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"
Let us try to think, try to paint the picture.
Living on, have to feel this way.
(Looking for something to believe in)
Looking for something to believe in,
I think I've done my time. (My time)
One by one the pieces fall,
Tell me what it is to believe.
You can tell, changed by their faces.
There are always signs!
I am just still to the puzzle,
Grab a piece of light!
Give me tending, I can't handle everything,
You'll never understand me. (Light)
And I don't care what you think, (Light)
Or maybe I do!
(One by one the pieces fall)
One by one the pieces fall!
Tell me what it feels to believe!
You can tell, changed by their faces.
There are always signs!
I am just still to the puzzle,
Grab a piece of light!
Grab a piece of light!(Light)
You can tell, changed by their faces.
There are always signs!
I am just still to the puzzle,
Grab a piece of light!
You can tell, changed by their faces.
There are always signs!
I am just still to the puzzle,
Grab a piece of light! (Light)
Living on, have to feel this way.
(Looking for something to believe in)
Looking for something to believe in,
I think I've done my time. (My time)
One by one the pieces fall,
Tell me what it is to believe.
You can tell, changed by their faces.
There are always signs!
I am just still to the puzzle,
Grab a piece of light!
Give me tending, I can't handle everything,
You'll never understand me. (Light)
And I don't care what you think, (Light)
Or maybe I do!
(One by one the pieces fall)
One by one the pieces fall!
Tell me what it feels to believe!
You can tell, changed by their faces.
There are always signs!
I am just still to the puzzle,
Grab a piece of light!
Grab a piece of light!(Light)
You can tell, changed by their faces.
There are always signs!
I am just still to the puzzle,
Grab a piece of light!
You can tell, changed by their faces.
There are always signs!
I am just still to the puzzle,
Grab a piece of light! (Light)
Lyrics submitted by JessInFlames, edited by sinrise
The Puzzle Lyrics as written by Bjorn Gelotte Anders Friden
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I have the booklet here, and the lyrics go like this:
And I tried to think, tried to paint the picture I lived it all, wouldn't have to feel this way Looking for something to believe in, I think I've done my time One by one the pieces fall, tell me what it is to believe
You can tell days by their faces There are always signs Answers to the puzzle Grab a piece of the light
Keep pretending I can handle everything You'll never understand me And I don't care what you think Or maybe I do?
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It feels like they are talking about artists in general that have lost their inspiration for their work. They try to find the motivation to continue, all the while pretending not to care what their peers think, but they actually do.
Such a good song!! Can anyone comment or correct the chorus?
It's either: You can tell..changed by their faces... or You can tell...days by their faces or You can tell..change by their faces
Thanks :)
According to the booklet the chorus would be:
"You can tell days by their faces, There are always signs, Answers to the puzzle,
Grab a piece of the light"
And a small addendum :) The first verse starts off as "And I tried to think, tried to paint the picture"
And holy mother of Moses I love the outro