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 wake up in the morning
Not knowing where I'm going
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
We see each other and pretend
The love we shared will have no end
We know it's not meant to be
We stand tall but we stand still
There's nothing left to fulfill
Our hopes and dreams will never be!
You speak in math
But I haven't got the answers
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
When you run around the town
They ask what to call you
A dream queen rockin the scene
They want to call you anything
They'll speak your name
A claim to fame
A claim to fame
Thinking back to what you said
Those restless nights in your bed
I know that
I know why
Wake up in the morning
Not knowing where I'm going
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
We see each other and pretend
The love we shared will have no end
We know it's not meant to be
We stand tall but we stand still
There's nothing left to fulfill
Our hopes and dreams will never be!
You speak in math
But I haven't got the answers
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
When you run around the town
They ask what to call you
A dream queen rockin the scene
They want to call you anything
They'll speak your name
A claim to fame
A claim to fame
When you speak in verbs
But I don't know where you're going
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
Wake up in the morning.
Not knowing where I'm going.
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
Not knowing where I'm going
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
We see each other and pretend
The love we shared will have no end
We know it's not meant to be
We stand tall but we stand still
There's nothing left to fulfill
Our hopes and dreams will never be!
You speak in math
But I haven't got the answers
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
When you run around the town
They ask what to call you
A dream queen rockin the scene
They want to call you anything
They'll speak your name
A claim to fame
A claim to fame
Thinking back to what you said
Those restless nights in your bed
I know that
I know why
Wake up in the morning
Not knowing where I'm going
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
We see each other and pretend
The love we shared will have no end
We know it's not meant to be
We stand tall but we stand still
There's nothing left to fulfill
Our hopes and dreams will never be!
You speak in math
But I haven't got the answers
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
When you run around the town
They ask what to call you
A dream queen rockin the scene
They want to call you anything
They'll speak your name
A claim to fame
A claim to fame
When you speak in verbs
But I don't know where you're going
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
Wake up in the morning.
Not knowing where I'm going.
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
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aww this song is really good =))
i wonder how good this guy can play guitar. cuz i mean it may not mean much that she can play her games better than he can play his guitar. i mean hes not me
I love ittttttttttttttttt. Keepsake is awesome
i love this song Keepsakes top probably it reminds me of my ex bf :(
lol, i agree with Hey;). but, hey, it's an awsome song and Keepsake rocks my socks.
this song is by far their best.....its so true...
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im really relating to this part right now
Wake up in the morning Not knowing where I'm going And I'm wondering If you're the one for me We see each other and pretend The love we shared will have no end We know it's not meant to be We stand tall but we stand still There's nothing left to fulfill Our hopes and dreams will never be
girlfriends suck thats all i have to say
This is one of my favorite keepsake songs :o) i love the guitar, and I think the part that it says "You play your games, better than I play my guitars" is coolidge and im gonna shut up :o) Shawn <3 Keepsake