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"
We are young, we run green
Keep our teeth nice and clean
See our friends, see the sights
Feel alright
We wake up, we go out
Smoke a fag, put it out
See our friends, see the sights
Feel alright
Are we like you?
I can't be sure
Of the scene, as she turns
We are strange, in our worlds
But we are young, we get by
Can't go mad, ain't got time
Sleep around if we like
But we're alright
Got some cash, bought some wheels
Took it out 'cross the fields
Lost control, hit a wall
But we're alright
Are we like you?
I can't be sure
Of the scene, as she turns
We are strange, in our worlds
But we are young, we run green
Keep our teeth nice and clean
See our friends, see the sights
Feel alright
Are we like you?
I can't be sure
Of the scene, as she turns
We are strange, in our worlds
But we are young, we run green
Keep our teeth nice and clean
See our friends, see the sights
Feel alright
Keep our teeth nice and clean
See our friends, see the sights
Feel alright
We wake up, we go out
Smoke a fag, put it out
See our friends, see the sights
Feel alright
Are we like you?
I can't be sure
Of the scene, as she turns
We are strange, in our worlds
But we are young, we get by
Can't go mad, ain't got time
Sleep around if we like
But we're alright
Got some cash, bought some wheels
Took it out 'cross the fields
Lost control, hit a wall
But we're alright
Are we like you?
I can't be sure
Of the scene, as she turns
We are strange, in our worlds
But we are young, we run green
Keep our teeth nice and clean
See our friends, see the sights
Feel alright
Are we like you?
I can't be sure
Of the scene, as she turns
We are strange, in our worlds
But we are young, we run green
Keep our teeth nice and clean
See our friends, see the sights
Feel alright
Lyrics submitted by magicnudiesuit, edited by joel117902
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I am young. I run green(i am assuming this refers to marijuana). I keep my teeth nice and clean. I see my friends. And the sights. I am not the most popular person in the world, but I am no dork. I am not happy or sad...just alright.
i swear to god this sound could be about me. but it could probably be about everybody.
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oh and "lost control hit a wall, but we're alright!" is probably taken from the old idea that teens think they're invisible. It's true though
Pretty sure the word you wanted was "invincible"! And, yes, I agree.
I'm surprised there aren't more comments -- however, this is a very simple and very fun song about simply being YOUNG. The piano rift beats about anything that later served as a "youth anthem."
I've made a habit of listening to this song first-thing when I wake up (I'm an older lad now) and it makes me feel great about the ensuing day ahead.
I like this song.. it's good. and it was also in the movie Clueless.. I like this cuz I'm young and I get by.. it's a good song no matta what.. :) and yes it could be about everybody.. I'm not popular either or nor am I unpopular.. I'm just well liked I've got friends and that I need... no matta if there smart/dumb/not the best dressed.. it's what's inside that makes me a good friend not my clothes or money
judgiing from the lyrics alone (haven't heard the song yet, sorry in advance) it looks like a sort of "1979" before there ever was a "1979" a glorious teen anthem.
time for heroes is a schmuck. this is the ultimate teen anthem. "we wake up we go out smoke a fag put it out see our friends see the sights we're alright!" Oh yes!
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Oop! Just saw this; sorry!
It's so happy !!! I can't help but smile. <3
Erm... what does running green mean? SOrry i m no good in idioms n lyrics n poetry