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"
There's a steel train comin' through
I would take it if I could
And I would not lie to you
because Sunday mornin' soon will come
When things will be much easier to say
Upon the microphone like a boss D.J.
But I won't walk up upon the sea like it was dry land
Boss D.J. ain't nothin' but a man
No trouble, no fuss, I know why
It's so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice
It's so nice don't wanna hear the same song twice
Rumors are spreading all over my town
But it's just stones and sticks
It's on the microphone is where I go to get my fix
Just let the lovin' take a hold 'cause it will if you let it
I'm funky not a junkie, but I know where to get it
No trouble, no fuss, I know why
It's so nice I wanna hear the same song twice
It's so nice I wanna hear the same song twice
Ooee girl
Ooee girl
Ooee girl
Ooee girl, and there really ain't no time to waste
Really ain't no time to hate
Ain't got no time to waste, time to hate
Really ain't no time to make the time go away
So Mister D.J. don't stop the music
I wanna know
Are you feelin' the same way too
I wanna rock it wih you girl
You girl, you girl, ooh
Don't stop
'Cause it's so nice I wanna hear the same song twice
It's so nice I wanna hear the same song twice
Nowadays all the songs on the radio, all
All drive me crazy
I would take it if I could
And I would not lie to you
because Sunday mornin' soon will come
When things will be much easier to say
Upon the microphone like a boss D.J.
But I won't walk up upon the sea like it was dry land
Boss D.J. ain't nothin' but a man
No trouble, no fuss, I know why
It's so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice
It's so nice don't wanna hear the same song twice
Rumors are spreading all over my town
But it's just stones and sticks
It's on the microphone is where I go to get my fix
Just let the lovin' take a hold 'cause it will if you let it
I'm funky not a junkie, but I know where to get it
No trouble, no fuss, I know why
It's so nice I wanna hear the same song twice
It's so nice I wanna hear the same song twice
Ooee girl
Ooee girl
Ooee girl
Ooee girl, and there really ain't no time to waste
Really ain't no time to hate
Ain't got no time to waste, time to hate
Really ain't no time to make the time go away
So Mister D.J. don't stop the music
I wanna know
Are you feelin' the same way too
I wanna rock it wih you girl
You girl, you girl, ooh
Don't stop
'Cause it's so nice I wanna hear the same song twice
It's so nice I wanna hear the same song twice
Nowadays all the songs on the radio, all
All drive me crazy
Lyrics submitted by The Big Andowski
Boss D.J. [Take] Lyrics as written by Bradley James Nowell
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The main theme to this wonderful song is that Brad is an addict, but despite this his girl still loves him. Here's my full interpretation: There's a steel train comin' through, I would take it if I can. ::I would do the drugs if i could (steel train=heroin needle):: And I would not lie to you because Sunday morning soon will come when things would be much easier to say ::He's not gonna lie to his girl that hes done the drugs, but he can explain himself the next morning when hes not messed up anymore:: upon the microphone like a boss DJ ::things are also easier to say on the microphone…when hes singing:: and I wont walk upon the sea like it was dry land. The boss DJ ain't nothin' but a man. ::hes not gonna lie when he sings...hes only a man (too weak to control his addiction):: No trouble no fuss, .. I know why. ::He doesn't worry tho because she loves him:: It's so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice. It's so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice. ::The song might as well be the words I love you...its really the feeling of love...its so nice:: Rumors flyin all over town, but it's just stones and sticks. ::people talk about him but he doesn't care:: 'Cause on the microphone is where I get my fix. ::cause he gets his fix on the microphone...and hes sticking with that story:: Let the lovin' take ahold of me, 'cause it will if you let it. I'm funky, not a junky, but I know where to get it. ::He can get drugs if he wants them..but he refuses to be called a junky:: No trouble no fuss, .. I know why. It's so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice. It's so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice. Mr. DJ, Don't stop the music...I wanna know, are you feeling the same way too? ::he doesnt wanna stop the love he's feeling, as if its a DJ playing a song..and he wants to know if she feels the same way too:: I wanna rock with you girl, oo-girl. Oo-we girl, oo-we girl There really ain't no time to waste, really ain't no time to hate. Ain't got no time to waste, time to hate. Really ain't time to let the time go away. ::take advantage of your time here...there isn't any to waste:: Cause It's so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice. It's so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice. Oo-we girl, oo-we girl now days the songs on the radio all drive me crazy ::this love is driving him crazy:: dont stop dont stop dont stop dont stop cause its so nice....
I don't know what the song means...but Brad sounds so great when he sings it. he could sing complete gibberish (sometimes he did) and he'd sound lovely!!
the lyrics wrong it says:
When I'm spendin' all of my time But it's just stones and sticks
it should be:
Rumours spreading all over my town But it's just stones and sticks
Your ex is wrong, what this song is about is heroin. Brad started taking the drug because he was having trouble getting inspired, and he heard musisians say that it helped them write songs. He's saying that while he's on dope he can write, he can sing, and he feels like he can do anything, even walk on water. A lot of the things he mentions in this song are about heroin. The most prominate line is, "A Funky not a junkie, but I know where to get it." I was just singing along today too "Robin the Hood," a CD by them I haven't heard in a while, and not since I became more awear of the terms and effects of heroin. When I heard that line, I started the song over again, suddenly the lyrics made more sence to me. Its not about a DJ, its about how he feels on heroin. He feels like he can do anything, because "its so nice."
Love this song.
im thinking you are mostly wrong. yes this song was about the needle but it was also mainly about reaching a certain state of karma of heaven with god as a dj spinning the tunes of life and preaching his words of not wasting your time and trying not to repeat things over and over in life, experiance new things, dont play the same song twice. amazing tune if i must say so myself Bradley James RIP
this is such a beautiful song. i think it's a love song about music, saying the only place you feel happy is playing music.
Just let the lovin' take ahold Cause it will if you let it A funky, not a junky But I know where to get it
This is probably my favorite Sublime song. I never get tired of it. It's beautiful.
Robbin' the hood is a genius album. I love every song on it including this beautiful song.
Boss DJ is basically Bradley telling the world that yeah, he may be addicted to heroin, but that's not who he is. He's a musician, and that's what's really important to him, not the drugs.
It's not about him being weak. He wasn't. It's not about being in love with heroin. He wasn't.
It's about him being a mistake making human being, and also about one of the many things that made Bradley happy... Music, in this case.