Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Long were the nights when
My days once revolved around you
Counting my footsteps
Praying the floor won't fall through again
And my mother accused me of losing my mind
But I swore I was fine
You paint me a blue sky
And go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game
But you changed the rules every day
Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone tonight
Well, I stopped picking up and this song is to let you know why
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home
I should've known
Well, maybe it's me
And my blind optimism to blame
Or maybe it's you and your sick need
To give love then take it away
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors
Who don't understand
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said
"Run as fast as you can"
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home
Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong
Don't you think nineteen's too young
To be played by your dark, twisted games when I loved you so?
I should've known
You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry
Never impressed by me acing your tests
All the girls that you've run dry have tired lifeless eyes
'Cause you burned them out
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
So don't look now
I'm shining like fireworks over your sad empty town
Oh, oh
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home
I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress wrote you a song
You should've known
You should've known
Don't you think I was too young?
You should've known
My days once revolved around you
Counting my footsteps
Praying the floor won't fall through again
And my mother accused me of losing my mind
But I swore I was fine
You paint me a blue sky
And go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game
But you changed the rules every day
Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone tonight
Well, I stopped picking up and this song is to let you know why
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home
I should've known
Well, maybe it's me
And my blind optimism to blame
Or maybe it's you and your sick need
To give love then take it away
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors
Who don't understand
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said
"Run as fast as you can"
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home
Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong
Don't you think nineteen's too young
To be played by your dark, twisted games when I loved you so?
I should've known
You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry
Never impressed by me acing your tests
All the girls that you've run dry have tired lifeless eyes
'Cause you burned them out
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
So don't look now
I'm shining like fireworks over your sad empty town
Oh, oh
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home
I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress wrote you a song
You should've known
You should've known
Don't you think I was too young?
You should've known
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I hadn't heard anything about Taylor Swift being romantically involved with John Mayer until about a month ago. Whether that's true or not, I do get the feeling that this song is about someone older than herself. She sings about being too young to be messed with, and that's not really something a nineteen year old says to another nineteen year old.
I think the song is about a teenage girl who thinks she is in love, believes it so much that she ignores the warnings to be careful and stay away from the guy. Then once she's actually in the relationship, she realizes that he isn't Prince Charming. She goes around on tiptoe for a little while, trying to do everything she can to keep things perfect between them, but in the end she has to get out before she really gets hurt.
I don't honestly know if I like this song yet. I'm kind of thinking I don't. It makes me kind of want to say to her, "Well, Taylor, what did you think you'd be getting yourself into with an older man? Stick to boys your own age if you can't handle it."
But of course, if it were about John Mayer after all, someone of his age ought to know better than to get involved with a girl so young as Taylor.
Either way, they both seem kind of foolish to me.
Thank you devilslittlesister! I completely agree. No one's doubting that this song is well written but it's pretty ridiculous how immature she was about the whole situation. She's acts so young even for her age (I'm 20 as well but sometimes I forget she is too) it's like did you really think dating an older man, like JOHN MAYER, would've been a good idea? Everyone's so happy that she wrote such a kick ass song to stick it into John's face but I think it's a little petty. John's definitely too old for her but girl's gotta take responsibility just like the rest of us.<br /> <br /> And I have to add that adding John Mayer's sound in the beginning of the song is so wrong to me. Write about whatever you want about whatever he did to you but don't steal his sound. John Mayer is an incredibly talented musician who has gone through 10 years of transitions of music and lyricism. If his sound is so easily heard than maybe Taylor should've stuck with her own music. It's not originally and it's not fair to mock John Mayer for it since his sound has nothing to do with his relationship with Taylor Swift. She does this with three other songs. Ridiculous.
"I don't honestly know if I like this song yet. I'm kind of thinking I don't. It makes me kind of want to say to her, "Well, Taylor, what did you think you'd be getting yourself into with an older man? Stick to boys your own age if you can't handle it.""<br /> <br /> That's really not fair to say. You haven't been in the situation, and you have no idea what it's like. Men like this have the ability to completely fool you, and when you're that young... Well it's hard to see through them.