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 took her out, it was a Friday night
I wore cologne to get the feeling right
We started making out and she took off my pants
But then I turned on the TV
And that's about the time she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
And are still more amused by TV shows
What the hell is ADD?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?
Then later on, on the drive home
I called her mom from a payphone
I said I was the cops and your husband's in jail
The state looks down on sodomy
And that's about the time that bitch hung up on me
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
And are still more amused by prank phone calls
What the hell is call ID?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?
And that's about the time she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
And you still act like you're in freshman year
What the hell is wrong with me?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again?
That's about the time that she broke up with me
No one should take themselves so seriously
With many years ahead to fall in line
Why would you wish that on me?
I never wanna act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?
What's my age again?
I wore cologne to get the feeling right
We started making out and she took off my pants
But then I turned on the TV
And that's about the time she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
And are still more amused by TV shows
What the hell is ADD?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?
Then later on, on the drive home
I called her mom from a payphone
I said I was the cops and your husband's in jail
The state looks down on sodomy
And that's about the time that bitch hung up on me
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
And are still more amused by prank phone calls
What the hell is call ID?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?
And that's about the time she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three
And you still act like you're in freshman year
What the hell is wrong with me?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again?
That's about the time that she broke up with me
No one should take themselves so seriously
With many years ahead to fall in line
Why would you wish that on me?
I never wanna act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?
What's my age again?
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He says Please Stay Wendy because the song was originally titled "Peter Pan Complex". (Peter Pan never grew up, and this song is about Mark not growing up.) They later changed the name of the song to "What's My Age Again?" because they figured that a lot of people wouldn't understand it. Oh and before flaming my comment, look it up, you'll see that I'm right.
When It Gets To Around 1:49
You People Obviously Dont Know Who This Is About. If You Listen Closely You Will Hear Tom Then Mark Say "Please Stay Wendy" In The Backround . It Is About The Girl Mark Was In Love With, That Worked With Him At His Record Label, Unfortunately She Wasnt In Love With Him. Thats Also Who "WENDY Clear" is About Too.
where does he say "please stay wendy" i cant find where it is in the song.
Wow you're right, I think I did hear it.<br /> @mikethomas: Try listening closely around 1:51?
That's an interesting theory and I agreed at first but if you listen to this:youtube.com/watch It's clear that he's saying please stay WITH ME.
yeah i agree you do hear mark saying please stay wendy it is in the last chorus that you hear him saying this, but i didnt know it was about a girl from his record label though....
princess where in the song do they say "please stay wendy"
From what I can tell, the song is about not wanting to grow up, and the repercussions of not growing up. I can relate. Half the time, I'm serious, but the other half I act like a kid. Hey, it's fun, no one should ever wish me to grow up, stop telling me to, let time take its course and I will eventually turn out. No one should ever want to grow up.
i love this song but it scares me. ican see myself in a few years time being exactly the guy in this song, not being able to take anything seriously and having no direction. Hell i dont have any direction now and i cant see it changing :-s
sierp shut up, no one likes you, im tired of hearing this "blink needs to grow up" or "blink are sellouts" crap, its so gay, so just stfu and sit in your place and enjoy the music, that is all
ALL OF U SHUT THE FUCK UP! WATEVER THIS WENDY BIT SAYS BLINK 182 ROCK AND THIS SONG ROCKS DIS WORLD
'Bout some dude who doesn't know how to act his age. Is confused with the world and the way it trwats him as he doesn't act his age but he thinks he does.
GO BLINK 182!!!
I want this song to be my own personal anthem! It should be played everywhere I go.