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"
We dont admit it but we never seen eye to eye
My hobby's moaning and yours is making money
It's always a shock when old friends pass by
But with you its no death in the family
Lets not talk about hate when theres hell to pay
For my cowardice and your bad timing
We dont admit it but we never seen eye to eye
But its not through a lack of trying
It was the perfect disease we had
Something to argue and scream about
Who do I see about contracting it back?
And locking it somewhere it cant get ripped out
It was the perfect disease we had
And its absence lies a painful fact
We all need someone to drive us mad
I didnt say it but you never were the honest type
You tried to fabricate a bedtime story
And now I miss those games we had of Jekyll and Hyde
Ever since the day that we parted company
Dont send a helping hand
I need a battering ram
To beat the reasons that I miss you so sorely
We didnt say it but we never saw eye to eye
Now life is carefree and equally as boring
It was the perfect disease we had
Something to argue and scream about
Who can I see about contracting it back?
And locking it somewhere it can't get ripped out
It was the perfect disease we had
And in its absence lies a painful fact
We all need someone to drive us mad
I need you in the tv
I need you on the train
I need you every single which way
I need you in the mirrors
I need you in my bed
I needed you to wreck my head
I need you in the tv
I need you on the train
I need you just to stand in my way
I need you in the mirrors
I need you in my bed
It was the perfect disease we had
Something to argue and scream about
Who can I see about contracting it back?
And locking it somewhere it can't get ripped out
It was the perfect disease we had
And its absence lies a painful fact
We all need someone to drive us mad
My hobby's moaning and yours is making money
It's always a shock when old friends pass by
But with you its no death in the family
Lets not talk about hate when theres hell to pay
For my cowardice and your bad timing
We dont admit it but we never seen eye to eye
But its not through a lack of trying
It was the perfect disease we had
Something to argue and scream about
Who do I see about contracting it back?
And locking it somewhere it cant get ripped out
It was the perfect disease we had
And its absence lies a painful fact
We all need someone to drive us mad
I didnt say it but you never were the honest type
You tried to fabricate a bedtime story
And now I miss those games we had of Jekyll and Hyde
Ever since the day that we parted company
Dont send a helping hand
I need a battering ram
To beat the reasons that I miss you so sorely
We didnt say it but we never saw eye to eye
Now life is carefree and equally as boring
It was the perfect disease we had
Something to argue and scream about
Who can I see about contracting it back?
And locking it somewhere it can't get ripped out
It was the perfect disease we had
And in its absence lies a painful fact
We all need someone to drive us mad
I need you in the tv
I need you on the train
I need you every single which way
I need you in the mirrors
I need you in my bed
I needed you to wreck my head
I need you in the tv
I need you on the train
I need you just to stand in my way
I need you in the mirrors
I need you in my bed
It was the perfect disease we had
Something to argue and scream about
Who can I see about contracting it back?
And locking it somewhere it can't get ripped out
It was the perfect disease we had
And its absence lies a painful fact
We all need someone to drive us mad
Lyrics submitted by LyricsKing, edited by gormster
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Lyrics are spot on. A lot of sites have "My heartbeat". It is certainly hobby because it makes much more sense. For me it is a song about a girl and a boy who recently broke up and he feels that although they've made each other angry and sad they were a good thing and he wants her back. Great song!
I think it's about two people who have a love/hate relationship. They're two opposites but opposites attract so it's not necessarily a bad thing. He likes how she makes him feel, even though most of time its anger. Even though they argue to only separate and then get back together, he likes it and wants to get it back every time they lose it. We all need someone who is equally crazy and brings out our crazy, that shows love.
The lyrics need editing: "My heartbeat's moaning and yours is making money" and "Who do I see about contracting it back?", "I need you to wreck my head."
Otherwise, heard this on the radio for the release of the album, really hooked. As far as break-ups go I love the song for the bitterness.
-alnastra
@alnastra the lyrics are correct. "My hobby is moaning, and yours is making money"<br /> <br /> Dude whines for a hobby, the girl makes money as a hobby.