Forever

WTF, these lyrics are so wrong. "Together we suck", um, what?!

My gosh, why bother if you don't even know what they're saying? The correct lyrics are:

Hey you Remember me? Remember love? Remember trying to stay together? My time, you took it all You tried to see You tried to bring yourself up without involving me It isn't fair, to have your way To try and get up and go and na na na na now can't you see It isn't fair to have your way But I'm trying to get your attention and I need you to know that

Hey you! Hey you! Can't you make this sane? I know, I know, I know you ain't the one to play the game Now I know I'm never gonna go your way If you go, now I know, I know know know

Forever we tried to make it right Together we saw the end in sight I'm tired of fighting the good fight If you say the word then I'll say goodbye

Forever I see you and me Forever I'll try for you and I No I never believed in their insight Just another good reason to get it right

I don't want to turn around So come on baby Come on and try to let it out Let go We're still the same So come on baby Trigger the sound, lets figure it out Let's get back to where we started out

Hey you! Hey you! Can't you make this sane? I know, I know, I know you ain't the one to play the game Now I know I'm never gonna go your way If you go, now I know, I know know know

Forever we tried to make it right Together we saw the end in sight I'm tired of fighting the good fight If you say the word then I'll say goodbye

Forever I see you and me Forever I'll try for you and I No I never believed in their insight Just another good reason to get it right

Go go go go get out, get out of my memory No no no not tonight, I don't have the energy

Go go go go get out, get out of my memory No no no not tonight, oh not tonight, oh not tonight

Forever we tried to make it right Together we saw the end in sight I'm tired of fighting the good fight If you say the word then I'll say goodbye

Forever I see you and me Forever I'll try for you and I No I never believed in their insight Just another good reason to get it right

This is really important to me that it's right because it my favorite song from them. It's about a couple whose spent more time trying to fix their relationship that actually having one. They tried to get it right and even when people told them they weren't right for each other, they wanted to prove them wrong and stay together (we never believed in their insight, just another good reason to get it right). Now she sees that he's giving up and she wants to, too, because she's tired of fighting for them, but it's been so long and they've tried so hard, she can't seem to do it.

This song makes me think of a relationship, so much has happened and he's given up on her, eventhough he told her 'forever' and shes saying she will always try for them and she won't give up no matter what she knows they will be together. she tries to fight feeling sad but sometimes she doesnt have the energy to keep her feelings under control. The beggining of the song makes it seem like he's already moved on and forgotten her but she doesn't want to give up. That's just my opinion, basically she's asking for another chance to make it right.

I feel like this song is about a relationship that has been going for a long time and the couple have drifted apart but it's been officially broken off and this is like her reaction to it. Like she realises "forever [they] tried to make it right" and it's not working but it hurts that it's over because the other person was such a large part of their life. At least that's my opinion

I love this song :) The vocals sound vaguely Tracy Chapman-ish at points.

I love the irony in this song. It is a breakup song with the title "Forever", that tells you something right there. The opening lines "Hey you! Remember me? Remember love? Remember trying to stay together?" are clearly ironic (and angry). If the speaker is talking to someone who used to love her, he clearly remembers her. She is talking to her significant other, who is changing and seemingly giving up on the relationship. He is moving on ("You tried to bring yourself up without involving me"), but hasn't made it clear that it is over. After all he promised her, she can't believe he is leaving and needs a definitive answer. She knows that the way he is treating her now is not right ("It isn't fair to have your way"). But after all they have been through, she loves him too much to just give up hope ("Forever I'll try for you and I...I don't want to turn around"). He thinks he is changing, but she doesn't believe it ("Let go We're still the same"). If they could just "get back to where we started out", then the relationship can be saved. The verb tense is really interesting in the two stanzas of the chorus. It starts as past tense ("we tried...we saw") discussing negative aspects of the relationship, implying that she is over it and ready to move on. Then, she switches to present tense ("I'm tired...I see...I'll try") and looks more positively on them. Then she switches back to past tense ("No I never believed in their insight") in a positive light ("Just another good reason to get it right"). It's a really cool look inside her head as she switches viewing their current and past relationship in different ways. She is (understandably) angry and wants to give up on everything, but when she has calmed down she realizes she still wants to be with him. It sounds like he has taken some time away from the relationship, and she is left alone with her thoughts. This uncertainty is killing her ("get out of my memory...I don't have the energy"), and she wants for them both to either commit to the relationship or call it off. She still loves him and wants them to work out, so she cannot give up unless he tells her clearly that he is through ("If you say the word then I'll say goodbye"). The last bit of irony is my favorite: "I'm tired of fighting the good fight". When you tell someone to keep fighting the good fight, it is often sarcastic. Yes, it can be real encouragement but it usually means that person is the only one trying to accomplish something and no one else believes in them. That sums up exactly how she feels. Her lover, who promised her forever, has given up and she is the only one working on the relationship. The choice of words conveys not only that, but also her irony, bitterness, and anger.