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"
Arriving in boats, black hooded coats
Tormentors climbed into my room
I crawled under my bed, covered my head
But they're flushin' me out with a broom
The leader, she's small, pinned my ass to the wall
For my seeds or she'd be losin' her past
Time after time, she'd be readin' my mind
But she never got the feelin' to last
Celebrate, celebrate, celebraid it
This is the critical mass
So far so good, I heard the other say
So good so far, they're takin' me away
I drink to you, your mind, her ass
We'll take a drink and break the glass
Celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it
This is the critical mass
Now the tallest of two, with a brush full of blue
Paints surrealist scenes on the wall
So I tell her for fun, that it's really well done
But she just ain't listenin' at all
She points to my heart, tellin' me if I'm smart
I'll practice and phase
Out and admit, when the shoe doesn't fit
And I went screaming out down the hall
Need it
Need your love
Just then I heard a poundin' on the door
We're all here, sang the voice of twenty more
I drink to you alas, we'll take a drink and break the glass
Celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it
We are the critical mass
Time and space, is takin' me away
Time erase, don't know the time of day
Tormentors climbed into my room
I crawled under my bed, covered my head
But they're flushin' me out with a broom
The leader, she's small, pinned my ass to the wall
For my seeds or she'd be losin' her past
Time after time, she'd be readin' my mind
But she never got the feelin' to last
Celebrate, celebrate, celebraid it
This is the critical mass
So far so good, I heard the other say
So good so far, they're takin' me away
I drink to you, your mind, her ass
We'll take a drink and break the glass
Celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it
This is the critical mass
Now the tallest of two, with a brush full of blue
Paints surrealist scenes on the wall
So I tell her for fun, that it's really well done
But she just ain't listenin' at all
She points to my heart, tellin' me if I'm smart
I'll practice and phase
Out and admit, when the shoe doesn't fit
And I went screaming out down the hall
Need it
Need your love
Just then I heard a poundin' on the door
We're all here, sang the voice of twenty more
I drink to you alas, we'll take a drink and break the glass
Celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it
We are the critical mass
Time and space, is takin' me away
Time erase, don't know the time of day
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Well eva, I dont understand what the song means. Maybe its about an acid trip. But my fav Aero song is (probably) Nobody's fault from Rocks. I say probably because there's no fav of mine. The are other songs too which I find GREAT. Anyway, I guess we will agree that the best songs are usually the unknown ones :) Same with U2. Long live U2 & Aerosmith!
Wow, can't believe it, would you? THIS IS MY FAVOURITE AEROSMITH SONG, believe it or not, maybe you'll say I'm crazy, there are other much better songs, but this one I love it and I can't believe no one else has posted a comment on it yet =(
Well actually I do can believe it because this song is totally unimportant in the Draw the line album
Actually I think this is my favorite off of Draw the Line :)
@eva_floyd Yeah, probably my favorite though loved the title track & Kings /Queens is not so bad
Great song. Maybe it's about going crazy? Not sure.
I really like Joe's backing vocals on this song especially at the end. This is my favorite song off of Draw the Line. I'm guessing it is about a drug trip since this is around the time they started doing a lot of them, but hey even on drugs they could create powerful and wonderful music like this song.
Story has it that the lyrics are from a dream Jack Douglas had at the Cenacle... Steven was too f**ked up, didn't have any lyrics, so he just used what Jack had written. I don't recall having seen Jack elaborate on it anywhere else... so take that for what it's worth I guess. The Cenacle is where they recorded Draw the Line...during the worst days of their drugdom. ;)
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Most of the lyrics sites are fairly consistent with this set of lyrics. I'm just having a helluva time accepting some of the lines. For example, I'm fairly certain that it's "How does it feel, when the shoe doesn't fit" rather than "Out and admit...." Granted, rock lyrics are not known for sensibility, but "out and admit" just doesn't make any sense at all. Similarly, "practice and phase?" I confess I don't have a better interpretation, but my gut just tells me that it's NOT "practice and phase."
Thought I would post the Prelude lyrics to inspire more discussion...
At first we three thought 'Twas the biblical cord of life Then noticing 'twas connected to his head
How strange, not to believed I reached out to feel, and the pony's eyes opened The cord got hard, the head looked around And you know who pushed and gushed The waters of life First two hooved feet, then the shine of his fur
But at first to my eyes only Feather - feathers - wings The butterflies flew up in such colors Exploding all around us The rest I did not see - till there he stood - all eyes in wonder Who me - who you, Look
@superfreak30328 Wrong awesome Aerosmith song, sorry