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"
Our bed we live, our bed we sleep
Making love and I become you
Flesh is warm with naked feet
Stabbing thorns and you become me
Oh
I'd beg for you
Oh
You know I'll beg for you
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me ask if you could bring a friend
Pick a flower hold your breath and drift away
She holds my hand, we share a laugh
Sipping orange blossom breezes
Love is still and sweat remains
A cherished gift unselfish feeling
Oh
I'd beg for you
Oh
You know I'll beg for you
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me ask if you could bring a friend
Pick a flower hold your breath and drift away
She tells me things, I listen well
Drink the wine and save the water
Skin is smooth, I steal a glance
Dragon flies are gliding over
Oh
I'd beg for you
Oh
You know I'll beg for you
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me ask if you could bring a friend
Pick a flower hold your breath and drift away
Making love and I become you
Flesh is warm with naked feet
Stabbing thorns and you become me
Oh
I'd beg for you
Oh
You know I'll beg for you
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me ask if you could bring a friend
Pick a flower hold your breath and drift away
She holds my hand, we share a laugh
Sipping orange blossom breezes
Love is still and sweat remains
A cherished gift unselfish feeling
Oh
I'd beg for you
Oh
You know I'll beg for you
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me ask if you could bring a friend
Pick a flower hold your breath and drift away
She tells me things, I listen well
Drink the wine and save the water
Skin is smooth, I steal a glance
Dragon flies are gliding over
Oh
I'd beg for you
Oh
You know I'll beg for you
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me ask if you could bring a friend
Pick a flower hold your breath and drift away
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"Take a bath, I'll drink the water that you leave. If you should die before me ask if you can bring a friend." Absolutely the two best lines about being in love I've ever heard.
Jesus... not everything is in reference to drugs. I would smack you upside the head if I could...
a simple love song, Weiland loves a girl so much he will do anything for her..
Scotts lyrics are CHARACTERIZED by double meanings and double messages/meanings, but look under love song in the dictionary and you'll find this song. I'd like to think history will look back and find Scott Weiland up there with not only the greatest vocalists in the history of man, but also a profound song writer.
I've always believed this was Scott's goodbye song to his beloved Mary before he married Janina. Mary was about 19 when Purple was released in June of 1994, hr and Janina were married in September, 94. She had been Scott's dear friend for about four years and they had been together when their careers would allow but he was marrying another. This song speaks of his deep yet innocent love for her and I feel he was saying goodbye and letting her know he'd always have these deep feelings for her, they would "still remain". I also think he went to his grave loving Mary, Jamie was someone to love and be loved by when Mary completely turned her back on him, took his kids, and moved out of state.
Scott Weiland died of a broken heart long before December 4, 2015, it just took a while to take him away completely. I pray he is at peace and knows how loved he was by so many of his fans.
@Sour Girl @Sour Girl very well written and well received. I miss Scott. He was super talented. Just a little too on the edge. Stardom does wierd things to people but love is universal. When I hear this song now that he passed it has a sadness to it I didn’t feel before. Its sad they split and its sad hes dead. Love is so awesome and so terrible. How can something be both? Not many things in this world compare to love. We all need to love one another considering we are all similar. We are all human beings.
@Sour Girl thanks for your insight and opinion! Amazing lyrics, amazing voice, amazingly talented band. My favorite band when I was growing up in the 90's. I'm so glad I looked for the meaning of this song... the lyrics are so personal, sincere, and well written (qualities I think are missing in today's music). "Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine" is the reason I looked this up. Maybe just a swap of sing a song and pick a yellow nectarine? Or maybe it's a personal inside joke or use of words between him and the girl that is not supposed to make sense to anyone else? Well that line is what originally brought me here. Another thing that's missing in today's lyrics (mystery). But I'm glad you shared your opinion, it makes a lot of sense. Very sad song, listening to it so soon after he passed away. One of my favorite lines and I think where the song meaning comes from is "love is still and sweat remains a cherished gift, unselfish feeling... oh I'd beg for you... oh, you know I'll beg for you". I agree with you, I think he is saying his love Still Remains and to him it's a cherished gift and unselfish feeling that will always remain with him.
i think it's a song about a girl he's with, letting her know how much he loves doing things with her. it's just a beautifully written simple song, celebrating love
Definately my FAV STP song!
Does anyone else think this song has a lot to do with death?
I think a lot of it is about the person you loving dying. The name itself "Still Remains" has two completely different meanings... one is love still being there and the other is someones dead body. I think scott weiland loves writing these kind of double meaning lyrics--"too much trippin and my soul/sole s worn thin"...
Anyone know of any other death references in the song or at least agree with me? I'm not really sure, but I've been thinking about it a lot.
oh i easily agree with this. melodically and lyrically Scott's a musical genius and all. I think the song has to do with both Love and Death - the seperation of Love through Death - honestly, like with many songs from this genre, and from the astronomical fame/fortune/etc. that musicians like this had , at least for a time, it was no doubt inspired by drug usage i bet.. but yeah. i'd say this song has alot to do with death- although alot of it is physical imagery throughout the verses.. which is very much life.. but the underlying concept, yup
It has a lot of "carpe diem" stuff, which is directly related to the inevitable death, but I don't think there's a dead person already. I think it's the fear of death (yours or your loved one's) that you suddenly have when everything is perfect.
This is obviosly a love song, its not really about drugs or death. The quote " if you should die before me ask if you can bring a friend" basiclly stateing that if she "were" to die he'd follow shortly afterward. Its a beautiful song/
this is a LOVELY SONG