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"
Maybe you can owe me?
Or should we wait and see?
'Cause I've been saving up for something we need
As long as you're open to the possibility, yeah
Surely, there's a story
In counting all the minutes 'till July the 1st
But you counted all the seconds and it makes you feel worse
I don't wanna be here
You just wanna be there
But its awful complicated and you're warning me to beware
Beware
And honey
There's no hurry
I know it's overdue, there's a key to the door
To the room where I'm staying, you can sleep on the floor
Halfway through the night can we talk and see?
'Cause there's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me
There's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me
Or should we wait and see?
'Cause I've been saving up for something we need
As long as you're open to the possibility, yeah
Surely, there's a story
In counting all the minutes 'till July the 1st
But you counted all the seconds and it makes you feel worse
I don't wanna be here
You just wanna be there
But its awful complicated and you're warning me to beware
Beware
And honey
There's no hurry
I know it's overdue, there's a key to the door
To the room where I'm staying, you can sleep on the floor
Halfway through the night can we talk and see?
'Cause there's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me
There's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me
Lyrics submitted by satori-birdy
Maybe You Can Owe Me Lyrics as written by Cameron Bird
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The second verse talks about how she's anxiously awaiting the move date, but she's scared. She really wants to be there, and he doesn't want to be where he is since she isn't there, but she's nervous.
Lastly he tells her that she's welcome over any time, but sometimes she'll have to sleep on the floor. Perhaps he lives with parents who wouldn't approve of them sharing a bed.
Great song! This is probably my favourite song by Architecture in Helsinki...next to Wishbone but yeah still a great song.
how good are these lyrics?! "there's no way that i'll sleep when you're near me" love it
The ending lyrics are just beautiful.
I love this band.
I do agree.. the last lines really get me.. and make me think of nights lying awake next to my boyfriend early in the mornings staring into his eyes...
ahhh..
Friggin' brill-tastic-ly-amazing!
You guys really opened my eyes to the true meaning of this song.
kind of sounds like a relationship where the girl might be using him? nobody go all crazy and get in my face about that being wrong though.
it kind of seems like the whole ending paragraph (as it's written up there) that the girl just wants some place to crash and he's willing and has a crush on her.
AIH is so adorable, it seems so innocent and naive!
This song is about longing for someone so badly. The lyrics are almost an invitation to a relationship.
It's about wanting someone you can't have.
And, yes, it is amazing.
I think this part:
"I don't wanna be here you just wanna be there but its awful complicated and you're warning me to beware"
is about person A wanting to be with person B who is deliberately staying away. B feels that a relationship would be very complicated and probably has issues to resolve with past relationships, etc. B might even feel like a heartbreaker and might be thinking that s/he might hurt A if they were to get involved. So B warns A "to beware" because the relationship could end badly and B is insecure.