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 something sweet about seeing the world
There's something great about Kansas
It's like staring across an ocean
Like seeing the first stars burn white
Through the swamp and trees of Southern night
Oh, I'll always have those mornings in
California where the mountains climb so tall
And waves crash blue around you
When everyone's passed out in the van
And I'm the one driving through the land
Alone in open roading
Ted's out in the seat right next to me
He's drooling on his sleeve
Who ever made up open skies and two of the bluest eyes
Must be some young phenom
Sometimes taking off can open up your eyes
To everything that lies in your heart
'Cause that's when you miss your home
And the trees seem a little deader
I think we're getting back tonight
Would you care if I came over?
I've missed you about three weeks now
I'm dying just to taste your lips
Could we stomp around your back yard
And wreck our clothes in the mud?
There's something great about Kansas
It's like staring across an ocean
Like seeing the first stars burn white
Through the swamp and trees of Southern night
Oh, I'll always have those mornings in
California where the mountains climb so tall
And waves crash blue around you
When everyone's passed out in the van
And I'm the one driving through the land
Alone in open roading
Ted's out in the seat right next to me
He's drooling on his sleeve
Who ever made up open skies and two of the bluest eyes
Must be some young phenom
Sometimes taking off can open up your eyes
To everything that lies in your heart
'Cause that's when you miss your home
And the trees seem a little deader
I think we're getting back tonight
Would you care if I came over?
I've missed you about three weeks now
I'm dying just to taste your lips
Could we stomp around your back yard
And wreck our clothes in the mud?
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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i love this song. i dont know why.. maybe because the girl who got me into savestheday really liked this song and sang it all the time. but either way its amazing. rock
all i have to say is this is the best song ever. wait... no this is just the best band ever. enough said! <3
This song is amazing. It describes how awesome it is to get away and just have some distance to realize what everything means to you. The line "sometimes taking off can open up your eyes to everything that lies in your heart" to me that means that only by leaving what you have can you realize how much it truly means to you. In this case, he is speaking of his girlfriend. By being away 3 weeks he realizes how much he misses her and how much she means to him.
Saves The Day r my favourite band and this is my favourite song by them, so basically enough said! this song rocks! i love it when it goes into, "California..." it has loads of passion, cool song.
Yeah, I think we can all realize how much everything means to us by just getting away for awhile. We always talk about Chris being a good lyricist and he is... but Dave did this song really well.
when the song gets to the "California where the mountains climb so tall And waves crash blue around you" part i want to get up and dance. its just the way he says caaaalifornia
Ted wrote the music for this song and I will always listen to this in loving memory of him. He was the best and it is a crying shame what happened.
you know why Ted says CALIFORNIA so passionatly? Cuz CA is reeeeeally that good! Trust me, i know!!! :)
Hey moron. Ted isnt the singer. In fact, he's not even in the band anymore.
yeah i hate to say it but ted isn't in the band anymore and he wasn't the singer. but listen to saves the day anyway cause it doesn't matter if you know who sings, they deserve to be listened to as long as whoever's listening can really appreciate it. anyway, i have a feeling this song is about touring and being on the road doing shows and stuff and he's just thinking about how amazing the experience has been but it's bittersweet cause he really longs to see his girlfriend or whoever it is that's on his mind. that's what i think.