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"
She reads a book from across the street
Waiting for someone that she'll never meet
Talk over coffee for an hour or two
She wonders why I'm always in a good mood
Killing time before she struts her stuff
She needs support and I've become the crutch
She'll never know how much she means to me
I'd play the game but I'm the referee
(Surrender) every word, every thought, every sound
(Surrender) every touch, every smile, every frown
(Surrender) all the pain we've endured until now
(Surrender) all the hope that I lost, it was found
(Surrender) yourself to me
Even though I know what I'm looking for
She's got a brick wall behind her door
I'd travel time and confess to her
But I'm afraid she'd shoot the messenger
(Surrender) every word, every thought, every sound
(Surrender) every touch, every smile, every frown
(Surrender) all the pain we've endured until now
(Surrender) all the hope that I lost, you have found
(Surrender) yourself to me
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds
Searching until my hands bleed
This flower don't belong to me
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds
Searching until my hands bleed
This flower don't belong to me
This flower don't belong to me
Why can't she belong to me?
Every word, every thought, every sound
Every touch, every smile, every frown
All the pain we've endured until now
All the hope that I lost, you have found
(Surrender) every word, every thought, every sound
(Surrender) every touch, every smile, every frown
(Surrender) all the pain we've endured until now
(Surrender) all the hope that I lost, you have found
(Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask
(Surrender) Has my moment come and passed?
(Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask
(Surrender) Has my moment come and passed?
(Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask
(Surrender) Has my moment come and passed?
(Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask
Waiting for someone that she'll never meet
Talk over coffee for an hour or two
She wonders why I'm always in a good mood
Killing time before she struts her stuff
She needs support and I've become the crutch
She'll never know how much she means to me
I'd play the game but I'm the referee
(Surrender) every word, every thought, every sound
(Surrender) every touch, every smile, every frown
(Surrender) all the pain we've endured until now
(Surrender) all the hope that I lost, it was found
(Surrender) yourself to me
Even though I know what I'm looking for
She's got a brick wall behind her door
I'd travel time and confess to her
But I'm afraid she'd shoot the messenger
(Surrender) every word, every thought, every sound
(Surrender) every touch, every smile, every frown
(Surrender) all the pain we've endured until now
(Surrender) all the hope that I lost, you have found
(Surrender) yourself to me
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds
Searching until my hands bleed
This flower don't belong to me
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds
Searching until my hands bleed
This flower don't belong to me
This flower don't belong to me
Why can't she belong to me?
Every word, every thought, every sound
Every touch, every smile, every frown
All the pain we've endured until now
All the hope that I lost, you have found
(Surrender) every word, every thought, every sound
(Surrender) every touch, every smile, every frown
(Surrender) all the pain we've endured until now
(Surrender) all the hope that I lost, you have found
(Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask
(Surrender) Has my moment come and passed?
(Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask
(Surrender) Has my moment come and passed?
(Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask
(Surrender) Has my moment come and passed?
(Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask
Lyrics submitted by Starting_again, edited by Tyler5823
Surrender Lyrics as written by Jon Gallant Ian D'sa
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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=D I love this song. I think this song kind of sounds like a guy who likes a girl but the girl is his best friend. and he is always her crutch when she needs help. the part about him being the referee I think refers to him as playing the "game of love" ..but he isnt playing he is just judging her boyfriends. the chorus part with the surrender... I think that means that when he became friends with the girl he surrenders his judgement because he doesnt want to say something bad about her boyfriend and make her angry? And that he cant tell her how he feels because he doesnt want to ruin the friendship.
I could be completely wrong =) either way..
i think you're right, when he says " Talk over coffee for an hour or two<br /> She wonders why I'm always in a good mood". i think its because hes always happy to see her
Very True...the same thing happened to me. He knows her well, he is one of her best friends, and he loves her but loves her enough to want her to be happy with whomever, The line "I think I found a flower in a field of weeds. Searching until my hands bleed. This flower don't belong to me" pretty much means that he has her but he can't call her his. But then he never does anything about it. "I never had the nerve to ask". It's that classic story of friends falling in love.
This is on Billy Talent's purevolume space, written by Ben.
"Valentine's day for the most part sucks...I've hated it for the longest time because it either reminds me of someone I once had or someone that I'll never be allowed to have...which got me thinking ...love comes in so many different forms on so many different levels...Unrequited love is one of those forms/predicaments I've been in and it fucking sucked...Loving someone SO much but due to circumstance and timing I wasn't able to ever tell her exactly how I felt...I watched as other men came and went from her life and every time I just wanted to grab her and say "it's me stupid!!! I'm the one" anyway...the record is finished being recorded and we can't tell you how excited we are to share it with everyone...it is by far the best piece of work that we have ever done together...we experimented with new sounds and new emotions one being love and its many incarnations...This song Surrender was written about this one circumstance I was in with a friend...it is a REAL love song...believe or not...slow and romantic and it is a little different than most Billy Talent you've heard before...like our last record...we tried very hard to make it a complete piece with every song complementing the next but each one being different and unique in its own way...this song will be slightly different when it gets on the record and is a work in progress...so to speak...but we figured that because Valentine's Day is considered a holiday and we love our fans more than any band because we sincerely care about you and all your well beings...this is a gift from us to you...take care"
this is a really does show a much gentler (sp?) side BT
This song to me is about this girl i loved. i was crazy about her , but i never told her. i told alot of my friends that where colse to me i loved her. and one of my close friends dated her before. and told me to ask her out. when i was going to ask her out i found out he asked her out and there still dating "I never had the nerve to ask" "Has my moment come and passed?" right there is what i can relate to cause has my moment come and passed?
This song to me is about this girl i loved. i was crazy about her , but i never told her. i told alot of my friends that where colse to me i loved her. and one of my close friends dated her before. and that i should ask her out if i love her alot. when i was going to ask her out i found out he asked her out and there still dating "I never had the nerve to ask" "Has my moment come and passed?" right there is what i can relate to cause has my moment come and passed?<br /> <br /> <br />
"i never had the nerve to ask as my moment come and passed" means u hold your intention to tell tis girl that u love her because u always have tomorrow to see her again until u lose her.
its an amazing song.
I think this song is about A guy who is best friedns with a girl but he really loves her. In the lyrics "She'll never know how much she means to me. I play the game but I'm the referee. " means that All he'll ever do is judge her boyfriends but she will never know that he really loves her. Also in the lyrics "I travel time and confess to her, But I'm afraid she'd shoot the messenger" could mean that he wanted to tell her that he loved her a long time ago so he wouldnt ruin their friendship
"as my hope had come and passed" is really "as my moment had come and passed"
This guy is definitely in love with this girl; there's no doubt about that. But, they are not friends.
This may sound a little farfetched, but I think this guy and this girl work together. In fact, she is his boss. He is her assistant - someone she can always trust and depend on at work - but they are definitely not friends outside of work. Sure, they may meet up for some coffee before work but it's all on a professional level. The girl obviously doesn't suspect anything because she always wonders why he's in a good mood. He's only in a good mood because he's around you, you dumb biatch!
I really like "I travel time and confess to her, but I'm afraid she'd shoot the messenger." Basically, this guy is obsessing over someone totally outside of his league. She is so far above him, like royalty.
I don't know, one could take this as a sweet song about a crush, but personally, I think it's kind of creepy. If he were in love with me, I'd want to know! So to all those who are in love with me, please confess now - in the form of a song would always be a plus.
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I see what you mean but this song is actually about a guy falling in love with a girl but she thinks of him as a best friend and goes to him for help and advice. He really wants to tell her and be with her but he knows he never can and/or ruin the friendship.
"This flower don't belong to me" i think that line sums up the entire meaning of the song. This song is very different from all of their others, but quite beautiful nonetheless.
This song is amazing...but the lyrics on here are all wrong. I'll give the right ones...
She reads a book from across the street Waiting for someone that she'll never meet Talk over coffee for an hour or two She wonders why I'm always in a good mood
Killing time before she struts her stuff She needs support and I've become the crutch She'll never know how much she means to me I'd play the game but I'm the referee
Surrender...every word, every thought, every sound Surrender...every touch, every smile, every frown Surrender...all the pain we've endured until now Surrender...all the hope that I lost, you have found Surrender...yourself to me.
Even though I know what I'm looking for She's got a brick wall behind her door I'd travel time and confess to her But I'm afraid she shoot the messanger
Surrender...every word, every thought, every sound Surrender...every touch, every smile, every frown Surrender...all the pain we've endured until now Surrender...all the hope that I lost, you have found Surrender...yourself to me.
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds I think I found a flower in a field of weeds Searching until my hands bleed This flower don't belong to me
I think I found a flower in a field of weeds I think I found a flower in a field of weeds Searching until my hands bleed This flower don't belong to me This flower don't belong to me Why can't she belong to me?
Every word, every thought, every sound Every touch, every smile, every frown All the pain we've endured until now All the hope that I lost, you have found
Surrender...every word, every thought, every sound Surrender...every touch, every smile, every frown Surrender...all the pain we've endured until now Surrender...all the hope that I lost, you have found Surrender...yourself to me
(Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask (Surrender) Has my moment come and passed? (Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask (Surrender) Has my moment come and passed? (Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask (Surrender) Has my moment come and passed? (Surrender) I never had the nerve to ask.
...Sorry for the length, it just kills me when the lyrics are wrong. :)