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"
Hey, what the hell do you want me to do?
Hey, does it look like I'm steady to you?
You might look twice, 'cause I'm moving
Okay, you see that I can walk which is good
But still you're trying to make me talk like you would
Your intention's nice, you're improving
For all you know, you're doing fine
But I guess it shows
That even jewelery that's fake does shine
[Chorus]
So shut your mouth now, big boy
I'm just myself, not your toy
It's in my nature to be changing
Now is it so hard to see
You can not make me to be
Someone who never will be changing?
So what the hell do you want me to say?
Another half-ass rhyme, another cliche?
You might be right for this one time
You take for granted I'm your servant subdued
It doesn't make sense to me, but to you
So here's one last bright make-shift rhyme
For all you know I'm just a fool
But I guess that shows
You can not judge a dog just by it's drool
[Chorus]
And I'm losing you,
With a big smile on my face
You're nothing new,
Not hard to replace
I'm losing you,
But I'm not loosing ground
So peek-a-boo,
And you won't be around
You won't be around
No, you won't be around
[Chorus]
'Cause I change with time
And that's not a crime
Someone like you cannot derange me
Yeah, I change with time
And that's not a crime
Its in my nature to be changing
Changing
Hey, does it look like I'm steady to you?
You might look twice, 'cause I'm moving
Okay, you see that I can walk which is good
But still you're trying to make me talk like you would
Your intention's nice, you're improving
For all you know, you're doing fine
But I guess it shows
That even jewelery that's fake does shine
[Chorus]
So shut your mouth now, big boy
I'm just myself, not your toy
It's in my nature to be changing
Now is it so hard to see
You can not make me to be
Someone who never will be changing?
So what the hell do you want me to say?
Another half-ass rhyme, another cliche?
You might be right for this one time
You take for granted I'm your servant subdued
It doesn't make sense to me, but to you
So here's one last bright make-shift rhyme
For all you know I'm just a fool
But I guess that shows
You can not judge a dog just by it's drool
[Chorus]
And I'm losing you,
With a big smile on my face
You're nothing new,
Not hard to replace
I'm losing you,
But I'm not loosing ground
So peek-a-boo,
And you won't be around
You won't be around
No, you won't be around
[Chorus]
'Cause I change with time
And that's not a crime
Someone like you cannot derange me
Yeah, I change with time
And that's not a crime
Its in my nature to be changing
Changing
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Ray Lyrics as written by Fredrik Larsson Mathias Farm
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it's easy a guy who's life is being run by his gf and he's sick of it so he's telling her and takign control..the girl is shallow and just wants him to be what she is..shes a boring person
i think this song was made for those people that are saying that millencolin became POP ... it's a response for them ... "So shut your mouth now big boy I'm just myself not your toy It's in my nature to be changing Now is it so hard to see? You can not make me to be someone who never will be changing" that's it
yeah well who cares what type of music mc are anyway? this song is great. and the guys are just ace live...
yes i hate when people make a big deal about what type of music some bands are.if you like it listen to it,if you don't,don't.
and.i like this song.it makes me think of and ex-boyfriend.
This is a great song, it's catchy like that :)
When I first heard this song it gave me goosebumps. Suppose I just took it a Hell of a lot deeper than you guys. To me its about everyone you've ever been hurt by (bullys, abusers etc) and saying to them, you know what fuck you I wanna move on and Im not your toy anymore. Or maybe Im just too deep and wierd. Ah well
"So what the hell do you want me to say? Another halting rhyme, another cliche Well you might be right this one time You take for granted I'm your servant subdued It doesn't make sense to me, but to you So here's one last bright make shift rhyme"
I think he's talking about a bad producer, or maybe, like brunozin said, about stupid fans... But it's definitely about someone who's a pain in the ass about their music and stuff...
I never knew they were from Sweden. I heard them about a year a go and never really listened for the accent, but it's there. Is anyone buying their upcoming album?
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