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Clevermind Lyrics
Looking at the road that rises up ahead
I thought I'd learned a thing or two
But this is where it's all made new
N' I gotta throw my hands up
I can't go on if I can't stop
Look the leaves are dead
The moments gone, there's no surrender
Forever now unsaid
The words that might've warmed december
Cos it's all inside your head
Like fragments of a dream you remember
So never mind, your clever mind, never mind me
Staring at the ceiling from my bed
I thought I'd earned a chance or few
Thought I'd be paid in due
Time isn't made for waiting
Past isn't worth debating
Look the leaves are dead...
Feeling like a fool again
Just need a new direction
A new beginning, a new beginning
I can't hold back and I can't hold on
It's all about gratification
See me running, see me running
Look the leaves are dead
The moments gone, there's no surrender
Forever now unsaid
The words that might've warmed december
Cos it's all inside your head
Like fragments of a dream you remember
So never mind, your clever mind, never mind me
I thought I'd learned a thing or two
But this is where it's all made new
N' I gotta throw my hands up
I can't go on if I can't stop
The moments gone, there's no surrender
Forever now unsaid
The words that might've warmed december
Cos it's all inside your head
Like fragments of a dream you remember
So never mind, your clever mind, never mind me
I thought I'd earned a chance or few
Thought I'd be paid in due
Time isn't made for waiting
Past isn't worth debating
Just need a new direction
A new beginning, a new beginning
I can't hold back and I can't hold on
It's all about gratification
See me running, see me running
The moments gone, there's no surrender
Forever now unsaid
The words that might've warmed december
Cos it's all inside your head
Like fragments of a dream you remember
So never mind, your clever mind, never mind me
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to me it sounds like they say "i can't go back and i can't hold on"
basically, this song is about moving on. something has changed, something's too late. must most likely be about a relationship.. someone had a dream, a chance to say something, to do something.. and suddenly it was too late... they simply have to move on.
i love the line "our time isn't made for waiting and past isn't worth debating" it's so true..
Such a uniqe song. Still, the meaning is a bit unclear for me. Anyone want to give it a shot?
I agree that it's about a lost relationship. The person keeps thinking of what they could have done to fix it ("words that might have warmed December", "forever now unsaid"). They think they'd have "earned a chance or few" but there's nothing more they can do. Their inner voice is trying to reason "Look the leaves are dead" (this and "December" refer to winter - the coldness that remains) and "I gotta throw my hands up / I can't go on if I can't stop" - it's better to admit it's over or they cannot go on to new beginnings.
I do wonder why the title "Clevermind". Probably referring to how the person is wiser now ("learned a thing or two") but "never mind" - because it's too late.
A pretty accurate description of my own breakup (except it was November :P). And I'm glad the "winter" is over now ;)
To me this song is about regretting thinking things through until the chance to act passes you by, whether it be about a relationship or not.