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"
Formed a band, we formed a band, look at us, we formed a band x 4
Honey pie, I don't know when it started, stop buying your albums from the supermarket.
They only sell records that have charted, and Art Brut, we've only just started.
And yes, this is my singing voice, it's not irony, it's not Rock & Roll,
We're just talking, to the Kids.
Formed a band, we formed a band, look at us, we formed a band x 4
We're gonna be the band that writes the song that makes Israel and Palestine get along.
We're gonna write a song as universal as happy Birthday, that makes sure everybody knows that
Everything is going to be OK, we're going to take that song
And we're going to play it 8 weeks in a row on Top of the Pops.
Formed a band, we formed a band, look at us, we formed a band x 4
Die your hair black, never look back, my past is my business.
Honey pie, I don't know when it started, stop buying your albums from the supermarket.
They only sell records that have charted, and Art Brut, we've only just started.
And yes, this is my singing voice, it's not irony, it's not Rock & Roll,
We're just talking, to the Kids.
Formed a band, we formed a band, look at us, we formed a band x 4
We're gonna be the band that writes the song that makes Israel and Palestine get along.
We're gonna write a song as universal as happy Birthday, that makes sure everybody knows that
Everything is going to be OK, we're going to take that song
And we're going to play it 8 weeks in a row on Top of the Pops.
Formed a band, we formed a band, look at us, we formed a band x 4
Die your hair black, never look back, my past is my business.
Lyrics submitted by greenplastic
Formed a Band Lyrics as written by Eddie Argos Chris Ward
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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did these guys form a band or something?
It's about some guy that wishes that he could fly but lacks the wings
die your hair black never look back my past is my business
He's smarter than he sounds.
This is a great song... lyrically its a genius...
"i'm gonna write a song that's the universe's 'happy birthday' that's gonna make sure that everybody knows that everything's gonna be ok i am gonna take that song and we are gonna play it eight weeks in a row on top of the pops "
Awesome
Indeed they did. I saw them live in Camden last night, they are the best.
On listening to the intro I thought; "my God I wished you hadn't formed a band!" But once I'd listened to it properly I loved it! The lyrics are hilarious!
art brut are incredible as a band and this song is genius. The vocalist style is really original and it makes you focus on what he's singin.
MUNKY MAN - OF COURSE THEY FORMED A BAND?!?!?! (hint - the name of the band is art brut!!)
i honestly don't even know where to start, musiciswow, i really don't....
LOOK AT US! WE FORMED A BAND!
"We’re gonna be the band that writes the song, that makes Israel and Palestine get along."
What an excellent satire for such a humourous song.