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"
Crying for the hungry friends
And you're crying for the struggling friends
And I'm crying over you
Crying over a mother's debt
And you're crying over some other's head
While I'm crying over you
You're working so hard to guard against the weather
You'd shelter the world if you could
But remember we swore that we'd stop each other never
From doing what we've go to - well, it's still understood
And so you're crying for the haunted things
And you're crying for the unwanted things
While I'm crying over you
Crying 'cause somebody cries
And you're crying 'cause everybody dies
And I'm crying over you
I see you working so hard to be a part of something better
It's not some big thing it's just what you do
But remember the yard when we gardened together?
I can't think of anything better than you
Now I know it's late, and I know you're trying
But your time I wouldn't take, and I'd never stop you crying
You're crying for the living things
And you're crying for the forgiven things
And I'm crying over you
Now, you know my ways, and you know that I'm
Also set ablaze by that same fire that makes you cry
And so I'm crying for the war and the dread
And I'm crying 'cause there's more ahead
And I'm crying over you
I'll go on crying for our animal friends
And I'll be crying 'til their suffering ends
While I'm crying over you
And you're crying for the struggling friends
And I'm crying over you
Crying over a mother's debt
And you're crying over some other's head
While I'm crying over you
You're working so hard to guard against the weather
You'd shelter the world if you could
But remember we swore that we'd stop each other never
From doing what we've go to - well, it's still understood
And so you're crying for the haunted things
And you're crying for the unwanted things
While I'm crying over you
Crying 'cause somebody cries
And you're crying 'cause everybody dies
And I'm crying over you
I see you working so hard to be a part of something better
It's not some big thing it's just what you do
But remember the yard when we gardened together?
I can't think of anything better than you
Now I know it's late, and I know you're trying
But your time I wouldn't take, and I'd never stop you crying
You're crying for the living things
And you're crying for the forgiven things
And I'm crying over you
Now, you know my ways, and you know that I'm
Also set ablaze by that same fire that makes you cry
And so I'm crying for the war and the dread
And I'm crying 'cause there's more ahead
And I'm crying over you
I'll go on crying for our animal friends
And I'll be crying 'til their suffering ends
While I'm crying over you
Lyrics submitted by rockstermonkey
The Unwanted Things Lyrics as written by Theodore F Leo
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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a different sound for them, but i like it all the same
nevermind the whole reggae sound, this song reminds me of something else very specific that I can't put my finger on...
it sounds really similar to "off the record" by my morning jacket, to me.
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The words always make my think he is talking about an abortion though. Anyone else? The haunted things, unwanted things, horney things, everybody dies..