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 bought me a rabbit to keep me company
and I'm here in my car and the rabbit's here with me
heading out highway one, respecting posted speed limits
and I tried to figure this one out but I can't find any meaning
and I'm sick and tired of trying to figure out your gestures
and I'm sick and tired of wondering what your presents mean
I'm gonna take this rabbit into Malibu
and he'll chew on sour grass while I wolf down dexadrine
the wind comes through the open window and I button my shirt
and the rabbit's riding shotgun my teeth hurt
you sent me a package marked "live animals inside"
and the sun's coming up quickly above the rising tide
and I'm sick and tired of trying to figure out your gestures
and I'm sick and tired of wondering what your presents mean
I'm gonna take this rabbit into Malibu
and he'll chew on sour grass while I wolf down dexadrine
dexadrine
and I'm here in my car and the rabbit's here with me
heading out highway one, respecting posted speed limits
and I tried to figure this one out but I can't find any meaning
and I'm sick and tired of trying to figure out your gestures
and I'm sick and tired of wondering what your presents mean
I'm gonna take this rabbit into Malibu
and he'll chew on sour grass while I wolf down dexadrine
the wind comes through the open window and I button my shirt
and the rabbit's riding shotgun my teeth hurt
you sent me a package marked "live animals inside"
and the sun's coming up quickly above the rising tide
and I'm sick and tired of trying to figure out your gestures
and I'm sick and tired of wondering what your presents mean
I'm gonna take this rabbit into Malibu
and he'll chew on sour grass while I wolf down dexadrine
dexadrine
Lyrics submitted by darnee
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
No Surprises
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Just A Little Lovin'
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Amazing
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Now this could just as easily be a song about John getting a rabbit, but personally I took it to be a reference to a white rabbit; a motif that permeates drug-abuse related music. In an interview John gave to Marc Maron, he says that he believes that his girlfriend that he dated during his heroin and speed days was "stepping on his dose" or limiting his dose. He didn't go into detail, but if he was suspicious of her stepping on his dose, this could have led to fights perhaps. Anyway, the idea of a rabbit as a gift leads to the issues of trying to figure out what it means and him not dealing or interacting with the rabbit in any way and opting for a different drug. If the rabbit is viewed as a drug (say, a metaphor for heroin) the same issues would arise. Why would she send me drugs if she is stepping on my dose? She doesn't want me getting high one minute and she gives me drugs the next and this is all so confusing. I thought it would be genius if he meant the rabbit as a metaphor for drugs because both an actual rabbit as a gift and drugs as a gift will raise the same questions and issues for John, and the use of dexadrine only reaffirms the drug relevance of the song. But again, this could just as easily be a song about John receiving a rabbit. Love the song.
From Wikipedia: Dextroamphetamine is a powerful psychostimulant which produces increased wakefulness, energy and self-confidence in association with decreased fatigue and appetite. (Dexedrine is a brand name of dextroamphetamine.)
Make of it what you will, because I tried to figure this one out but I can't find any meaning. ;-)
Very late to reply to this, but I think the reason he says, "my teeth hurt" is because stimulants like Dexedrine sometimes make your jaw clench and make you grind your teeth.
In my opinion that song is about a guy recieving a rabbit as a present from a girl that is in one-way love with him. He's not overthinking about the meaning of the present (he's just sick and tired about it), while she thinks he doesn't love her because he's the terrible/perfect lonely guy (that's why he would need a rabbit to keep him company). So he has to take the rabbit with him also when all he wanted to do is taking Dexedrine lying down on a field.