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"
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
Everyday people
Attempt to find the ultimate sign
As the kids come down from the road of the block
I get chills when I hear them cry
As I picked him up I cleared his eyes
If it ain't worth the try?
In these dying times it's hard to change
You're calling in my ear and I hear.
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Now we're falling to the ground
(Yeah yeah yeah)
So get your hands up!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
Oh no officer, please no don't draw your gun
I'm on the run it's a state of mind
See these banking corporates fake and whine
Make you live the life they define
Do you even know what's going on?
I don't mean to sound miserable
It's written all along and I hear
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Are we headed to the end?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
So get your hands up!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
This time around we shall march to battle
And bring victory to the people
Isn't that what you want?
Isn't that what we've wanted all along?
Watch the outcome
I'll give you the outcome!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Now we're falling to the ground
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Is this the end?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
I guess we'll never wake up
(Yeah yeah yeah)
So get your hands up!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
You're just fucking killing me!
You're just fucking killing me!
You're just fucking killing me!
You're just fucking killing me!
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
Everyday people
Attempt to find the ultimate sign
As the kids come down from the road of the block
I get chills when I hear them cry
As I picked him up I cleared his eyes
If it ain't worth the try?
In these dying times it's hard to change
You're calling in my ear and I hear.
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Now we're falling to the ground
(Yeah yeah yeah)
So get your hands up!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
Oh no officer, please no don't draw your gun
I'm on the run it's a state of mind
See these banking corporates fake and whine
Make you live the life they define
Do you even know what's going on?
I don't mean to sound miserable
It's written all along and I hear
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Are we headed to the end?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
So get your hands up!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
This time around we shall march to battle
And bring victory to the people
Isn't that what you want?
Isn't that what we've wanted all along?
Watch the outcome
I'll give you the outcome!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Now we're falling to the ground
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Is this the end?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
I guess we'll never wake up
(Yeah yeah yeah)
So get your hands up!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you want from me?
(Yeah yeah yeah)
What you doin' to me?
What you want from me?
You're just fucking killing me!
You're just fucking killing me!
You're just fucking killing me!
You're just fucking killing me!
You're just fucking killing me!
Lyrics submitted by ShyParanoidChik
Yeah Yeah Yeah Lyrics as written by David Boyd Soren Hansen
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Woot anti-obama =3
how is this anti-obama? the only political part of this song is when he talks about "banking corporates", meaning its about the recession, bail outs, and how the government fucked up handling it. but he's still only directly blaming the banks, while saying the police are chasing the wrong people (there's your anti-government piece). but that's still not anti-obama, remember Congress didn't pass anything meaningful to punish/control the banks. i think it's just an anthem for people pissed off about how economics work in this country- the rich get richer while the poor get poorer (and arrested)<br /> <br /> still a kick-ass song though!
AH THIS SONG IS SO GREAT.
i think it's about the people above everyone having too much control over us.
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