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"
I'd meet you in wrong
Bury all, then I would be right with her
In whole, cherished by two
It makes you fly; yes, I'll lie
God, I'll even lick her fucking picture
In whole, drinks won't stain this birth
It's just me; I'm bored
Carried lung now, I could be right in her
In whole, cherished by two
It makes you fly; yes, I'll lie
Drink one more so I could go right in her
In whole, drinks won't stain this birth
It makes you fly inside
It makes you fly inside
It makes you fly inside
It makes you fly inside
In spite I want to lie
In spite I will lie
In spite, I'll still lie
In spite, I'll still lie
In spite, I'll still lie
In spite
Bury all, then I would be right with her
In whole, cherished by two
It makes you fly; yes, I'll lie
God, I'll even lick her fucking picture
In whole, drinks won't stain this birth
It's just me; I'm bored
Carried lung now, I could be right in her
In whole, cherished by two
It makes you fly; yes, I'll lie
Drink one more so I could go right in her
In whole, drinks won't stain this birth
It makes you fly inside
It makes you fly inside
It makes you fly inside
It makes you fly inside
In spite I want to lie
In spite I will lie
In spite, I'll still lie
In spite, I'll still lie
In spite, I'll still lie
In spite
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i see it as chinos first temptation with a ridiculously hot groupie but having to cheat on his gf for it.
I'd meet you in wrong (just a fan backstage) Bury all then I would be right with her (ignore that everyone says that he shouldnt) In whole, cherished by two (overall, it does take two to tango, right?)
It makes you fly, yes I'll lie (sex with her would be the best drug ever, so he will tell her he is available) God I'll even lick her fuckng picture (well, she is THAT hot) In whole, drinks won't stain this birth (drinking more wont ruin this new experience, it will help him forget about his gf at home)
It's just me, I'm bored (feels lonely w/o his girl around him so..) Carried lung now I could be right in her (fuck it, hes the singer of the band and can easily do whatever he wants) In whole, cherished by two (lets get it on)
It makes you fly, yes I'll lie Drink one more so I could go right in her (has one more drink to trick himself to going thru with it) In whole, drinks won't stain this birth
It makes you fly (4x) In spite I want to lie In spite I will lie In spite I'll still lie(3x) In spite! (in spite of knowing its wrong he will go ahead and fuck this chick anyway)
@jwax8242o Thank you... you are pretty funny.
@jwax8242o pretty dead on, Even if losers like edwardlawrence think it's funny to shit on people's interpretations. Fuck that guy, you rock jwax.
it about loving this one chick but fucking the other. he can't decide desire over deceit.
@hurleychick42069. Bad ass. 16 years ago or 1 second ago
Okey, not completely sure. I think it's about a secret alcoholic and his pregnant girlfriend. He doesn't want his alcoholicism to spoil the pregnancy. He's bored so he wants to have sex with her but maybe she doesn't have sex with him and drinking takes the boredom away. he's lying abouit not drinking.
I always thought this was about getting beer goggles and fucking sumone you dont like and hoping you aint got em pregnant but knowing that if you did youd be there for the baby... and telling the kid that you loved each other and you werent drunk when its born... or something... thats just me like! tho as you can tell from my name i think its one of their best songs by far...
cherished by two may symbolize the character (chino most likely) cherishing this girl that he will take advantage of and the girl cherishing him because she doesnt know better. its a common deftones topic imo,
This is one of my fav. Deftones songs but I wish I could decypher it. Kinda funny not even Chino's bandmates know what the fuck he's talking about!
I thought this could be when Chino's girlfriend was pregnant with his some, Christian. She can't drink alcohol "Drinks won't stain his birth" and she doesn't want to have sex.
*son
you'd have to be pretty gross to have sex while you're pregnant
actually, it's good for the baby, and if you're late enough on in the pregnancy, sex can actually induce delivery.