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"
Fame, fortune, platinum records
It's every boy's dream
True story
Somebody asked me one time
Travie, you high?
You look high
Shit, yeah, I'm high
Let's go
The world is yours, so play the role
Blow the dust off this record and put the needle down slow
Our veins are cold, but we'll never grow old
Let's have a toast, and raise our drinks
No hearts on our sleeves, just eagles on our cuff links
It's such a rush to know you love me so much
We'll do whatever you want to
Girl, I'll make a movie star of you
You know that I could
If you let me be your Hollywood
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
Take your razor, break down my line
Put your nose to the speaker
Now breathe in, breathe in
Clean up your nose, and face the crowd
Then kiss your mirror 'cause we're all stars now
Isn't it fun how music makes your lips numb?
We'll do whatever you want to
Girl, I'll make a movie star of you
You know that I could
If you let me be your Hollywood
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
Take your razor, break down my line
Put your nose to the speaker
Now breathe in, breathe in
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
Breathe in
Breathe in
Breathe in
Breathe in
It's every boy's dream
True story
Somebody asked me one time
Travie, you high?
You look high
Shit, yeah, I'm high
Let's go
The world is yours, so play the role
Blow the dust off this record and put the needle down slow
Our veins are cold, but we'll never grow old
Let's have a toast, and raise our drinks
No hearts on our sleeves, just eagles on our cuff links
It's such a rush to know you love me so much
We'll do whatever you want to
Girl, I'll make a movie star of you
You know that I could
If you let me be your Hollywood
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
Take your razor, break down my line
Put your nose to the speaker
Now breathe in, breathe in
Clean up your nose, and face the crowd
Then kiss your mirror 'cause we're all stars now
Isn't it fun how music makes your lips numb?
We'll do whatever you want to
Girl, I'll make a movie star of you
You know that I could
If you let me be your Hollywood
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
Take your razor, break down my line
Put your nose to the speaker
Now breathe in, breathe in
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
We'll get high, and hide
We are lovers to the glamorous
White girl so fine
Going up on the downtown line
Breathe in
Breathe in
Breathe in
Breathe in
Lyrics submitted by thex_girlfriend
Viva La White Girl Lyrics as written by Disashi Lumumba-kasongo David Katz
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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deeefinatly about cocaine. I love this one so much. after thinking about they're stage presence, this makes so much sense.
this reminds me of the 60s/early 70s music.. when a lot of the musicians were writing songs about their drug experiences
edit i realize they're probably not exactly talking about their own.. but the way many celebrities use coke
i don't think this song is literally about cocaine.... i think it has more to do with how addictive the MUSIC can be and they are just using the drug as a metaphor. i could be wrong but that's how i see it.
slickchc92, I agree with you, I think its not only about cocaine, but the dark side of the music industry, how it can become a drug, leave you on a high for awhile, then bring you down to despair, I love the metaphors
I don't think it's about Coke either. Oh well if it is. This is my new ringtone. One of my favorites from ACASC.
Am I the only one who hears "We are lust to live glamorous" instead of "Lovers to the glamorous"? I could be wrong, but no matter how hard I listen I just don't get that.
With that said, I love this song, and I definitely agree with the idea that the lyrics draw parallels between drug addiction and addiction to music.
this song is awesome and i also agree about the drug reference being a metaphore to the high music gives you..,....but i could, and probably am wrong. i could be interpreting this song entirely wrong but either way this song is awesome
i think there right about the music indestry because it says "put your nose to the speaker." what are they talking about though with the 'white girl so fine'? but other than that i agree with everybody