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"
Lovely disguise
Read between the lines
You rock the magic plane with no abbreviation
Three, four
You sell what you bought
And there ain't no magic pen
To get back what you lost
I like it when we talk about love
I like it when we talk about love
You always were my favorite drug
Even when we used to take drugs
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Penguins don't fly
Crocodile Sunday smile
Really love to fish
But don't like superficial people
Shoe store
Heard it all before
From pearly whites to pearly gates
What do we have to argue 'bout?
I like it when we talk about love
I like it when we talk about love
You always were my favorite drug
Even when we used to take drugs
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Leave me all alone before
Get out the way
Never did what she was told
Get out the way
Seems to play at time of war
Get out the way
Less is big and listens more
Get out the way
Lovely disguise
Read between the lines
You rock the magic plane with no abbreviation
Three, four
You sell what you bought
And there ain't no magic pen
To get back what you lost
I like it when we talk about love
I like it when we talk about love
You always were my favorite drug
Even when we used to take drugs
Even when we used to take
Used to take
Even when we used to take
T-t-take
Even when we used to take
Used to take
Even when we used to take
T-t-take
Used to take
Read between the lines
You rock the magic plane with no abbreviation
Three, four
You sell what you bought
And there ain't no magic pen
To get back what you lost
I like it when we talk about love
I like it when we talk about love
You always were my favorite drug
Even when we used to take drugs
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Penguins don't fly
Crocodile Sunday smile
Really love to fish
But don't like superficial people
Shoe store
Heard it all before
From pearly whites to pearly gates
What do we have to argue 'bout?
I like it when we talk about love
I like it when we talk about love
You always were my favorite drug
Even when we used to take drugs
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Even when we used to take
Leave me all alone before
Get out the way
Never did what she was told
Get out the way
Seems to play at time of war
Get out the way
Less is big and listens more
Get out the way
Lovely disguise
Read between the lines
You rock the magic plane with no abbreviation
Three, four
You sell what you bought
And there ain't no magic pen
To get back what you lost
I like it when we talk about love
I like it when we talk about love
You always were my favorite drug
Even when we used to take drugs
Even when we used to take
Used to take
Even when we used to take
T-t-take
Even when we used to take
Used to take
Even when we used to take
T-t-take
Used to take
Lyrics submitted by lagwagon182
Between the Lines Lyrics as written by Robert Emile Deleo Dean Deleo
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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oh and btw...
this song and come as you are by nirvana are what i call bullshit songs.. meaning i scream BULLSHIT during certain parts of both songs
STP Between the Lines "even when we used to take drugs" - Weiland BULLSHIT!!
Nirvana - Come as you Are "No i dont have a gun" - Cobain BULLSHIT!!
LMAO
nirvana sucks... thats all i wanted to say
good band... but not top 5 of the 90s
the girl in the music video is so hot... damn the things i would do to her ass...
yeah my tongue wants to live in her ass
the first verse is insane!!
For me this song is related in some way to "Interstate Love Song", seems like Interstate was about rupture and moving on; and "Between the Lines" about return with the girl and starting over
you guys wanna know the meaning to "between the lines"??
ok here it is..
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woooo this song is up for a grammy! would be great to see STP win another grammy!
Its actually a pretty good song, you cant compare it to their past works and say its crap STP are moving forward, if you're looking for another plush than yeah you're gonna be disappointed. The lyrics are also wrong
thank you... dont buy the new album looking for the next plush.. buy it to enjoy the vibe of the album... excellent album btw.. gotta be album of the year and probaly gonna win some grammys
i think the song holds up pretty well against STP's classics IMO
That may be. I'm not comparing it to "Plush". But on its own, I don't beleive the song holds up. The writing is terrible and the music is so pedestrian. It sounds like the type of song you'd do when you're either <br /> <br /> A) Fulfilling a record contract.<br /> B) You're having a reunion, but just for the money only.<br /> <br />
I don't get this site... you say feel free to fix the lyrics, but I don't see any way how. I just want to switch out a few apostrophes since "ain't" looks like ain[symbol]t, which is so annoying.
anyway sweet song, and yeah, obviously it's not like Core... it's supposed to be 60s-ish with good production value. I like it, at any rate.
produced by the deleo bros