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"
Little did I know shit would get so crazy,
So fast, so maybe
I'll get baked on the daily
Put my feet up, let my mind go hazy.
Little did I know shit would get this gnarly,
This quickly, I hardly
Had time to think,
Uh-uh, no time to think
If you like S&M, go choke a bitch
If you wanna just blaze, go smoke a spliff
If you got an envelope, go open it
If you need to urinate, stop holding it
If you're mad fed up, find a bone to pick
And if you wanna get laid, then don't commit
Relax, bubble bath go soak in it
Dead broke, but you got a couple poker chips
Feeling hopeless, 'cause it's all downhill
From the moment that you're born to the moment that you're killed
Well, at least when you're dead
You could get a little G-d damn rest
See, I've been outta whack since '92
When my folks split up and I came unglued
And I haven't really slept that well since then
Staring at alarm clocks on my nightstands
But now I'm married to the kick drum
Sampling loops like they're dim sum
Tell myself I think I can, little engine
But sometimes it seems like it's all been done
I wanna end on a good note
But damn, I misspoke so
I retract everything I said
Outta rise and shine
Think I'll stay in bed
Little did I know shit would get so crazy,
So fast, so maybe
I'll get baked on the daily
Put my feet up, let my mind go hazy.
Little did I know shit would get this gnarly,
This quickly, I hardly
Had time to think,
Uh-uh, no time to think
If you want nice eyes, wear Maybelline,
If you need a new friend, pick Rachel Greene
If you wanna act wild, go make a scene
Getting paid over here, baby ching-a-ling
If you're scared to propose, then save the ring
And if he can't hit it right, fake a scream
Life sucker punch might break your spleen
So you better get used to the pace of things
'Cause basically, it's like stress non-stop
From the moment that you're born to the moment that you drop
Well, at least when you're dead
You could get a little peace in the head
See, I've been feeling blue since '99
When I realized I'm a slave to time
And the minutes that we got, all limited in stock
When I'm looking at my watch just wasting mine
Ah, caught a glimpse of the action
Since that day, I felt the passion
Don't just talk, go make it happen
Three points in the clutch, John Paxson
But I'm maxing everything out, damn
And the same doubts
Keep weighing on my brain
Outta rise and shine
Think I'll just complain
Little did I know shit would get so crazy,
So fast, so maybe
I'll get baked on the daily
Put my feet up, let my mind go hazy.
Little did I know shit would get this gnarly,
This quickly, I hardly
Had time to think,
Uh-uh, no time to think
If you like what you have and you got what you need
If your apartment is the place to be
If you eat sweet crepes or savory
Wanna get in touch so you're paging me
If you stalk down your rival, and break her knee
If you're wandering the earth aimlessly
Tryin' to learn it all, A to Z
But you can't get it up when you lay the D
Well, I suggest you switch your mind state
When people ask you how it's going just say, "I'm great"
Okay
Well, I suggest you switch your mind state
When people ask you how it's going just say, "I'm great"
I'm great
So fast, so maybe
I'll get baked on the daily
Put my feet up, let my mind go hazy.
Little did I know shit would get this gnarly,
This quickly, I hardly
Had time to think,
Uh-uh, no time to think
If you like S&M, go choke a bitch
If you wanna just blaze, go smoke a spliff
If you got an envelope, go open it
If you need to urinate, stop holding it
If you're mad fed up, find a bone to pick
And if you wanna get laid, then don't commit
Relax, bubble bath go soak in it
Dead broke, but you got a couple poker chips
Feeling hopeless, 'cause it's all downhill
From the moment that you're born to the moment that you're killed
Well, at least when you're dead
You could get a little G-d damn rest
See, I've been outta whack since '92
When my folks split up and I came unglued
And I haven't really slept that well since then
Staring at alarm clocks on my nightstands
But now I'm married to the kick drum
Sampling loops like they're dim sum
Tell myself I think I can, little engine
But sometimes it seems like it's all been done
I wanna end on a good note
But damn, I misspoke so
I retract everything I said
Outta rise and shine
Think I'll stay in bed
Little did I know shit would get so crazy,
So fast, so maybe
I'll get baked on the daily
Put my feet up, let my mind go hazy.
Little did I know shit would get this gnarly,
This quickly, I hardly
Had time to think,
Uh-uh, no time to think
If you want nice eyes, wear Maybelline,
If you need a new friend, pick Rachel Greene
If you wanna act wild, go make a scene
Getting paid over here, baby ching-a-ling
If you're scared to propose, then save the ring
And if he can't hit it right, fake a scream
Life sucker punch might break your spleen
So you better get used to the pace of things
'Cause basically, it's like stress non-stop
From the moment that you're born to the moment that you drop
Well, at least when you're dead
You could get a little peace in the head
See, I've been feeling blue since '99
When I realized I'm a slave to time
And the minutes that we got, all limited in stock
When I'm looking at my watch just wasting mine
Ah, caught a glimpse of the action
Since that day, I felt the passion
Don't just talk, go make it happen
Three points in the clutch, John Paxson
But I'm maxing everything out, damn
And the same doubts
Keep weighing on my brain
Outta rise and shine
Think I'll just complain
Little did I know shit would get so crazy,
So fast, so maybe
I'll get baked on the daily
Put my feet up, let my mind go hazy.
Little did I know shit would get this gnarly,
This quickly, I hardly
Had time to think,
Uh-uh, no time to think
If you like what you have and you got what you need
If your apartment is the place to be
If you eat sweet crepes or savory
Wanna get in touch so you're paging me
If you stalk down your rival, and break her knee
If you're wandering the earth aimlessly
Tryin' to learn it all, A to Z
But you can't get it up when you lay the D
Well, I suggest you switch your mind state
When people ask you how it's going just say, "I'm great"
Okay
Well, I suggest you switch your mind state
When people ask you how it's going just say, "I'm great"
I'm great
Lyrics submitted by thebluthcompany
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