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 is history in this place
There are dragons to be chased
And though I don't know who you are
An easy flow and a strong, a strong heart
And the charm in the way you hide
Gently take my skull for a ride
And I don't know who you are
But I know what I would like you to be
A one-night stand under stoned persuasion
But a joy that I can't hide
Gently take my skull for a ride
We can never ever go too far
The pain we can't escape at least will wait
So let's go quickly, no we go slow
Let's go chasing dragons through the snow
Kindly take my all
And give me all you have
Gently take my skull for a ride
Take and shake your soul
But never lose control
Gently take your skull for a ride
There are dragons to be chased
And though I don't know who you are
An easy flow and a strong, a strong heart
And the charm in the way you hide
Gently take my skull for a ride
And I don't know who you are
But I know what I would like you to be
A one-night stand under stoned persuasion
But a joy that I can't hide
Gently take my skull for a ride
We can never ever go too far
The pain we can't escape at least will wait
So let's go quickly, no we go slow
Let's go chasing dragons through the snow
Kindly take my all
And give me all you have
Gently take my skull for a ride
Take and shake your soul
But never lose control
Gently take your skull for a ride
Lyrics submitted by knate15
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It is "with a mellow voice and a strong, strong heart" and I always thought he said, "a charm in the way you cry" but that could be wrong of me.
Anyway, I love this song. He has got to have one of the coolest singing voices in the world. The lyrics are perfect.
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I first heard it in a skate video of transworld skateboarding, been loving it eversince. never get tired of it!
@plug1 Nice! Me too... Geoff Rowley! Those were good days in skateboarding...and music
@plug1 that's awesome..my buddy who doesn't really care for Indie Rock also loves it after hearing it in the skate vid..
@plug1 my buddy also lives it for that reason..think it was a Transworld video..
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Looks like it backs up DJ47's post.
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I love this song. Peaceful.
I really love this song, but Isn't it "a mellow voice, and a strong, strong heart"?
It has a sort of surreal escape to it ,but the meaning comes easily.
I like it.
"There are dragons to be chased" -> possible heroin reference?
hypermagic was the only one to get it. this song is about doing heroin for the first time.
The pain we can't escape at least will wait = life sux feel good now get hooked later
An easy flow and a strong, a strong heart = a dealer offering a first try.
And the charm in the way you hide = everyone hides there a junky or they even dabble in heroin
And I don't know who you are But I know what I would like you to be A one-night stand under stoned persuasion = ive never done it but id like to try it once
So let's go quickly, no we go slow Let's go chasing dragons through the snow = dont OD fool your already on coke take it easy
i can do this with every line but this is long enough, I also thought this was about a girl when it first came out but years later i understood all the drug references battling threw it myself.