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"
Just be in love and I'll kiss you like you've always wanted
Just close your eyes, I'll still live as if I'm dying
If I don't make your heart skip a beat then hate me
If I don't make you feel anything than it's me
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
Just close your eyes and I'll kiss you like there's no tomorrow
If I don't make your heart skip a beat then hate me
If I don't make you feel anything then it's me
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
So sleep now, so deep in static
Drifting in the shadows
Hold me close to the fourwall headlights
And TV screens
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
Just close your eyes, I'll still live as if I'm dying
If I don't make your heart skip a beat then hate me
If I don't make you feel anything than it's me
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
Just close your eyes and I'll kiss you like there's no tomorrow
If I don't make your heart skip a beat then hate me
If I don't make you feel anything then it's me
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
So sleep now, so deep in static
Drifting in the shadows
Hold me close to the fourwall headlights
And TV screens
I just want you to feel beautiful
For once in your life
Lyrics submitted by asunriseapart
Here's Everything I've Always Meant to Say Lyrics as written by Jamison Convington Case Parker
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Ha, No one has commented on this? This is one of the simplest songs ever, but means like totally everything you could want in a love song. It seems like its about a guy, or lady, trying to impress the other, or just to show them how they feel, and telling the other person, Hey don't feel bad, you are perfect, Im the one who is wrong here... Its a wonderful song, with music that too fits the song, They arent trying to do too much with this song, But it sure does get a lot accomplished anyway.
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I love this song regardless.. I can't wait to see them at the end of Aug. Their music has helped me A LOT.
this song is amazing.. espeically the part "i just want you to feel beautiful" love it.
I do believe the line that says: "Hold me close to the fourwall headlights" should be: "Hold me close thru the glow of headlights"
Amazing song. Somtimes simple is for the best, and this is no exception. Beautiful.
this is such a great song jamisonparker write some amazing music
i love the "i just want you to feel beautiful" part...my boyfriend says that a lot, cause i can be kinda insecure at times. such an amazing song.
I agree with the first comment about a guy trying to impress a girl and show her his feelings. The lyrics are so simple, yet so romantic. Hah. I'd love to hear JP play this live...
"if i dont make you heart skip a beat, then hate me"
ive used this lyric to live by more times than i can count. its so drastic but its the way your emotions go sometimes. its love or its nothing. & if its not the love... the entire being is doomed to heartbreak. you might as well hate me if you dont love me. not one time can we be just friends.