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"
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
Sally called when she got the word,
She said :"I suppose you've heard
about Alice"
When I rushed to the window
and I looked outside
And I could hardly believe my eyes
As a big limousine moved up
Into Alice's drive..
Oh I don't know why she's leaving
Or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons
but I just don't wanna know
'Cos for twenty-four years I've been living next door do Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance
to tell her how I feel
and maybe get a second glance
Now I've got to get used to not living next door to Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
We grew up together
Two kids in the park
We carved our initials
deep in the bark,
Me and Alice
Now she walks through the door
with her head held high
Just for a moment
I caught her eye
As the big limousine pulled slowly
Out of Alice's drive
Oh I don't know why she's leaving
Or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons
but I just don't wanna know
'Cos for twenty-four years I've been living next door do Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance
to tell her how I feel
and maybe get a second glance
Now I've got to get used to not living next door to Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
And Sally called back and asked how I felt
And she said "I know how to help - Get over alice"
She said "Now alice is gone
but I'm still here
You know I've been waiting for twenty-four years..."
And the big limousine pulled away
And there was no room for me
Because Smokie had fucked off
See ya, lads!
Oh I don't know why she's leaving
Or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons
but I just don't want to know
'Cos for twenty-four years I've been living next door do Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance
to tell her how I feel
and maybe get a second glance
But I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
No, I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice
Just leave me here lads
Go on, just fuck off
You're alright, yeah, I'll get the bus
Yeah
Piss Off!
Sally called when she got the word,
She said :"I suppose you've heard
about Alice"
When I rushed to the window
and I looked outside
And I could hardly believe my eyes
As a big limousine moved up
Into Alice's drive..
Oh I don't know why she's leaving
Or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons
but I just don't wanna know
'Cos for twenty-four years I've been living next door do Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance
to tell her how I feel
and maybe get a second glance
Now I've got to get used to not living next door to Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
We grew up together
Two kids in the park
We carved our initials
deep in the bark,
Me and Alice
Now she walks through the door
with her head held high
Just for a moment
I caught her eye
As the big limousine pulled slowly
Out of Alice's drive
Oh I don't know why she's leaving
Or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons
but I just don't wanna know
'Cos for twenty-four years I've been living next door do Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance
to tell her how I feel
and maybe get a second glance
Now I've got to get used to not living next door to Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
And Sally called back and asked how I felt
And she said "I know how to help - Get over alice"
She said "Now alice is gone
but I'm still here
You know I've been waiting for twenty-four years..."
And the big limousine pulled away
And there was no room for me
Because Smokie had fucked off
See ya, lads!
Oh I don't know why she's leaving
Or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons
but I just don't want to know
'Cos for twenty-four years I've been living next door do Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance
to tell her how I feel
and maybe get a second glance
But I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice
Alice, who the fuck is Alice?
No, I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice
Just leave me here lads
Go on, just fuck off
You're alright, yeah, I'll get the bus
Yeah
Piss Off!
Lyrics submitted by Jellymould653
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I first heard Who the Fuck is Alice as a muchly-cut up, happy hardcore song. It's really fun and fast, but I was intrigued and immediately thought it was Alice in Wonderland's neighbour wondering where she's going, not just any old Alice.
This is because I played the game American McGee's Alice, which is when she's older and has been placed into a mental istitution. So this song makes me think of the time in between, as if she's returned from her adventures in Wonderland, and is now being taken to the institution as an adult because no one (like her parents) believed her stories. It would also explain why no one knows who she is (perhaps she was gone for a few years in Wonderland or something).
Even if that's not the case, that's what this song means to me.
Secondly, I heard it in Russian, as a slower more folksy version. I didn't understand the lyrics in that version, but it had the same tune and shouting during the chorus. So now I'm curious to hear this version.
I WANT THIS AS MY RINGTONE!