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"
If you don't see no punks in downtown
Do you know this town is dying quick?
(It's just no good)
I'll get it to you in this now
You'll have a trouble finding goddamn prostitutes
In this gutter town
The girls are stingy, and guys are broke
In this gutter town
You will be always dying for a poke
In this gutter town
The logical balance is absurd
And in this gutter town
The women they never get wet
And in this gutter town
Music is only [unverified]
And in this gutter town
Oh
So that's when I pull over a taxi-co
With my new friends from Mexico
And with limited [unverified]
We started new punk rock Parranda
(Ohh punk! Punk!)
If music doesn't come from windows
You know that something's definitely wrong
(It's fucking wrong)
And all the cars, they pass in silence
And if there is no guitar in a house
You know its owner, he cannot be trusted
And if there is no drum set in the office
Don't be surprised when the business get busted
And if your spouse doesn't play a sitar
Don't expect a whole lot of commitment
And if President doesn't play the sax
He will not get an under-table treatment
And in this gutter town
Say you kick somebody in the head
They just, they likely sue you
But man, they don't get mad
So that's when I pull over a taxi-co
With my new friends from Mexico
And with limited [unverified]
We started new samba
And in this gutter town
The logical balance is absurd
And in this gutter town
The women they never get wet
Do you know this town is dying quick?
(It's just no good)
I'll get it to you in this now
You'll have a trouble finding goddamn prostitutes
In this gutter town
The girls are stingy, and guys are broke
In this gutter town
You will be always dying for a poke
In this gutter town
The logical balance is absurd
And in this gutter town
The women they never get wet
And in this gutter town
Music is only [unverified]
And in this gutter town
Oh
So that's when I pull over a taxi-co
With my new friends from Mexico
And with limited [unverified]
We started new punk rock Parranda
(Ohh punk! Punk!)
If music doesn't come from windows
You know that something's definitely wrong
(It's fucking wrong)
And all the cars, they pass in silence
And if there is no guitar in a house
You know its owner, he cannot be trusted
And if there is no drum set in the office
Don't be surprised when the business get busted
And if your spouse doesn't play a sitar
Don't expect a whole lot of commitment
And if President doesn't play the sax
He will not get an under-table treatment
And in this gutter town
Say you kick somebody in the head
They just, they likely sue you
But man, they don't get mad
So that's when I pull over a taxi-co
With my new friends from Mexico
And with limited [unverified]
We started new samba
And in this gutter town
The logical balance is absurd
And in this gutter town
The women they never get wet
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Um, I thought it was "In this kind of town" rather than "In this gutter town." ?? I've also got one of the "inaudible" lyrics for y'all: "Music is only background for dying" And it's "But maD, they don't get mad!" Also, "The sociological balance is upset" towards the end. My fave part of the song is when he sings about the absurdity of how someone kicked in the head is more likely to sue than to actually get mad. heehee.
Some of the lyrics are wrong:
"We started new... punk rock Parranda. (Ohh punk! Punk!)"
it's Ohh Fuck. Fuck!
"If music doesn't come from windows, You know that something's definitely wrong, (It's fucking wrong!) And all the cars, they pass in silence, [Ukrainian]"
It's clearly not Ukrainian after that line... it goes:
And all the cars (Cops?), they pass by in silence, The rollerbladers who roll straight into morgue.
Not sure what that means...
"But man, they don't get mad!"
I think it's but mad--they don't get mad!
Another bit I noticed
And in this gutter town, Music is only background for dining! And in this gutter town, Oh!
Another wrong line: "And with limited [inaudible]"
should be:
"And with unlimited budget kontrabanda"
If you don't see no punks in downtown, D'you know this town is dying quick? (It's just no good!) I guarantee you in this town: You'll have a trouble finding goddamn prostitute.
In this kind of town, The girls are stingy, and guys are broke. In this kind of town, You will be always dying for a poke.
In this kind of town, The logical balance is upset And in this kind of town, The women they never get wet.
And in this kind of town, Music is only background of dying And in this kind of town, Oh!
So that's when I pull over on a taxi-co., With my new friends from Mexica, And with unlimited budget kontrabanda We started new... punk rock Parranda. (Ohh Punk. Punk!)
If music doesn't come from windows, You know that something's definitely wrong, (It's fucking wrong!) And all the cars, they pass in silence, [Ukrainian]
And if there is no guitar in a house, You know its owner, he cannot be trusted. And if there is no drumset in the office, Don't be surprised when the business get busted.
And if your spouse doesn't play a sitar, Don't expect a whole lot of commitment. And if President doesn't play the sax, He will not get an under-table treatment.
And in this kind of town, Say you kick somebody in the head - They just, they likely sue you, But man, no they don't get mad!
So that's when I pull over on a taxi-co., With my new friends from Mexico, And with unlimited budget kontrabanda, We started new... saba!
[Ukrainian]
And in this kind of town, The logical balance is upset. And in this kind of town, The women they never get wet.
Just a few wrong things:
If you don't see no punks in downtown You know this town is dying quick. I guarantee you in this town You'll have a trouble finding goddamn prostitute
In this kind of town The girls are stingy, and guys are broke In this kind of town You will be always dying for a poke
In this kind of town sociological balance is upset And in this kind of town The women they never get wet
And in this kind of town Music is only background of dying And in this kind of town Oh!
So that's when I pull over on a taxi-co With my new friends from Mexica And with unlimited budget kontrabanda We started new punk rock Parranda (Oh punk. Punk!)
If music doesn't come from windows You know that something's definitely wrong (It's fucking wrong!) And all the cars, they pass by in silence And rollerbladers who roll straight into morgue
And if there is no guitar in a house You know its owner, he cannot be trusted And if there is no drum set in the office Don't be surprised when the business get busted
And if your spouse doesn't play a sitar Don't expect a whole lot of commitment And if President doesn't play the sax He will not get an under-table treatment
And in this kind of town Say you kick somebody in the head They just politely sue you But mad, no they don't get mad!
So that's when I pull over on a taxi-co With my new friends from Mexica And with unlimited budget kontrabanda We started new samba!
[Ukrainian]
And in this kind of town Sociological balance is upset And in this kind of town The women they never get wet