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"
I won't forget you
I'll find you on the shore
You're rooted in a dying ocean
All of your silence
Rang like a storm of bells
It's been too long
Did you get to face the crowd?
Down on your knees
Your conscious biting
Disarray, your heart has fallen
All you were has been forgotten
To all you were
You know who you are
You know who you are
I'll find you on the shore
You're rooted in a dying ocean
All of your silence
Rang like a storm of bells
It's been too long
Did you get to face the crowd?
Down on your knees
Your conscious biting
Disarray, your heart has fallen
All you were has been forgotten
To all you were
You know who you are
You know who you are
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
I love this song. Again I twist songs, and I guess I mighta twisted this one. But to me, it fits absolutely perfectly with my life. I would sing this to myself. Especially the line "You're rooted in a dying ocean" amd "You know who you are". When you feel like you've forgotten who you really are, and "all that you were has been forgotten". You fall and your concience kills you because you know your lost, but this is kinda hopeful, with you know who you are, and you wont forget who you are. You're there...rooted in a dieng ocean.
You may say I'm wrong. But to me, this song is perfect.
i jsut heard bout this song..from nhl 2007..its a really good song
The drum in this song is awesome
the only part i hate with this song is Down on your knees he sounds so retarded... my friends and i love listening to this song while playing nhl 07 gives us a good laugh...
hey i got to know this song while i was playin nhl 2007 and i think it s the best song ever on the game soundtracks though some may not think it suits the game cuz the game is kinda action...on the contrary i think it does suit the game but thats my opinion anyway...i may have got it wrong cuz thats not my native language please correct if im mistaken...i think he had a relationship which ended up in a miserable way,and he thinks she will stay indoors when he says ''you re rooted in a dying ocean''(so deep,and isolated)and''did you get to face the crowd''...and he thinks she regrets what she has done''down on your knees your conscious biting,disarray your heart has fallen''..this song is all about a relationship that ends up in a miserable way...
I love this song. i love Aarons voice. so haaht ;) hah
i think , someone did him wrong & hes hoping they regret it . AMAZING SONG ! (:
i think , someone did him wrong & hes hoping they regret it . AMAZING SONG ! (:
I think it's about believing in someone who has lost faith in themselves. Maybe they did something terrible, mistake or otherwise. Maybe they couldn't do something. Anyway, I think the narrative of the song is that the once great person won't be forgotten and when they finally find themselves or "reach the shore", the person singing will be waiting for them to be great again.