heart, i never really loved you anyway" gets to me the most..i find myself singing the chorus really often too..these guys are awesome
This song is my favorite, it's extreamly powerful, and it has this power of sticking to your soul, it only tells truth. To me this song shows hurt especialy at the HEARTS I never really loved you anyway...that tells me denial. I love this song I am a FFAF freak...
This is one of their best ever songs, up there with 'This years most open Heartbreak'. So gutted they didn't play this when I went to see them live, but nonetheless the rest of the set was amazing
Gutted they didn't bloomin play this when i saw them in Glasgow earlier this year... they played the darned new album- in order! ARRGH
This song owns, especially ay Academy gigs!
this song is so good i love it