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"
Its been a long year
Since we last spoke
How's your halo?
Just between you and I
You and me and the satellites
I never believed you
I only wanted to
Before all of this
What did I miss?
Do you ever get homesick?
I can't get used to it
I can't get used to it
I'll never get used to it
I'll never get used to it
I'm under that night
I'm under those same stars
We're in a red car
You asleep at my side
Going in and out of the headlights
Could I have saved you?
Would that betrayed you?
I wanna burn this film
You alone with those pills
What you couldn't do I will
I forgive you
I'll forgive you
I'll forgive you
I forgive you
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue
Since we last spoke
How's your halo?
Just between you and I
You and me and the satellites
I never believed you
I only wanted to
Before all of this
What did I miss?
Do you ever get homesick?
I can't get used to it
I can't get used to it
I'll never get used to it
I'll never get used to it
I'm under that night
I'm under those same stars
We're in a red car
You asleep at my side
Going in and out of the headlights
Could I have saved you?
Would that betrayed you?
I wanna burn this film
You alone with those pills
What you couldn't do I will
I forgive you
I'll forgive you
I'll forgive you
I forgive you
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue, blue skies
(I'll forgive you) For blue
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For Blue Skies Lyrics as written by Nelson Hubbard Matthew Ryan
Lyrics © SONGS OF MEDIA CREATURE, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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i saw strays in nottingham, england a few weeks ago. matthew ryan (singer) said the song was about his brother who was sentanced to life in prison, didn't say why.
i would've guessed it was about loss in some way, but not the above.
maybe he was sent to prison for doing drugs.<br /> "you alone with those pills"
I can see how it fits into the prison scene. But I've always thought of this as a friend thinking about another friend who has committed suicide as people have said above.
This is such a beautiful song. It takes you to another world. I was staring at my wall all through this song and I didn't even realise it.
"What you couldn't do I will; I forgive you."
I always felt this line was saying, "You could never forgive yourself, but I'll forgive you."
It makes sense being about his brother being in jail.
"How's your halo Just between you and I You and me and the satelites I never believed you I only wanted to" The brother probably was being charged for something, but kept saying he was innocent, therefore the halo
"Remember that night among those same stars We're in a red car you were sleep at my side Going in & out of the headlights Could I have saved you? Would that have betrayed you?" Maybe Matthew helped his brother to try and run away and now imagine if hea had just turned him in, his brother would be better now
"It's been a long year since we last spoke" He hasn't spoken to his brother since his sentence. "How's your halo" He's asking if his brother still has faith. "Just between you and I, you and me and the satelites" He's telling his brother it's ok to talk to him. "I never believed you, I only wanted to" He wanted to believe his brother was innocent but knew better. "Before all this what did I miss?" He wants to know what happen while he was gone. "Do you ever get homesick?" Asking if his brother misses home.
I have an extreme personal experience with this song. "Its been a long year since we last spoke." Meaning, he has been gone/IN THE DARK a long time from his pills/ drugs/ alcholoism. "hows your halo?" you used to be angelic, and now your halo's hung up in a dark closet somwhere.
You and me and the satellites I never believed you I only wanted to
Meaning: You and me are here on earth. Satellites are constantly in orbit, changing, which is now what has become of this person.
never believing in this person changing their ways but wanting to ever so badly. Before all of this
What did I miss? Do you ever get homesick?
What caused this person to go down this dark path? do you ever miss the way it used to be... in your life?
I can’t get used to it I can’t get used to it I’ll never get used to it I’ll never get used to it
Trying to adapt to the person because theres so much love for them. Not being able to face the truth and accept it.
I’m under that night I’m under those same stars
We all are on the same earth, ( correlation to satellite ) which is considered out of this world, a spectator- but at the same time the subject has became a satellite; out of this world, and not viewing in the same way
"We’re in a red car You asleep at my side"
Red is the color of firey passion.
"Going in and out of the headlights"
passion is not here nor there.
"Could I have saved you? Would that’ve betrayed you?
meaning, the passion was so prominent that the important things were overlooked, in which they could have been saved. but love and passion were so strong that the actual issue was overlooked/ ignored.
I wanna burn this film You alone with those pills What you couldn’t do I will I forgive you I’ll forgive you I’ll forgive you I forgive you
For blue, blue skies For blue, blue skies For blue, blue skies For blue, blue skies I’ll forgive you
After hearing this song on One Tree Hill I had to find it. It's a great song that I think is about redemption and forgivesness.
I also heard it on One Tree Hill. Fantastic song, especially under the right context, (i.e. raining outside, late at night, dimly lit room).
To me the song is about lost love, and never quite letting go. It's about a messy break-up which resulted in both people going their separate ways and then in time wondering what happened to that other person. Ultimately, the song to me is about finally forgiving the wrong doings of another.
For me, this song is about death and reminising all good memories. He probably betrayed the girl in some way and she couldn't forgive him for that and at the end, he says that he'll do what she couldn't do, he'll forgive her. He'll forgive her for killing herself, he's at peace with everything. Very Touching Song!
that's exactly what i was thinking, too!