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Past, Present and Future Lyrics
(The past)
The past, well now let me tell you about the past...
The past is filled with violent joys and broken toys,
Laughing girls and teasing boys.
Was I ever in love? I called it love...
I mean, it felt like love,
There were moments when...
Well, there were moments when.
(The present)
Go out with you? Why not?
Do I like to dance? Of Course.
Take a walk along the beach tonight?
I'd love to,
But don't try to touch me, don't try to touch me
Cos that will never happen again.
Shall we dance?
(The future)
Tomorrow? Well, tomorrow's a long way off.
Maybe someday I'll have somebody's hand,
Maybe somewhere someone will understand.
You know I used to sing
'A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket.
I'm all packed up and I'm on my way
And I'm gonna fall in love.'
But at the moment it doesn't look good.
At the moment it will never happen again.
I don't think it will ever happen again.
The past, well now let me tell you about the past...
The past is filled with violent joys and broken toys,
Laughing girls and teasing boys.
Was I ever in love? I called it love...
I mean, it felt like love,
There were moments when...
Well, there were moments when.
Go out with you? Why not?
Do I like to dance? Of Course.
Take a walk along the beach tonight?
I'd love to,
But don't try to touch me, don't try to touch me
Cos that will never happen again.
Shall we dance?
Tomorrow? Well, tomorrow's a long way off.
Maybe someday I'll have somebody's hand,
Maybe somewhere someone will understand.
You know I used to sing
'A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket.
I'm all packed up and I'm on my way
And I'm gonna fall in love.'
But at the moment it doesn't look good.
At the moment it will never happen again.
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Submitted by
prisoner.i.was On Aug 16, 2007
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I know that a lot of the songs made back then were overly dramatic, and all who were involved with recording this song deny it...but I truly believe this song is about a girl who was raped, and it changed her forever. It's the coldness, the deadness of her soul in her voice. When you are young and have a relationship break up it seems like the whole world has ended, but it doesn't kill your soul like being raped. Having the actual whole world compartmentalized to Past, Present & Future. She's scared, scared to go on, scared to take any chances, where she used to be open. Thats not a broken heart, that's fear and a broken spirit.
there's a small mistake in the lyrics it's "silent joys" not "violent joys" i think this song is about a girl who was hurt either emotionally or physically by her first "love" and she's so scared that it will happen again that she is cutting herself off from love for the rest of her life