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"
How sick is this?
How sick is this?
You know, you know
You wanna call me back
You know, you know
You wanna call me back
You know, you know
You wanna call me back, oh
[Bridge:]
Hold up, I think you're cutting out
Hold up, I think you're cutting out
Hold up, I think I'm losing you
Hold up, I think I'm losing you
Tell me, can you hear me now?
Tell me, can you hear me now?
Tell me, can you hear me now?
Tell me, can you hear me now?
[Chorus:]
We're breakin' up
Oh, oh, oh
We're breakin' up
Oh, oh, oh
We're breakin' up
Oh, oh, oh
We're breakin' up
Oh, oh, oh
Finally get ya on the phone
And our connection's all wrong
You're acting like I'm slower than you are
And my batteries get low
Get me charged up, or you will regret it
I need to call you back so I can hear you better
'Bout to end the conversation altogether
Yeah
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Come on, give a little love
Why aren't you calling me back?
K, now I'll call you at home
And leave another sorry message
Why's it have to get so complicated?
Acting so cold, refrigerated
Got your voice mail on, I'm so frustrated
Yeah
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
I hate it when the signal drop on my cell phone
Just tryin' to talk before my battery's gone
I'm not in the mood for your stupid ring tones
I want my battery charged, and I want you in my zone
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
How sick is this?
You know, you know
You wanna call me back
You know, you know
You wanna call me back
You know, you know
You wanna call me back, oh
[Bridge:]
Hold up, I think you're cutting out
Hold up, I think you're cutting out
Hold up, I think I'm losing you
Hold up, I think I'm losing you
Tell me, can you hear me now?
Tell me, can you hear me now?
Tell me, can you hear me now?
Tell me, can you hear me now?
[Chorus:]
We're breakin' up
Oh, oh, oh
We're breakin' up
Oh, oh, oh
We're breakin' up
Oh, oh, oh
We're breakin' up
Oh, oh, oh
Finally get ya on the phone
And our connection's all wrong
You're acting like I'm slower than you are
And my batteries get low
Get me charged up, or you will regret it
I need to call you back so I can hear you better
'Bout to end the conversation altogether
Yeah
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Come on, give a little love
Why aren't you calling me back?
K, now I'll call you at home
And leave another sorry message
Why's it have to get so complicated?
Acting so cold, refrigerated
Got your voice mail on, I'm so frustrated
Yeah
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
I hate it when the signal drop on my cell phone
Just tryin' to talk before my battery's gone
I'm not in the mood for your stupid ring tones
I want my battery charged, and I want you in my zone
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
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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.
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i thought it was "hold up, i think you're cutting out. hold up, i think i'm losing you."
It grew on me too. For some reason it makes me emotional, it's really a sad song for the hip beat.
A breakup song.
I definately like how she compares breaking up with a cellphone.
I like the beat, its sort of ghetto.
Some of the lyrics are wrong though.
worst gwen/no doubt lyrics evar! even the metaphor is juvenile and commercial.
this is the worst song on the album. its hard to listen the whole song.
i dont like it. lol no offence. i think its the worse song on the album. lol YAY! u people agree its not her best. the beats cool i just dont like it.
Lol i love this song. it's like one of the first songs that stuck out at me when i first got the cd. the metaphor may be immature, but i think its really cute. -hayles-
cool metaphor by mixing breaking up a relationship with breaking up on a cell phone. it grew on me.