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"
You waited your whole life for things to change
You held breath so long you've got nothin' to say to me
Goodbye, I got friends
And sometimes we just get high
So don't try to pretend, don't even try
You had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die and you let a good thing go
I've built a new life, made a brand new start
So shame on you, you selfish fool
You broke your own damn heart
Goodbye, I got friends
And somethings you can't deny
So don't try and defend, don't even try
'Cause you had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die, yeah you let a good thing go
You had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die, yeah you let a good thing go
Did you get what you want from me?
I've done things you can't believe
I'm not that person anymore
I'm so much different than before
You have no idea
You have no idea
You waited your whole life for things to change
You held your breath for so long you got nothin' to say to me
Goodbye, I got friends and sometimes we just get high
So don't try to defend, don't even try
You had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die, yeah you let a good thing go
You had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die, yeah you let a good thing go
You held breath so long you've got nothin' to say to me
Goodbye, I got friends
And sometimes we just get high
So don't try to pretend, don't even try
You had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die and you let a good thing go
I've built a new life, made a brand new start
So shame on you, you selfish fool
You broke your own damn heart
Goodbye, I got friends
And somethings you can't deny
So don't try and defend, don't even try
'Cause you had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die, yeah you let a good thing go
You had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die, yeah you let a good thing go
Did you get what you want from me?
I've done things you can't believe
I'm not that person anymore
I'm so much different than before
You have no idea
You have no idea
You waited your whole life for things to change
You held your breath for so long you got nothin' to say to me
Goodbye, I got friends and sometimes we just get high
So don't try to defend, don't even try
You had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die, yeah you let a good thing go
You had what everyone wants, don't you know?
You just watched everything die, yeah you let a good thing go
Lyrics submitted by Mooncutter
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Such a great song! Where is the new album? Is it even coming? Does anyone know if this song was an old one but not ever released? Where is jealous sound, It seems to me they are pretty much dead. Anyway there is hope for us! well maybe. Go Jealous Sound!
no new album. this ep(got friends ep) is just made of old recordings that didn't find their way to a proper album bc the band split up. super feel good song.
It's "I get by, I got friends" not "Goodbye"
Blair asserts that the band is not broken up, and that new material is forthcoming. Also, there has been no official website, myspace, or Militia Group announcement of the break up.
The band did break up for a short period of time and Got Friends was just made up of old recordings that never made an actual album....BUT the band is now back together and have already started recording there new album. Blair needed some time to deal with some issues, but as of the new year has moved back to the west coast and has begun recording. More will be posted soon on there Myspace so STAY TUNED!
The band did break up for a short period of time and Got Friends was just made up of old recordings that never made an actual album....BUT the band is now back together and have already started recording there new album. Blair needed some time to deal with some issues, but as of the new year has moved back to the west coast and has begun recording. More will be posted soon on there Myspace so STAY TUNED!