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"
"The whole of England must be searching for me. Well, sooner or later, they're going to find me."
"Never. Because, you see...they're looking for you, alright. But nobody's looking for me."
International rock star
That would make the day go down easy
Crucified in my sports car
I've got high hopes that things end famously
And then there's love
To keep keeping you down
You find release
In the big time
International rock star
That would make the pain go away
The last one standing at the bar
Is the dream that'll have to do for today
And then there's love
To keep keeping you down
You find some peace
In the big time
Until then
Until then
Until then
I'll keep you
Locked up tight
In my collection
"How long are you going to keep me here?"
"I don't know. It depends."
"On what? On my falling in love with you? If that's what you think, I'll be here 'til I die. Now go away. Go away! Take it over..."
"Never. Because, you see...they're looking for you, alright. But nobody's looking for me."
International rock star
That would make the day go down easy
Crucified in my sports car
I've got high hopes that things end famously
And then there's love
To keep keeping you down
You find release
In the big time
International rock star
That would make the pain go away
The last one standing at the bar
Is the dream that'll have to do for today
And then there's love
To keep keeping you down
You find some peace
In the big time
Until then
Until then
Until then
I'll keep you
Locked up tight
In my collection
"How long are you going to keep me here?"
"I don't know. It depends."
"On what? On my falling in love with you? If that's what you think, I'll be here 'til I die. Now go away. Go away! Take it over..."
Lyrics submitted by Airyca
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I believe the spoken part is from a 1965 movie called "The Collector". The last verse (until then/I'll keep you/locked up tight/in my collection) is probably inspired by that too.
As the first girl said, the spoken part seems to be from The Collector a movie about a kinda crazy, loner, butterfly collecting man who stalks and kidnaps a young woman to make her fall in love with him. As the IMDB one line summary put it, "A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there," which besides the woman bit, is what I think the song is about.
Also, the lyrics don't contain one thing that supports this, where at the end it goes,
(It's funny) Until then Until then Until then (It's getting easier) I'll keep you Locked up tight In my collection
I think this song is about someone who has a big dream, like being a rock star, but keeps it locked away as a comforting ambition that he will never actually follow. "It's funny/it's getting easier" is about how, surprisingly, that gets easier with time.
God i love stars! okay so this is a shot in the dark, purely based on my own opinion: okay i think it is about a man who has throwen himself into the "LA sceen" or something with the underlying principles, ie drugs, money, fame,&sex, to escape from the pain of either not finding love (leading epmty life) or lossing a true love: And then there's love To keep keeping you down You find release In the big time
the second verus i tink is talking about a girl hes going to take home: "the last one standing at the bar is the dream that will have to do for today."
the last line, mentioning collectiong, could either be refering to him memory or to the collectiong of girls hes had meaningless relationships with.
Also the movie references could exemplify his mind set and his desperation for love.
God i love stars! okay so this is a shot in the dark, purely based on my own opinion: okay i think it is about a man who has throwen himself into the "LA sceen" or something with the underlying principles, ie drugs, money, fame,&sex, to escape from the pain of either not finding love (leading epmty life) or lossing a true love: And then there's love To keep keeping you down You find release In the big time
the second verus i tink is talking about a girl hes going to take home: "the last one standing at the bar is the dream that will have to do for today."
the last line, mentioning collectiong, could either be refering to him memory or to the collectiong of girls hes had meaningless relationships with.
Also the movie references could exemplify his mind set and his desperation for love.
The last line the girl says should be "Think it over." I've always liked this song... because of the dark theme. What I've always thought was it was about a guy who had a large obsession with a girl, who is somewhat famous. That's because I take things a bit too literally... after reading what people have said on here, my view has changed somewhat... There can be other interpretations. Generally, yeah, you can be rich and famous, but without love, are you really worth anything?
Rent The Collector. This song is based on that movie. It is a really good movie, very chilling like the song. All I kept thinking about when I was looking at the movie was the end of this song where he goes:
(Well it's funny) Until then Until then Until then (This is getting easy) I'll keep you Locked up tight In my collection
Great song.