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"
Imagine no daylight,
Only the moon as your guide.
When ours is to darkness,
A forgotten sun is too bright.
Eyes wide open now,
Taking it all in stride.
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low.
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo.
And to all my regret
I fare thee well.
You came around too slowly as I fell.
My screams can only echo off the walls.
No, I see nothing left to break my fall.
To bear the slings and arrows,
Chances narrow.
Just roll with the punches now,
Bruises can heal.
Soften the blow
'cause I don't want to feel anymore.
Just cancel out this fear.
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low.
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo.
And to all my regret
I fare thee well.
You came around too slowly as I fell.
My screams can only echo off the walls.
No, I see nothing left to break my fall.
Break my fall.
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low.
Like a crown the moon where's a dim halo.
And to all my regret
I fare you well.
You came around too slowly as I fell.
My screams can only echo off the walls.
No, I see nothing left.
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low.
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo.
And to all my regret
I fare thee well.
You came around too slowly as I fell.
My screams can only echo off, echo off the walls.
My screams can only echo off, echo off the walls.
Only the moon as your guide.
When ours is to darkness,
A forgotten sun is too bright.
Eyes wide open now,
Taking it all in stride.
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low.
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo.
And to all my regret
I fare thee well.
You came around too slowly as I fell.
My screams can only echo off the walls.
No, I see nothing left to break my fall.
To bear the slings and arrows,
Chances narrow.
Just roll with the punches now,
Bruises can heal.
Soften the blow
'cause I don't want to feel anymore.
Just cancel out this fear.
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low.
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo.
And to all my regret
I fare thee well.
You came around too slowly as I fell.
My screams can only echo off the walls.
No, I see nothing left to break my fall.
Break my fall.
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low.
Like a crown the moon where's a dim halo.
And to all my regret
I fare you well.
You came around too slowly as I fell.
My screams can only echo off the walls.
No, I see nothing left.
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low.
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo.
And to all my regret
I fare thee well.
You came around too slowly as I fell.
My screams can only echo off, echo off the walls.
My screams can only echo off, echo off the walls.
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pretty damn cool kiddies. i get the vibe these guys are gonna blow up
I think this song is about a guy giving into all his problem that are now overwhelming him. Then someone shows up giving him alittle light but not in time to save him from the pain he is going through. (yeah they are a really great band that not many know of)
I love this band!!!!!
great band =) anyone see em live? they kick major bum!
awesome band, this cd wasn't as good as i expected it to be, but they have talent. 2 thumbs up
I saw Greenwheel open for Our LOady Peace in Atlanta, and they fucking rocked!!! For sure they're going to blow up in the near future. The lead singer kinda sounds like Rob Thomas, don't ya think? Either way, I love this band
I heard about Greenwheel from a sampler cd I picked up at Warped....I missed them and OLP tho :( But everything I've heard so far by them, I love...especially this song!
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"I can see your eyes when the stars hang low" i love this line. Greenwheel is gonna be big for sure.
I was just thinking that he really does sound like Rob Thomas. Actually they got a lot of the Matchbox Twenty sound. I love them.