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"
Boys talk them down on the sidelines
Watching, wishing they was playing the game
We playing, but it's all good though
Paul Wall, Brooke, waddup, baby?
(One, two, Paul wall)
Naw
(I was talkin')
Naw
Okay
Hey
What it Do
I hear the commentators on the side chatta boxin'
Paul Wall and Brooke got all the paparazzi watchin'
I hear 'em jaw japin', bumpin' gums, chasin' crumbs
We ain't concerned with them bums; we accumaltin' funds
Flash the wrist, got the Johnny Dane watch froze
Five karot VV yellow stone in my earlobe
I'm squashin' chatta when the light hit the pink ring
Starch N clean, white cuff on the lean
See me in the new Benz 'cause I'm oh so ballin'
Or an old school stag with the fifth wheel fallin'
We got em talkin', but really they ain't sayin' too much
Just speculatin' with that gossip
Truth is, they don't know about us
[Chorus]
I see your lips movin', but I don't hear nothin' (naw)
Everybody talkin' like they really know somethin' 'bout us
(They don't know, baby)
But they don't know nothin' 'bout us
(They don't know, baby)
(They don't know about us)
I see your lips movin', but I don't hear nothin' (naw)
Everybody talkin' like they really wanna know about us
(They don't know, baby)
They don't know nothin' 'bout us
(They don't know about us, baby)
Talk to 'em, Brooke
I'm just tryin' a live, but you're all up in my grill
How's a girl to breath with the media
Starin' down my mouth with a four inch lens
I just wanna hit the bar with some of my friends
They talkin' 'bout us, so I guess we doin' something right
Ballin' in the mix with the camera light shinin' bright
They know we caked up, but they don't know how much we worth
Papo stacked to the ceilin' all because we put in work
Picture your ass in my shoes, pop story in the news
Every day is somethin' new, everybody's watchin' you
(For real) But they ain't sayin' nuthin', they ain't heard nuthin'
Everybody's just frontin', it's what they do
[Chorus]
Stop, stop, stop
I'm not listening, you can save your breath
I don't wanna hear the rumors people are spreading
Why, why do people go out of their way to try to bring us down?
They don't know nothin' 'bout us
[Chorus]
They don't know, baby
Naw
Watching, wishing they was playing the game
We playing, but it's all good though
Paul Wall, Brooke, waddup, baby?
(One, two, Paul wall)
Naw
(I was talkin')
Naw
Okay
Hey
What it Do
I hear the commentators on the side chatta boxin'
Paul Wall and Brooke got all the paparazzi watchin'
I hear 'em jaw japin', bumpin' gums, chasin' crumbs
We ain't concerned with them bums; we accumaltin' funds
Flash the wrist, got the Johnny Dane watch froze
Five karot VV yellow stone in my earlobe
I'm squashin' chatta when the light hit the pink ring
Starch N clean, white cuff on the lean
See me in the new Benz 'cause I'm oh so ballin'
Or an old school stag with the fifth wheel fallin'
We got em talkin', but really they ain't sayin' too much
Just speculatin' with that gossip
Truth is, they don't know about us
[Chorus]
I see your lips movin', but I don't hear nothin' (naw)
Everybody talkin' like they really know somethin' 'bout us
(They don't know, baby)
But they don't know nothin' 'bout us
(They don't know, baby)
(They don't know about us)
I see your lips movin', but I don't hear nothin' (naw)
Everybody talkin' like they really wanna know about us
(They don't know, baby)
They don't know nothin' 'bout us
(They don't know about us, baby)
Talk to 'em, Brooke
I'm just tryin' a live, but you're all up in my grill
How's a girl to breath with the media
Starin' down my mouth with a four inch lens
I just wanna hit the bar with some of my friends
They talkin' 'bout us, so I guess we doin' something right
Ballin' in the mix with the camera light shinin' bright
They know we caked up, but they don't know how much we worth
Papo stacked to the ceilin' all because we put in work
Picture your ass in my shoes, pop story in the news
Every day is somethin' new, everybody's watchin' you
(For real) But they ain't sayin' nuthin', they ain't heard nuthin'
Everybody's just frontin', it's what they do
[Chorus]
Stop, stop, stop
I'm not listening, you can save your breath
I don't wanna hear the rumors people are spreading
Why, why do people go out of their way to try to bring us down?
They don't know nothin' 'bout us
[Chorus]
They don't know, baby
Naw
Lyrics submitted by SongMeanings
About Us Lyrics as written by Jason Boyd Paul Wall
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.