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"
I haven't thought of you
For years, you know?
Your memory seems to come and go
Our time meant so much to me
Now you can't be found
You were the first to want me
The first to love me
The first to need me
Who was the last to know you
The last to love you
The last to hold you?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Such a wonderful, wonderful life
I thought of you again today
Reminded me how with time I've changed
If you only knew what you gave to me
Now you can't be found
And you were the first I trusted
I learned what love is
When we were just kids
When did you get so lost
And how could you think you'd be better off?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Why'd you have to say goodbye?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Such a wonderful, wonderful life
Thank you for those special moments
You will always be here, in my mind
Did you know you changed my life?
I'm thankful for that time
I'm thankful for that time
I'm thankful for that time
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
Why'd you have to say goodbye?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
I'm asking why, but I'll never know
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Why'd you have to say goodbye?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Such a wonderful, wonderful life
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
Such a wonderful, wonderful life
For years, you know?
Your memory seems to come and go
Our time meant so much to me
Now you can't be found
You were the first to want me
The first to love me
The first to need me
Who was the last to know you
The last to love you
The last to hold you?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Such a wonderful, wonderful life
I thought of you again today
Reminded me how with time I've changed
If you only knew what you gave to me
Now you can't be found
And you were the first I trusted
I learned what love is
When we were just kids
When did you get so lost
And how could you think you'd be better off?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Why'd you have to say goodbye?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Such a wonderful, wonderful life
Thank you for those special moments
You will always be here, in my mind
Did you know you changed my life?
I'm thankful for that time
I'm thankful for that time
I'm thankful for that time
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
Why'd you have to say goodbye?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
I'm asking why, but I'll never know
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Why'd you have to say goodbye?
It's a wonderful, wonderful life (so wonderful)
Such a wonderful, wonderful life
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
Such a wonderful, wonderful life
Lyrics submitted by nodoubter90
Wonderful Life Lyrics as written by Linda Perry Gwen Stefani
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i read some where this is about gwen's friend that die recently but i cant help but think of john spence when i hear this song! i mean she is singing like that person wanted to leave and mentions what he gave to her ( he was lead singer in no doubt until he died)
lyrics to support my thoughts
Why'd you have to say goodbye? its such a wonderful wonderful life im asking why but i'll never know!
if you only knew what you gave to me
did you know you changed my life?
OMG.
I LOVE THIS SONG. I hope Gwen releases a video for it.
To me, this song is just about how we have people that come and go in our lives, in Gwen's case, someone who, I think, died.. Someone that was such an impact on us in any part of our lives, and then suddenly, their not there any more, for whatever reason, and it has kind of shaped us to become what we are today.
I really hope she releases this as a single.
I have a feeling this is about Bradley Nowell, lead singer of Sublime. They were good friends, and she was heart broken when he died. It could also be about John Spence.
thanx 4 the correct meaning nodoubter90
I think it's about her brother, that would make sense when she talks about knowing love as a kid.
"The song Wonderful Life is the one song I had left over from the last record; it's one of my favourite songs. It was written for my...I guess he was my first kissing-love who I had in Ninth Grade - I guess I can say his name, Matt Ellej. He actually passed away and I wanted to write a song for him, and I wrote the song Wonderful Life. The thing that's really crazy about this whole thing is - because obviously I hadn't seen him for a really long time, and I loved him so much and he changed my life so much - he's the one that turned me onto groups like Depeche Mode. He was really into it; I mean he was Robert Smith - he had the whole big hair and everything. He was super into Depeche Mode, and so when Martin Gore played on the record I told him about Matt and how much he loved them. I mean, if he knew that...I mean, how beauiful is that? To have a song I wrote for him, and then to have his idol play on it - it was really quite a meaningful experience for me.'" -Gwen
I finnaly gained a little more respect fro gwens solo career with tis song being that Martin Gore is on this song and if the above post is true...
gwen is awesome-est solo woman singer, and this song is likeee dark and sensitive
This IS about her very first boyfriend, and first love. He committed suicide a few years ago. Gwen said at a concert I was at that she had written it and sort of hid it away to keep for herself. During this song, it looked like she was crying and she kept looking up (toward heaven I suppose)
UGH, this is such a good song, but it probably won't be a single...why exactly Gwen used Now That You Got It as the fourth single instead of this, I'm not entirely sure...