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"
The sea said goodbye to the shore so the sun wouldn't notice
The seaweed that wrapped its arms around you
The carpet on my cheek feels like a forest
And I run through the tall trees with your hands chasing me
The books that I keep by my bags are full of your stories
That I drew up from a little dream of mine, a little nightmare of yours
To be asked to take this plunge, to forgive and forget
And be the better man, to be a better man, to be a better man
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my sister as well
The cat's silhouette, as big as a monster
In this concrete jungle, with streetlights hanging their heads
So make all your last demands, for I will forsake you
And I'll meet your eyes for the very first time, for the very last
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my sister as well
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my brother as well
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my sister as well
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my brother as well
I met a man today and he smiled back at me
Now there are thoughts like these that keep me on my feet
That keep me on my feet
The seaweed that wrapped its arms around you
The carpet on my cheek feels like a forest
And I run through the tall trees with your hands chasing me
The books that I keep by my bags are full of your stories
That I drew up from a little dream of mine, a little nightmare of yours
To be asked to take this plunge, to forgive and forget
And be the better man, to be a better man, to be a better man
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my sister as well
The cat's silhouette, as big as a monster
In this concrete jungle, with streetlights hanging their heads
So make all your last demands, for I will forsake you
And I'll meet your eyes for the very first time, for the very last
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my sister as well
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my brother as well
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my sister as well
So love me, mother
And love me, father
And love my brother as well
I met a man today and he smiled back at me
Now there are thoughts like these that keep me on my feet
That keep me on my feet
Lyrics submitted by Macuahuitl, edited by Killianma, Firen, LasseSand, Peachre, Joycenator3195
Sloom Lyrics as written by Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir Arnar Rosenkranz Hilmarsson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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"I met a man today and he smiled back at me Now there are thoughts like these that keep me on my feet, That keep me on my feet." --- when she met a man on the street who smiled back. She may or may not be dating someone in real life, but this is how this character slipped into her dreams. And the dream gave her some confidence / positive hope.
"The sea said goodbye to the shore so the sun wouldn't notice The seaweed that wrapped its arms around you" --- this is when the sun hits, the moment when we slowly transition from dream to reality. so this is the end
"The carpet on my cheek feels like the fall grass And I run through the tall trees with your hands chasing me" --- when things in reality go into your dream via touch. in this case, the carpet created the scene of a fall grass
"The books that I keep by my bags are full of your stories That I drew up from a little dream of mine, a little nightmare of yours" --- the man is based on her construction, so, as with all of our other dreams, the characters are our deepest dreams, nightmares, fears and realities
"To be asked to take this plunge, to forgive and forget And be the better man, to be a better man, to be a better man" --- in dreams, our logic goes away and it is like a complete brainwash. you forget who you are supposed to be with in real life. all of the dream is real to you
"So make all your last demands for I will forsake you And I'll meet your eyes for the very first time, for the very last" --- the man in her dream is a one-time romance. They will be together for the first time and for the very last time. So he is asking her: what do you want to make of this?
"So love me mother, and love me father, and love my sister as well So love me mother, and love me father, and love my brother as well So love me mother, and love me father, and love my sister as well So love me mother, and love me father, and love my brother as well" --- I interpret this part as a way to say love my everything, including my mother, father, sister, brother.... A way to describe two people who are completely in love with one another.
Of course, I could still be wrong. But I am in love with this interpretation of this song :) Don't we all have that one we pleasantly dreamed about, who we look back and smile about?