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 remember seein' diamonds
What ever happened to them?
You smashed them all when you flew away
You just fought everyday
Later console talkin' bitter
You never believe it's the same
Little War?
But it is the same
Ohh try and rearrange
But it is the same
Don't try and rearrange
I remember early morning
In the car on the side of the road
You said you had something to say
I crawled out with my head spinning
I covered my ears to late
Everything fell down on me
But I must say
Ohh try and rearrange
Ohh I must say
Don't try and rearrange
Just returning
Felt like mourning
But I couldn't stay away
I was holding back from you
Just returning
Felt like mouring
But I couldn't stay away
I was holding back from you
But I must say
Ohh try and rearrange
But I must say
Don't change
What ever happened to them?
You smashed them all when you flew away
You just fought everyday
Later console talkin' bitter
You never believe it's the same
Little War?
But it is the same
Ohh try and rearrange
But it is the same
Don't try and rearrange
I remember early morning
In the car on the side of the road
You said you had something to say
I crawled out with my head spinning
I covered my ears to late
Everything fell down on me
But I must say
Ohh try and rearrange
Ohh I must say
Don't try and rearrange
Just returning
Felt like mourning
But I couldn't stay away
I was holding back from you
Just returning
Felt like mouring
But I couldn't stay away
I was holding back from you
But I must say
Ohh try and rearrange
But I must say
Don't change
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Well, the badassery of this song's already been well established. The guitar parts alone pretty much reaffirm how gorgeous it sounds. But as for the lyrics, it seems to me like it's about a guy finding out something that just blindsides him (she's dumping him? she cheated?) from his girlfriend/what have you. Especially in the second verse:
"I remember early morning in the car on the side of the road you said you had something to say"
The setup...
"I crawled out with my head spinning I covered my ears too late everything felt dead to me"
And the aftermath. Both barrels, right between the eyes. Whatever it was, it HURT.
From the Till the Wheels Fall Off booklet.
I remember seein' diamonds. Whatever happened to them? D'ya smash them all when you flew away? Your jets burned everything, and laid a coat so dark and bitter you'd never believe it's the same little world. But it is the same. All changed and rearranged, but it is the same. Just changed. Rearranged. I remember early morning, in the car by the side of the road, you said you had something to say. I crawled out with my head spinning. I covered my ears too late. Everything felt dead in me. But I am the same. All changed and rearranged, but I am the same. Just changed. Rearranged. Just returning felt like murder, but I could not stay away. I was holding back from getting on. But I am the same. All changed and rearranged, but I am the same. Just changed.
this might not be exactly right
good effort though. this song is beautiful.
I've never heard any other songs from this band, but when I came across it randomly on my Media Player (not knowing the title), I thought to myself: "This is a beautiful song, the opening guitar reminds me of the sun reflecting into the ocean, and it looks like diamonds sparkling..." I then looked at the title and that was fuckin' scary!
the guitars soar on this one. it blows my mind how 4 simple chords can produce visuals and feelings so clearly. i love this band for that.
blacktop cadence does that very well too.