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"
You don't have to be ashamed
'Cause you're a miracle through and through
Oh, and you don't have to be ashamed
Of the miracle inside of you
What has love become?
(What has love become?)
It's not like we used to hear in those old songs
And it's not like yours
(And it's not like yours)
What has love become?
Whoa...your love is in motion
And it's spinning me around, yeah
Whoa...my heart is in motion
For the movement that's in you
You should not be angry
If all she wants is your money
Oh, you should not be angry
'Cause all you want is her body
What has love become?
(What has love become?)
It's not like we used to hear in those old songs
And it's not like yours
(And it's not like yours)
What has love become?
Whoa...your love is a fast song
And I'm dancing 'cause I'm in love with you
Whoa...my heart is in motion
For the rhythm inside you
Whoa...your love is a slow song
It's resounding through my world again
Whoa...my heart is in motion
For the song inside of you
Whoa...your love is in motion
And it's spinning me around, yeah
Whoa...your love is a fast song
And I'm dancing 'cause I'm in love with you
Whoa...your love is a slow song
It's resounding through my world again
Whoa...my heart is in motion
For the song inside of you
'Cause you're a miracle through and through
Oh, and you don't have to be ashamed
Of the miracle inside of you
What has love become?
(What has love become?)
It's not like we used to hear in those old songs
And it's not like yours
(And it's not like yours)
What has love become?
Whoa...your love is in motion
And it's spinning me around, yeah
Whoa...my heart is in motion
For the movement that's in you
You should not be angry
If all she wants is your money
Oh, you should not be angry
'Cause all you want is her body
What has love become?
(What has love become?)
It's not like we used to hear in those old songs
And it's not like yours
(And it's not like yours)
What has love become?
Whoa...your love is a fast song
And I'm dancing 'cause I'm in love with you
Whoa...my heart is in motion
For the rhythm inside you
Whoa...your love is a slow song
It's resounding through my world again
Whoa...my heart is in motion
For the song inside of you
Whoa...your love is in motion
And it's spinning me around, yeah
Whoa...your love is a fast song
And I'm dancing 'cause I'm in love with you
Whoa...your love is a slow song
It's resounding through my world again
Whoa...my heart is in motion
For the song inside of you
Lyrics submitted by iamyourhero
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I know you're right about the idea behind the first verse. however, the entire song is not based on that. A different story is told in the second verse, meaning the chorus cannot be referring to only the first. When he sing Your love is a fast song, he singing to God. Don't know if y'all know this but Aaron is christian. The song is NOT about how love isn't what it used to be. It's about how love is not what God intended it to be. "What has love become? It's not like we used to hear in those old songs, and it's not like YOURS!!!" He is talking to God. Personally, I look at this song as one of worship, and it's amazing.
this is a great song.
the new album is goin to be awesome, i got it preordered for me with the poster and all, i can't wait
What a cool song... It's about how twisted love is nowdays. I read an interview with Aaron, and he said the first verse is about a girl, who went to his church, that got pregnant. He said she was excommunicated and all, and the only true love in the situation was the love the girl had for her child. Really cool... Aaron is my hero, lol.
I agree exactly with guitarplayer. And I love this song. I've loved it ever since they had it up at purevolume.
wow.. that whole thing about the girl in his church totally messes with my whole view of this song
that first verse seems like such a powerful statement now
originally this song seemed sad, cause it points out how love is not what it used to be about, and how it's not like it was "in those old songs"
but, now it makes me pretty happy, that he points out a mother's love for her child
my favorite part is def the part where he says "whoa... your love is a slow song" just love the change-up :-)
@Quailmann7 The switch to "slow-song" is my favorite as well; it adds so much perspective shift after declaring love is fast and adds the conviction to understand that everyone's love is different -- that not all people understand/show it the same way so we should expect some effort and differences in relationship partners. Love it.
haha that's funny, i coulda sworn he said "it's not we used to hear in old flok songs" not "those old songs".
and i think he says "your love is a sad song" not "slow song"
i was wrong this whole time...
haha that's funny, i coulda sworn he said "it's not we used to hear in old flok songs" not "those old songs".
and i think he says "your love is a sad song" not "slow song"
i was wrong this whole time...
This is an awesome song!! I love how it points out the "miracle" aspect and all. I've met people going through the whole teen pregnancy thing, and this song shows how I felt about it. I like how the song goes from "love is a fast song" to "love is a slow" song, 'cause that is exactly what love is!! Very powerful lyrics!