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"
Light the force that's on my back and get right with you
Light the force that's on my back and get right with you
I push down to win you
Because it isn't too important
Light the force that's on my back and get right with you
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
Hold my head down again, just like before
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
Imitation now
Jenny want to ride in snow
I can will it to push down some more, some more
Light the force that's on my back and get right with you
You're lying down while getting up could get right with you
You're calming down I'm getting hard, could get right with you
Light the force that's on my back and get right with you
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
Hold my head down again, just like before
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
It's so obvious
You're just a temptress
Swap neurosis-es
But we're running out of time
We're running out of time
We're running out of time
To keep myself in line
Millions of creatures could open my eyes
So hold my head down again, please
Oh, hold my head down again, bring back some more
Hold my head down again, just like before
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
Light the force that's on my back and get right with you
I push down to win you
Because it isn't too important
Light the force that's on my back and get right with you
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
Hold my head down again, just like before
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
Imitation now
Jenny want to ride in snow
I can will it to push down some more, some more
Light the force that's on my back and get right with you
You're lying down while getting up could get right with you
You're calming down I'm getting hard, could get right with you
Light the force that's on my back and get right with you
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
Hold my head down again, just like before
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
It's so obvious
You're just a temptress
Swap neurosis-es
But we're running out of time
We're running out of time
We're running out of time
To keep myself in line
Millions of creatures could open my eyes
So hold my head down again, please
Oh, hold my head down again, bring back some more
Hold my head down again, just like before
Hold my head down again, bring back some more
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It's about a make-up/break-up relationship. "Right with you" means being your man again. I want to be right with you. "Light the force that's on my back" is kind of like "put a fire under my seat," or "motivate me."
---the first part of the song is a reflection on how they met--- "I push down to win you, because it isn't too important." << He's pushing down certain feelings within that prevent him from being with her. "It isn't too important." "Imitation now. Jenny wanna ride in snow" <<He's feeling kind of fake being with her and acting silly with her, but he keeps pushing down those feelings.
--that was just a little reflection, the song is really about getting back together--- "it's so obvious. You're a temptress" << he knows that they're not right together, she keeps messing with his head. "swap neurosises" << they've both got problems. they shouldn't be together. "Running out of time/keep myself in line" <<if she doesn't stop, he'll fall for her again, and he'll give into trying to make it work again.
"Millions of creatures could open my eyes" << lot's of fish in the sea. any one of them could be a better match.
"hold my head down again, bring back some more" <<if they go out again, it'll just be more punishment.
This is not a very eloquent analysis of this song. I hope someone comes after me and either refutes me, or does something with my idea.
It cut out some of my comments.<br /> <br /> "running out of time/keep myself in line" -> can he control himself? or will he give in and go out with her again?<br /> <br /> "hold my head down again, bring back some more" -> it's like he's saying this to her sarcastically. "yeah, just hold my head down again, bring back some more, I want to go through that again."<br /> <br /> By the way...I'm sort of projecting because a similar situation is happening to me right now. I'm probably just reading into the lyrics to make them explain what's happening in my life.