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"
I’d rather die
Than to need this
If I could just hold off
Tonight
I think
I’d be all right sleeping alone
I know I’d be all right sleeping alone
But no, no, no
This isn’t possible
No, no this isn’t possible
Just sit back and relax
But don’t worry I've
Never been one to notice much but
I’ll be the first to say
That this is crazy
But if it’s everything you’ll ever need
I guess it’s everything you’ll ever need
Just keep your voices down
Can’t you see these other people
Trying to sleep in this town
And you still
Get your thrills from
Coffee and pills and
Complaints about the noise I make
But no, no, no
This isn’t happening
No, no this isn’t happening
Sit back and relax
But don’t worry I’ve
Never been one to notice much but
I’ll be the first to say this is crazy
So if you don’t like then
Then you can leave
Nobody’s making you do this, no
If you don’t like it then
Then you don’t like it then
Hold off the cars
And get your radios on
They’ll never know what living does
Hold off the cars
And get your radios on
They’ll never know
Just sit back and relax but
Don’t worry I’ve
Never been one to notice much but
I’ll be the first to say
This is crazy
Than to need this
If I could just hold off
Tonight
I think
I’d be all right sleeping alone
I know I’d be all right sleeping alone
But no, no, no
This isn’t possible
No, no this isn’t possible
Just sit back and relax
But don’t worry I've
Never been one to notice much but
I’ll be the first to say
That this is crazy
But if it’s everything you’ll ever need
I guess it’s everything you’ll ever need
Just keep your voices down
Can’t you see these other people
Trying to sleep in this town
And you still
Get your thrills from
Coffee and pills and
Complaints about the noise I make
But no, no, no
This isn’t happening
No, no this isn’t happening
Sit back and relax
But don’t worry I’ve
Never been one to notice much but
I’ll be the first to say this is crazy
So if you don’t like then
Then you can leave
Nobody’s making you do this, no
If you don’t like it then
Then you don’t like it then
Hold off the cars
And get your radios on
They’ll never know what living does
Hold off the cars
And get your radios on
They’ll never know
Just sit back and relax but
Don’t worry I’ve
Never been one to notice much but
I’ll be the first to say
This is crazy
Lyrics submitted by sunset_prep
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this song is amazing.
i love this song too much-its great.
pretty much just about the girl and their relationship,i think shes a little crazy (..coffee and pills) and hes frustrated with where the relationship is going
great song
ALBUM VERSION
I’d rather die Than to need this If I could just hold off Tonight By tomorrow you'll be gone And I'll be alright, alright
But no no no Just isn't possible No nO, it isn't possible Just sit back and relax But don’t worry I've never been one to notice much but I’ll be the first to say That this is crazy
But if it's everything I'll ever need It's everything I'll ever need
Just keep your voices down Can’t you see these other people Trying to sleep in this town And you still Get your thrills from the Coffee and pills They complain about the noise we make
But no no no Just isn't possible No nO, it isn't possible Just sit back and relax But don’t worry I've never been one to notice much but I’ll be the first to say That this is crazy
Oh no They're not listening They'll never know whats happened Let go There's no problem here We're not hiding anything
So sit back and relax Don't worry I've never been one to notice much
Just sit back and relax But don’t worry I've never been one to notice much but I'll I’ll be the first to say That this is crazy
But if it's everything I'll ever need It's everything I'll ever need
ALBUM VERSION
I’d rather die Than to need this If I could just hold off Tonight By tomorrow you'll be gone And I'll be alright, alright
But no no no Just isn't possible No nO, it isn't possible Just sit back and relax But don’t worry I've never been one to notice much but I’ll be the first to say That this is crazy
But if it's everything I'll ever need It's everything I'll ever need
Just keep your voices down Can’t you see these other people Trying to sleep in this town And you still Get your thrills from the Coffee and pills They complain about the noise we make
But no no no Just isn't possible No nO, it isn't possible Just sit back and relax But don’t worry I've never been one to notice much but I’ll be the first to say That this is crazy
Oh no They're not listening They'll never know whats happened Let go There's no problem here We're not hiding anything
So sit back and relax Don't worry I've never been one to notice much
Just sit back and relax But don’t worry I've never been one to notice much but I'll I’ll be the first to say That this is crazy
But if it's everything I'll ever need It's everything I'll ever need
going with promisexkept's interpretation, he really likes the girl but doesn't like the current state of the relationship. Very pretty song, lovely.
This is a must hear. its so uplifting...even if it may be talking about a hard part of a relationship.
"You still get your thrills from the coffee and pills" when he sings that in the slower version i definately feel it .haha
i think it's like this:
"hold off the GUARDS and get your radios on they'll never know what HIT THEM JUST hold off the GUARDS and get your radios on they'll never know"
this song is about a lie this guy is trying to live with. he needs his girl. shes everything he'll ever need
To me it sounds like he says "So sit back and relax Dont worry ive never been one to TAKE to much" I dont here "notice much"? I dont know maybe thats just me. Im not listening to the Album version im listening to the demo or the slower version or whatever it is.
OK wait sorry i hear "Notice much" In the rest of the song but not in the first verse.