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"
I've scraped the glass for crumbs, and asked the mirror for some truth.
I've loaded my body with chemicals.
It was no use.
'Cause retribution's coming for the years of this abuse.
And I can't get away, and still I can't get close enough to you.
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste.
Something scares me in this place, I self-destruct for days.
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste of all the things I need to face.
But it's all so fake.
It's a constant reminder of what I can and cannot have.
The smell, the taste, it's all just fake, the truth is what I lack
so I will keep on running and keep my head above the ground,
and I will look for you in places you cannot be found.
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste.
You won't go away, still I've been gone for days.
"It's okay," a voice says.
"We all look elsewhere,"
it's true that I look elsewhere for you.
I've loaded my body with chemicals.
It was no use.
'Cause retribution's coming for the years of this abuse.
And I can't get away, and still I can't get close enough to you.
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste.
Something scares me in this place, I self-destruct for days.
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste of all the things I need to face.
But it's all so fake.
It's a constant reminder of what I can and cannot have.
The smell, the taste, it's all just fake, the truth is what I lack
so I will keep on running and keep my head above the ground,
and I will look for you in places you cannot be found.
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste.
You won't go away, still I've been gone for days.
"It's okay," a voice says.
"We all look elsewhere,"
it's true that I look elsewhere for you.
Lyrics submitted by topherc3103
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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God and Drugs is about how people try to substitute their addictions for the need of God ("look elsewhere"). These false gods aren't necessarily drugs (a metaphor the title suggests) but can include money and material possessions that people idolize and crave instead of God. And they get the same comfort and relation with their addictions than they did through God, which eventually leaves them in a rut. But come to the realization that God is the ONLY thing that will truly always be there and never go away.
Sure, the Classic Crime do not label themselves Christian Band because of their problems with the CCM industry. But they surely do deal with God and Christian themes in their music through some of their songs, as well as keep it general enough so that anyone, even people outside the Christian faith, can relate to their songs and messages. What an amazing band.
dan, if you want anyone except christians to listen to them, then they have to create music, not make praise, they are spreading the gospel.."They need to tell people that simple faith in what Jesus did can save them from eternal death!"..if someone listens to their music, they can be moved towards searching for that, but they cant put the lyrics "jesus is Lord" in every song, the bible doesnt even do that, it points you toward Jesus, it deals with all of life, so...yea
Simple meaning. :] He tried to replace God for drugs. it ruined him. A wake up call that he needs God to live and cant run from Him. He looked elsewhere for the satisfaction that God gives.
well the meaning is true, but it never says he tried to "run" from God. He's just looking for him so that he can help him get away from drugs.
Ya i agree with Hockey2skate. I think the song is about him doing all types of drugs and relizing that he's just wasting away. and that he need someone bigger then himself to help him.
lifesamist is right. it's not our job to convince people that they need something they don't want. they have to come to that realization themselves or through people relating to them much like through this song. matt is saying here, "hey...i was there before. this is what helped me."
and when people find someone that's been where they are, believe me, they'll want to hear more. maybe they pick up the album and hear more of their songs.
there are more effective ways to bring people to the one person that can save them than just flat out saying, "you dont want to burn forever right? then find jesus." that line of thinking only pushes people away.
spread love, not fear.
God and Drugs is truly amazing. What a moving piece of work.
All the things God can give him, he looked for in drugs. Later he found out God is much better than drugs.
going off of what lifesamist said... i learned by listening to this band in particular that you can't just shove the gospel down a nonbeliever's throat, it just doesn't work like that. they can't be spiritually moved by force. i was really impressed with the way the lyrics of their songs have the ability to move spiritually without being obvious, since most nonbelievers are postmodernists who feel uncomfortable with force and i keep trying to tell my family that... anyway, this song is one of my favorite ones by this band, because it's so easy to relate to (ideally, not always specifically). because everyone needs god, the truth, and hardly anyone wants to accept the truth, they turn to harmful earthly things.
Hans leopard pretty much hit it on the dot. In reponse to what he says aboutthe band themselves I would have to say that because they "keep it general enough so that anyone, even people outside the Christian faith, can relate to their songs and messages." It is this very thing that makes them flawed. IF they don't let the listener know what it is they are trying to say then they can never real make a difference. Especially in the spiritual sense. I believe that these guys are Christians whether they call themselves a Christian band or not, but if they are then they are failing in their job to bring others to Christ. There are millions of people out there destined for Hell and eternal torture in the lake of fire and if these guys have the key to save themselves and others how can they honestly stand there and keep their messages vague. I think this band needs to be alot more clear in share the Gospel, the Jesus Died for our sins was buried and rose again. They need to tell people that simple faith in what Jesus did can save them from eternal death! What a message! This is what the band should be dealing with!