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"
Too afraid to close our eyes,
Afraid that we might drift and lose track of the time,
The brilliant light flanks my blinds,
Sends ghosts back to their graves and us back to life,
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it),
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it).
The best is when you say the worst is over,
It's like saying we had luck with a three-leaf clover,
And you kept saying that over and over,
And I still catch you looking over your shoulder,
And it's okay, I know the only times you really loved me were when you weren't sober,
And that hurts, we all hurt, we all hurt,
And I kept saying that...
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it),
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it).
for the taste,
For the sight,
For the sound,
For the fight,
For the weak,
For the strong,
For the ?,
Say it like, just say it like you mean it,
For the weight,
For the crush,
For the fear,
For the lush,
For the love,
For the hate,
For the touch,
Just say it like,
I will wait up for you,
I will wait up for you,
I will wait up for you,
I will wait up for you,
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it),
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it)
Just say it like you mean it...
Afraid that we might drift and lose track of the time,
The brilliant light flanks my blinds,
Sends ghosts back to their graves and us back to life,
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it),
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it).
The best is when you say the worst is over,
It's like saying we had luck with a three-leaf clover,
And you kept saying that over and over,
And I still catch you looking over your shoulder,
And it's okay, I know the only times you really loved me were when you weren't sober,
And that hurts, we all hurt, we all hurt,
And I kept saying that...
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it),
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it).
for the taste,
For the sight,
For the sound,
For the fight,
For the weak,
For the strong,
For the ?,
Say it like, just say it like you mean it,
For the weight,
For the crush,
For the fear,
For the lush,
For the love,
For the hate,
For the touch,
Just say it like,
I will wait up for you,
I will wait up for you,
I will wait up for you,
I will wait up for you,
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it),
Over and over,
Over and over (just say it like you mean it)
Just say it like you mean it...
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i love mbr but this song is a blatant attack against the starting line.
wtf? how is it an ATTACK?!!? .. yea there are references to tsl in the song.. but i dont think mbr is ATTACKING them in this song...
wtf? how is it an ATTACK?!!? .. yea there are references to tsl in the song.. but i dont think mbr is ATTACKING them in this song...
You serious? From an article from MTV
"..."Say It Like You Mean It" is about his contempt for vacuous pop-punk bands..."
I think it's funnier that he has such contempt for vacuous pop-punk bands like The Starting Line but TSL has never changed their sound. MBR has changed it 3 times now.
this is an incredible song. i just love it.
good shit...cant wait to go to thier concert in chicago in april....fucking sweet hahaha my first concert..should be good
this song sounds exactly like "ready" from tsl.
I know the only times you really loved me were when you weren't sober, and that hurts"
i know exactly how that feels. really good song.
how is this an attack against the starting line? I am confused : (
BuildingMusic how do you kno that they changed it to make them more popular (if thats the point you were making)? maybe they changed because they matured as a band, and TSL havent.