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"
You don't know how much I adore
this damp rag soaked in chloroform
It makes me so hard to ignore
'cause I could never keep your attention
I'm not one to make threats
I've been reduced to promises
I lie to myself 'cause I do it best
I'm not honest with my intentions
So if the blindfold starts to slip and
the rope starts to rip and
I slowly start to give in
Girl, you know I'm sorry
But tonight I'll wait until
I know you're fast asleep
to poison you with memories
of you and me
I pray you die slowly
so I could be the last thing you see
You'll see
Girl, you're busy and that's fine
but there's one thing I gotta get off my mind
I won't take too much of your time
I promise this won't last long, no
I used to be your biggest fan you
used to say I was your man
Now if I can't have you no one can
I'll be the last boy you hang up on
So if the blindfold starts to slip and
the rope starts to rip and
I slowly start to give in
Girl, you know I'm sorry
But tonight I'll wait until
I know you're fast asleep
to poison you with memories
of you and me
I pray you die slowly
so I could be the last thing you see
Oh you'll see
Ha
She's losing consciousness
I'm gaining confidence
It's starting to make sense
Whoa, whoa
She's covered in fingerprints
from her lips to her hips
All I wanted was one more kiss
Whoa, whoa
She's losing consciousness
I'm gaining confidence
It's starting to make sense
Whoa, whoa
She's covered in fingerprints
from her lips to her hips
All I wanted was one more kiss
Whoa, whoa
Tonight I'll wait until
I know you're fast asleep
to poison you with memories
of you and me
I pray you die slowly (die slowly)
so I could be the last thing you see
I pray you die slowly (die slowly)
so I could be the last thing you see
I pray you die slowly
so I could be the last thing you see
this damp rag soaked in chloroform
It makes me so hard to ignore
'cause I could never keep your attention
I'm not one to make threats
I've been reduced to promises
I lie to myself 'cause I do it best
I'm not honest with my intentions
So if the blindfold starts to slip and
the rope starts to rip and
I slowly start to give in
Girl, you know I'm sorry
But tonight I'll wait until
I know you're fast asleep
to poison you with memories
of you and me
I pray you die slowly
so I could be the last thing you see
You'll see
Girl, you're busy and that's fine
but there's one thing I gotta get off my mind
I won't take too much of your time
I promise this won't last long, no
I used to be your biggest fan you
used to say I was your man
Now if I can't have you no one can
I'll be the last boy you hang up on
So if the blindfold starts to slip and
the rope starts to rip and
I slowly start to give in
Girl, you know I'm sorry
But tonight I'll wait until
I know you're fast asleep
to poison you with memories
of you and me
I pray you die slowly
so I could be the last thing you see
Oh you'll see
Ha
She's losing consciousness
I'm gaining confidence
It's starting to make sense
Whoa, whoa
She's covered in fingerprints
from her lips to her hips
All I wanted was one more kiss
Whoa, whoa
She's losing consciousness
I'm gaining confidence
It's starting to make sense
Whoa, whoa
She's covered in fingerprints
from her lips to her hips
All I wanted was one more kiss
Whoa, whoa
Tonight I'll wait until
I know you're fast asleep
to poison you with memories
of you and me
I pray you die slowly (die slowly)
so I could be the last thing you see
I pray you die slowly (die slowly)
so I could be the last thing you see
I pray you die slowly
so I could be the last thing you see
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
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i dont think this song is meant to be sinister! i actually think its about a girl whom he loves very much and doesnt want anyone else to experience what shes like so he kills her in a peaceful way so she just remembers him, i think its all metaphors and doesnt want her to be in pain
it's about how he's completely in love with someone that left him, and he's fantasizing about being able to hold her again, touching her. 'she's covered in fingerprints/from her lips to her hips/all i wanted was one last kiss..' he's saying that he went to far, in his dreams, and this is what happens to him. and by poisoning her with memories of the the two of them, he's saying that she'll always remember what he did to her, and that he's gonna hurt her the way he hurt. this whole song is just about his own little fantasy, he won't do any of it, but he's playing out the scenarios which end up as rape and murder.
it's a beautiful song, and i hate to say it, but i can understand how he feels. it's so easy to relate to.
This song can only be described with one word and that is buckets, i love the whole thing and its acoustic
i really wanna know what this songs about...
i know its got something to do with a breakup &how she's never gonna get another guy.
but i think theres more... or am i just crazy?
but i love this song soooooooooooo much. its awsome..
xo
Obviously about an ex girlfriend who fucked him over. Wishful thinking on revenge most likely.
Are you sure it isn't " This damp rag soaked in chloroform" rather than and?
It's Obviously about him raping a girl
He wants to kill the girl who he couldn't keep. Sick, really.
But he also says he's not really going to do it. He's just going to fantasize about his revenge.
"I'm not honest with my intentions."
I like it.
To me it seems kinda like he's a stalker. They dated and she dumped him and now he's stalking her. I think it's "This Damp Rag Soaked in Chloroform" It makes more sense with the next line "it makes me so hard to ignore". Why would a damp rag get your attention?
this song is about someone who has broken up with there partner, obviously but he feels he never got any attention which is clearly stated in the first lines
"You don't know how much I adore this damp rag soaked in chloroform It makes me so hard to ignore 'cause I could never keep your attention"
he is gaining attention through a rag soaked in chloroform stuffed i her mouth fucking DUH!!!
i rest my case case dismissed =] eat ass