Its clearly about a guy finding his 16 year old girlfriend dead in the tub after she commited suicide. The lyrics are pretty straight forward here. I am surprised that most people aren't seeing that.
Seen you naked in the bath
Cigarette stains on your hands
Wilted flowers in a vase (Flowers wilted because she has been dead for a while)
I ask how are you
Yeah how are you?
I see the lipstick on your glass
I think you're drunk, I start to laugh (At first he doesn't know she's dead. Thinks she is just passed out drunk)
I find your note, the letters ran (Found suicide note, and letters ran, like the blood ran from her wrists, as he discovers)
It said I love you (Her note says I love you to him)
Yeah I love you (He reflects "I love you" toward her)
I watch you passed out for a while (Again, he doesn't know she's deasd yet at this point)
I touch your face, you start to smile (He touches her and manipulates her face in to what could appear to be a"smile", as he is checking to see if she is alive, and realizing she is not)
And on your note is my reply
I wish I loved you
I wish I loved you (self explanatory - he feels guilty for not being there for her more)
Sixteen candles down the drain
(The drain)
Sixteen candles down the drain
(The drain)
Sixteen candles down the drain
(The drain)
Sixteen candles down the drain
(The drain)
Sixteen candles down the drain
(The drain)
Sixteen candles down the drain
(The drain)
Sixteen candles down the drain
(The drain)
Sixteen candles down the drain
(The drain)
Its clearly about a guy finding his 16 year old girlfriend dead in the tub after she commited suicide. The lyrics are pretty straight forward here. I am surprised that most people aren't seeing that.
Seen you naked in the bath Cigarette stains on your hands Wilted flowers in a vase (Flowers wilted because she has been dead for a while) I ask how are you Yeah how are you?
I see the lipstick on your glass I think you're drunk, I start to laugh (At first he doesn't know she's dead. Thinks she is just passed out drunk) I find your note, the letters ran (Found suicide note, and letters ran, like the blood ran from her wrists, as he discovers) It said I love you (Her note says I love you to him) Yeah I love you (He reflects "I love you" toward her)
Don't ask why, don't ask why Don't ask why, don't ask why Don't ask why, don't ask why, don't ask why (self explanatory)
Sixteen candles down the drain (self explanatory)
I watch you passed out for a while (Again, he doesn't know she's deasd yet at this point) I touch your face, you start to smile (He touches her and manipulates her face in to what could appear to be a"smile", as he is checking to see if she is alive, and realizing she is not) And on your note is my reply I wish I loved you I wish I loved you (self explanatory - he feels guilty for not being there for her more)
Don't ask why, don't ask why Don't ask why, don't ask why Don't ask why, don't ask why, don't ask why
Sixteen candles down the drain (The drain) Sixteen candles down the drain (The drain) Sixteen candles down the drain (The drain) Sixteen candles down the drain (The drain)
Don't ask why, don't ask why, don't ask why, don't ask why Don't ask why, don't ask why, don't ask why
Sixteen candles down the drain (The drain) Sixteen candles down the drain (The drain) Sixteen candles down the drain (The drain) Sixteen candles down the drain (The drain)