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"
Listen to your tunes
And the untruth in your voice
You oughta melt me
When you lie
There’s no reason why
And there’s no thong in the dye
And this standing is not so good
But I never really tried
And the earth revolves for nothing
So the tourists had to cry. Try
But can’t decide what put you on
That tricky ride since high school
Try, cry you can’t decide what put you on
That tricky ride since high school
Bring the beers the last parade
Has left the house
They’ll try and hurt you
When they lie
They’re timid like the damned
Only I know where I’ll land
And this standing is not so good
But I never really tried
And the earth revolves for nothing
So my cheerleaders had to
Cry, try but can’t decide what put you on
That tricky ride since high school
Cry, try you can’t decide what put you on
That tricky ride since high school
I’ll sink and go under it
I’ll rise and get over it
I’ll float on a log in the midstream
I found out what that fear was for
And the untruth in your voice
You oughta melt me
When you lie
There’s no reason why
And there’s no thong in the dye
And this standing is not so good
But I never really tried
And the earth revolves for nothing
So the tourists had to cry. Try
But can’t decide what put you on
That tricky ride since high school
Try, cry you can’t decide what put you on
That tricky ride since high school
Bring the beers the last parade
Has left the house
They’ll try and hurt you
When they lie
They’re timid like the damned
Only I know where I’ll land
And this standing is not so good
But I never really tried
And the earth revolves for nothing
So my cheerleaders had to
Cry, try but can’t decide what put you on
That tricky ride since high school
Cry, try you can’t decide what put you on
That tricky ride since high school
I’ll sink and go under it
I’ll rise and get over it
I’ll float on a log in the midstream
I found out what that fear was for
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The Night We Met
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No Surprises
Radiohead
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Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
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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:
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Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
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"structo" is the song that starts off with "this stain it sticks like glue."
I don't think iTunes has it wrong, and Structo is what they called this song.
Those untitled tracks have caused a lot of confusion over the years about the correct tracklisting! I'm 99.9% sure that this is Structo.
I love this song. I love how he sings "Timid like the damned. Only I know where I'll land." Listening to the remastered version, I think the lyrics may be the following. The 'tourist' part doesn't sound right but I can't think of what other word it could be.
Listen to your tunes And the untruth in your voice You ought to help me When you lie
There’s no reason why And there’s no thumb in the dye
And the standing’s not so good But I never really tried And the earth revolves for nothing
So the tourists had to cry. Try But can’t decide what put you on That shaky ride since high school
Try, cry, you can’t decide what put you on That shaky ride since high school
Bring the beers the last parade Has left the house They try and hurt you When they lie Timid like the damned Only I know where I’ll land And the standing’s not so good But I never really tried And the earth revolves for nothing So the tourists had to cry
Try, cry, you can’t decide what put you on That shaky ride since high school
Cry, try, we can’t decide what put you on That shaky ride since high school
I’ll sink and go under it I’ll rise and get over it Float on a log in the midstream I found out what that fear was for
this song is actually titled "Roziere", though the tracks are incorrectly listed when you burn the CD (the instrumentals are all supposed to be untitled).