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"
Well, well look at you
Little miss has to pick the wounds
And that's so literal, and your so critical
Well if you feel like the scars and your cold you can saddle
I'm a man not a hand that, a friend not a servant
If you help me and ride
[Chorus]
I wouldn't call this dating
I'll get to know you the hard way
Like seriously that's what they say
Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to get out of bed
Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to have any friends
Come whisper in my ear, secret so profound ill forget to write it down
Now left here with, the memory of the best and worst thing ill ever love
[Chorus: x2]
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
[Chorus: x2]
That's what they say
Some things will never change
Some things will never
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Little miss has to pick the wounds
And that's so literal, and your so critical
Well if you feel like the scars and your cold you can saddle
I'm a man not a hand that, a friend not a servant
If you help me and ride
[Chorus]
I wouldn't call this dating
I'll get to know you the hard way
Like seriously that's what they say
Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to get out of bed
Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to have any friends
Come whisper in my ear, secret so profound ill forget to write it down
Now left here with, the memory of the best and worst thing ill ever love
[Chorus: x2]
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
[Chorus: x2]
That's what they say
Some things will never change
Some things will never
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Aren't we the perfect mess
Lyrics submitted by -YourFaceHereFkr-
A Perfect Mess Lyrics as written by Matt Good Derek Alan Bloom
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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are these the correct lyrics?
they look pretty good to me aramish187
meaning is quite literal of course!
they look pretty good to me aramish187
meaning is quite literal of course!
I love this song. New album rocks, a great come back from Heroine.. The lyrics are pretty straight forward
When I figured out they were saying "I'm a man not a handbag. A friend not a servant" I was driving and I laughed so hard I almost drove off the road. True Story.
HEre are the full lyrics
Well, well look at you little miss has to pick the wounds and that’s so literal, and your so critical well if you feel like there's cause to be cold you can straddle the stove I'm a man not a handbag, a friend not a servant is it hell being right all the time?
I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say
Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to get out of bed Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to have any friends Come whisper in my ear a secret so profound I'll forget to write it down Now left here with, the memory of the best and worst thing ill ever love
I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say
Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess
I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say That’s what they say Some things will never change Some things will never
Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess
HEre are the full lyrics
Well, well look at you little miss has to pick the wounds and that’s so literal, and your so critical well if you feel like there's cause to be cold you can straddle the stove I'm a man not a handbag, a friend not a servant is it hell being right all the time?
I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say
Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to get out of bed Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to have any friends Come whisper in my ear a secret so profound I'll forget to write it down Now left here with, the memory of the best and worst thing ill ever love
I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say
Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess
I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say That’s what they say Some things will never change Some things will never
Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess
HEre are the full lyrics
Well, well look at you little miss has to pick the wounds and that’s so literal, and your so critical well if you feel like there's cause to be cold you can straddle the stove I'm a man not a handbag, a friend not a servant is it hell being right all the time?
I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say
Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to get out of bed Well, well, well with a woman like you who needs to have any friends Come whisper in my ear a secret so profound I'll forget to write it down Now left here with, the memory of the best and worst thing ill ever love
I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say
Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess
I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say I wouldn’t call this dating Ill get to know you the hard way Life's bitter-sweet, that's what they say That’s what they say Some things will never change Some things will never
Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess Aren’t we the perfect mess
well the meaning to me is about is about a relationship in which the girl is more or less cruel messed cold.so she takes out her anger and everything out on the guy treating him horribly.
i really like this song
i agree with aramish187
just about a bad relationship