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"
Stand Clear of the closing doors.
Punch in your sleazy dignity.
It's almost time to eyeball those interns.
Eight hours of conference calls.
(One) eight hours of brown nosing.
(One, two) eight hours of boardrooms.
(One, two, three) eight balls of white godliness.
Put down the pen paperweight pig.
Insatiable wants and greed.
Put down the pen paperweight pig.
Hang your head for what you lead.
The weekends are the only time I really live.
The cancer lies within us all.
They can't whisper when they wanna scream.
They can't work as a team.
When they wanna be covered in whipped cream.
Kiss your wife, not that intern.
Corporate world has no u-turn.
If you applied, then just don't return.
Business mastercards used for lapdances.
Money under the table for congressmen.
For those broken environment regulations.
Anything is possible in the corporate world.
Million dollar compensation for executives.
While posting billion dollar quarter loses.
Trapped in a cubical I'm throwing a party in my head.
It's all meaningless
Punch in your sleazy dignity.
It's almost time to eyeball those interns.
Eight hours of conference calls.
(One) eight hours of brown nosing.
(One, two) eight hours of boardrooms.
(One, two, three) eight balls of white godliness.
Put down the pen paperweight pig.
Insatiable wants and greed.
Put down the pen paperweight pig.
Hang your head for what you lead.
The weekends are the only time I really live.
The cancer lies within us all.
They can't whisper when they wanna scream.
They can't work as a team.
When they wanna be covered in whipped cream.
Kiss your wife, not that intern.
Corporate world has no u-turn.
If you applied, then just don't return.
Business mastercards used for lapdances.
Money under the table for congressmen.
For those broken environment regulations.
Anything is possible in the corporate world.
Million dollar compensation for executives.
While posting billion dollar quarter loses.
Trapped in a cubical I'm throwing a party in my head.
It's all meaningless
Lyrics submitted by bobpage16
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Stand Clear of the closing doors. Punch in your sleazy dignity. It's almost time to eyeball those interns.
Eight hours of conference calls. (One) eight hours of brown nosing. (One, two) eight hours of boardrooms. (One, two, three) eight balls of white godliness. (One, two, three, four)
Put down the pen paperweight pig. Insatiable wants and greed. Put down the pen paperweight pig. Hang your head for what you lead.
The weekends are the only time I really live. The cancer lies within us all. The weekends are the only time I really live. The cancer lies within us all. They can't whisper when they wanna scream. They can't work as a team. When they wanna be covered in whipped... When they wanna be covered in whipped cream.
Kiss your wife, not that intern. Kiss your wife, not that intern. Corporate world has no u-turn. Corporate world has no u-turn. If you applied, then just don't return.
Business mastercards used for lapdances. Money under the table for congressmen. For those broken environment regulations.
Kiss your wife, not that intern. Kiss your wife, not that intern. Corporate world has no u-turn. Corporate world has no u-turn.
Anything is possible in the corporate world. Million dollar compensation for executives. While posting billion dollar quarter loses. Trapped in a cubical I'm throwing a party in my head. It's all meaningless
Put down the pen paperweight pig. Insatiable wants and greed. Put down the pen paperweight pig. Hang your head for what you lead..
okay that last comment is pointless... all you did was put the lyrics in order when anyone can do that themselves when they listen to the song...
but anyhow, THE DOG-EAT-DOG CORPORATE WORLD
its kind of obvious
and no, theres no underlying meaning, no metaphor, its just straight out
Nope there was also some mistakes in the text that I've corrected..