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"
Jump, bounce, down, up
Jump, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up, pogo, pogo, pogo
Jump, pogo, bounce, pogo, up, pogo, down, pogo
I went out on a date
With a girl, a bit late
She had so many friends
(Gliding through many hands)
I brought my Pogo Stick
Just to show her a trick
She had so many friends
(Gliding through many hands)
Jump, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up, pogo, pogo, pogo
Jump, pogo, bounce, pogo, up, pogo, down, pogo
Unannounced Twister games
All players with no names
They lined up double quick
But just one Pogo Stick
Everyone gets to play
Runaway, expose
It was so exotic
But just one Pogo Stick
Jump, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up, pogo, pogo, pogo
Jump, pogo, bounce, pogo, up, pogo, down, pogo
Oh, I like to spread you out
Touching whoever's behind
Jump, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up, pogo, pogo, pogo
Jump, pogo, bounce, pogo, up, pogo, down, pogo
Jump, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up, pogo, pogo, pogo
Jump, pogo, bounce, pogo, up, pogo, down, pogo
I went out on a date
With a girl, a bit late
She had so many friends
(Gliding through many hands)
I brought my Pogo Stick
Just to show her a trick
She had so many friends
(Gliding through many hands)
Jump, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up, pogo, pogo, pogo
Jump, pogo, bounce, pogo, up, pogo, down, pogo
Unannounced Twister games
All players with no names
They lined up double quick
But just one Pogo Stick
Everyone gets to play
Runaway, expose
It was so exotic
But just one Pogo Stick
Jump, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up, pogo, pogo, pogo
Jump, pogo, bounce, pogo, up, pogo, down, pogo
Oh, I like to spread you out
Touching whoever's behind
Jump, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up, pogo, pogo, pogo
Jump, pogo, bounce, pogo, up, pogo, down, pogo
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Serj has said that this song is about pogostick orgies. There`s no deeper meaning behind these lyrics. Just pogostick orgies.
I think you guys are looking too deep into this song. This just might be one of SOAD's songs without any real meaning. I think its just about him going on a date and bringing his pogo stick with him to show off. The girl's friends all wanted to try, and Serj got to grab their asses while he was helping them keep their balance (touching whoever's behind). He also had some fun watching them help each other out, and watching certain parts of them "bounce" if you know what I mean (gliding through many hands; it was so exotic).
"Gliding through my hands" - As in he was passing different bitches around.<br /> "All players with no names,They lined up double quick,But just one pogo stick" - As in he was running train on a bunch of hoes he didn't know.<br /> <br /> Its very obvious the song is about his dick and fucking bitches.
At one of their concerts, Serj clearly stated... "this song is about fucking!!!"
Dude yeah Serj said in an interview it was when he was 12 years old in Armenia he went on a date with a girl and she introduced him to her friends, and he brought his new pogo stick that he got on Christmas and showed them his 1337 skillz. "It was so exotic" because it was an imported American toy. He says "pogo" like 67 times in the song, that represents his max amount of jumps on the pogo stick. 67 is a lot! Needless to say, all of the girl's friends were impressed. "I like to spread you out" because Serj jumped all over the place on the pogo stick that the girls had to spread out to give him space.
this song i bet just has to do with really going out ona date a little late and showed he tricks to her and her friends
it's about their drummer cause he gets laid a lot
It's obviously about an orgy. It says it right in the song. He's comparing his "Pogo Stick" to something else of his.
@g0nadsANDstrife I'd have to agree, I thought it was just about anonymous sex parties. Hooray!
yeah, this is so obviously about sex, and the lackof connection ("slipping through my hands")
i think this song is great. lol pogo stick
Good, I was worried I was a pervert b/c I thought the same thing. Great song, I think it is funny as hell.