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"
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now
What ya got now
We keep ourselves a mystery
But we provide, provide the clues
So the rest is up to you
And don't forget to check the obvious
We are so serious
So I guess it comes down to how curious you can be
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now
What ya got now
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure, but they sure,
Love to stare
And you check labels more than the FCC
And these calories are, are killing me
But this is a sticky situation
So keep your chest in the game
And drop your jaw and coax me
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now
What ya got now
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure, but they sure
This is a party without the people
This is a show without the sound
This is a dance without the steps
Now I gave you the clues so find what I found
This is a party without the people
This is a show without the sound
So I gave you the clues
So find what I found
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now
What ya got now
We keep ourselves a mystery
But we provide, provide the clues
So the rest is up to you
And don't forget to check the obvious
We are so serious
So I guess it comes down to how curious you can be
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now
What ya got now
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure, but they sure,
Love to stare
And you check labels more than the FCC
And these calories are, are killing me
But this is a sticky situation
So keep your chest in the game
And drop your jaw and coax me
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now, gotta gotta give up
What ya got now
What ya got now
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure, but they sure
This is a party without the people
This is a show without the sound
This is a dance without the steps
Now I gave you the clues so find what I found
This is a party without the people
This is a show without the sound
So I gave you the clues
So find what I found
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare
Lyrics submitted by fedorov1fan
There's a Class for This Lyrics as written by Jeff Czum Fernando Cimato
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song is probably my favorite CIWWAF song. It's just so so catchy. I'm so excited they were signed by Fueled By Ramen and cannot wait for their debut release with them.
brilliant.
i can't wait to hear all the mastered versions of these songs.
I can't even wait for their cd to come out! Fueled By Ramen is the best record label EVER! Their cd come out late this summmer. I just hope they don't get on TRL and all of that stuff!
i actually really hate fueled by ramen. they have a lot of good bands, but i hate what their trying to do.
"And you check labels more than the FCC And these calories are, are killing me"
my favorite line. it's so true.
i lovvve this song. but it's the only one i can get ahold of on an Mp3 i can't wait for their cd to get out and i agree that fueled by ramen is an awesome label. but it seems like all the bands that come from them seem to sell out. (FallOutBoy,Panic!AtTheDisco) okay so it's only two but whatever.
anyone know where i can get ahold of anymore of their songs?
fog913, I completely agreeeeee. I dilike TRL.
I love Cute Is What We Aim For.
And surprisingly so do ALOT of kids at my school.
But, this is by my far my favorite song. And it is all true.
"we keep ourselves a mystery."
so...the mystery...what is this song about?
i really can't figure it out.
CIWWAF wrote this song when they were under attack for mutiple reasons.<br /> I think their fanbase was really nitpicky or something, from the rumors I've heard, and CIWWAF was stating that they kept themselves mysterious, but if you just think about them, you can figure them out before judging them.
Shaant says something in the background really low.Does anyone know what it was?
CuteIsWhatWeAimFor=Love.