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"
It's hard to remember days
Mornings lost in a chronic haze
Breath is fast and the trains are slow,
I barely feel it though
All day long I fantasize
In the dark behind of other people's eyes
And then they disappear
Words get lost in the atmosphere
The truth,
I'll tell, I'll tell the truth
Sixteen on a summer roof
You ask for the facts
Well I'll need proof
Outside on skin
That crimson dress too thin
All winter up her woods
I touched it, it felt good
All I want is my radio [2x]
He speaks in a voice I know
Sounds like sound when the tide is low
We kiss to the voice each night
Bathed in pale reactor light
I cry when the morning comes
Count my blessings and my thumbs
Say: "Thanks god for whatever comes"
That briefly cross my fingers
All I want is a room somewhere
Run away from the chemoware
And when I go my radio
Will make a melody that lingers
All I want is my radio...
Station ninety-nine point 'O' [99.0]
Tell the DJ: "DJ keep it slow"
Light to fade before you know
It's hard to remember days
Mornings lost in a chronic haze
Breath is fast and the trains are slow
I barely feel it though
All day long I fantasize
In the dark behind of other people's eyes
And then they disappear
Words get lost in the atmosphere
The truth,
I'll tell, I'll tell the truth
Sixteen on a summer roof
You ask for the facts
Well I give you proof
Here's the truth
It's all I want,
Is my radio
All I want is my radio [...repeat innumerable times]
...tell the DJ:
DJ keep it slow
...light to fade before you know
Mornings lost in a chronic haze
Breath is fast and the trains are slow,
I barely feel it though
All day long I fantasize
In the dark behind of other people's eyes
And then they disappear
Words get lost in the atmosphere
The truth,
I'll tell, I'll tell the truth
Sixteen on a summer roof
You ask for the facts
Well I'll need proof
Outside on skin
That crimson dress too thin
All winter up her woods
I touched it, it felt good
All I want is my radio [2x]
He speaks in a voice I know
Sounds like sound when the tide is low
We kiss to the voice each night
Bathed in pale reactor light
I cry when the morning comes
Count my blessings and my thumbs
Say: "Thanks god for whatever comes"
That briefly cross my fingers
All I want is a room somewhere
Run away from the chemoware
And when I go my radio
Will make a melody that lingers
All I want is my radio...
Station ninety-nine point 'O' [99.0]
Tell the DJ: "DJ keep it slow"
Light to fade before you know
It's hard to remember days
Mornings lost in a chronic haze
Breath is fast and the trains are slow
I barely feel it though
All day long I fantasize
In the dark behind of other people's eyes
And then they disappear
Words get lost in the atmosphere
The truth,
I'll tell, I'll tell the truth
Sixteen on a summer roof
You ask for the facts
Well I give you proof
Here's the truth
It's all I want,
Is my radio
All I want is my radio [...repeat innumerable times]
...tell the DJ:
DJ keep it slow
...light to fade before you know
Lyrics submitted by Idan
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hi, i think i have some minor corrections:
It's hard to remember days Mornings lost in a chronic haze Breath is fast and the trains are slow, I barely feel it though All day long I fantasize In the dark behind other people's eyes And then they disappear Words get lost in the atmosphere
The truth, I'll tell, I'll tell the truth Sixteen on a summer roof You ask for the facts Well I'll give you proof
Hot sun on skin That crimson dress too thin All winter up her woods (i think this might be "all winter up her words", but i'm not sure, he pronounces "words" strangely later, as well) I touched it, it felt good
All I want is my radio [2x]
He speaks in a voice I know Sounds like sand when the tide is low We kiss to the voice each night Bathed in pale reactor light I cry when the morning comes Count my blessings and my thumbs Say: "Thanks god for whatever comes" Then quickly cross my fingers All I want is a room somewhere Far away from the chemoware And when I go my radio Will make a melody that lingers
All I want is my radio... Station ninety-nine point 'O' [99.0] Tell the DJ: "DJ keep it slow" Light to fade before you know
It's hard to remember days Mornings lost in a chronic haze Breath is fast and the trains are slow Barely even feel it though All day long I fantasize In the dark behind other people's eyes And then they slowly disappear Words get lost in the atmosphere
The truth, I'll tell, I'll tell the truth Sixteen on a summer roof You ask for the facts Well I give you proof Here's the truth
It's all I want, Is my radio All I want is my radio [...repeat innumerable times] ...tell the DJ: DJ keep it slow ...light to fade before you know
also, as for the fm version, i don't think that there are any lyrical differences. i'll go back and try to make sure!