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 this is the war of the worlds,
Then I don't want to be a part.
If this is the war of the worlds,
Then I don't want to be a part.
Too busy, too busy, too busy
To talk, you said I wouldn't know.
Too busy, too busy, too busy
To understand its time to go.
And so the next time that you need me don't expect a call.
And this is the weight of the worlds,
I think it's time for us to part.
And this is the weight of the worlds,
I think it's time for us to part.
Too busy, too busy, too busy
To talk, you said I wouldn't know.
Too busy, too busy, too busy
To understand it's time to go.
And so the next time that you need me don't expect a call.
And we're willing to waste away, like this.
When everything's gone okay til you've gone a miss.
And all I could be, everything you want me to be.
But we haven't spoke in days,
Yet infact it's been a matter of weeks.
And so the next time that you need me don't expect a call
Then I don't want to be a part.
If this is the war of the worlds,
Then I don't want to be a part.
Too busy, too busy, too busy
To talk, you said I wouldn't know.
Too busy, too busy, too busy
To understand its time to go.
And so the next time that you need me don't expect a call.
And this is the weight of the worlds,
I think it's time for us to part.
And this is the weight of the worlds,
I think it's time for us to part.
Too busy, too busy, too busy
To talk, you said I wouldn't know.
Too busy, too busy, too busy
To understand it's time to go.
And so the next time that you need me don't expect a call.
And we're willing to waste away, like this.
When everything's gone okay til you've gone a miss.
And all I could be, everything you want me to be.
But we haven't spoke in days,
Yet infact it's been a matter of weeks.
And so the next time that you need me don't expect a call
Lyrics submitted by stupidkid86
War of the Worlds Lyrics as written by Samuel Lloyd Duckworth
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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oh gosh why hasn't this been commented?? well I guess this song is about a relationship where suddenly the girl has gotten busy with stupid things and the other person keeps putting effort in to try and spend some time with her but she's much too busy for them and kind of forgets and neglects their relationship/friendship. Thye haven't spoken in ages and when like someone keeps trying to hold thigns together and puts effort in without getting anything in return they kind of give up because it should be a 2 way thing... why bother to put any effort in for someone who won't for you? It's also saying that when the person stops being so busy they won't always be there when they actually need them - people aren't just there for the time when you need them, you should be there for them too.
so after all the neglect the relationship drifts apart without her realising and when she actually has time they won't be there - people can wait, but they can't stand around waiting forever.
well thats just my take on it.... it reminds me of how I can be soemtimes with my guy best friend... I get really busy with waitressing and work and often have to let him down even when I haven't seen or spoken to him in ages.. since we stud at different places and live a little while away from eachother... when i heard this song it hit me and i felt so bad that i was neglecting hi and it really hit me when I had to let him down cause i had a shift he said "aw... we never spend time together anymore.." after all that I made sure I made lots of effort because you don't realise things or know how much things mean to you until you miss them or lose them. sorry for the life story! deffs a brilliant song xxxxx