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"
Hey now
All you sinners
Put your lights on
Put your lights on
Hey now
All you lovers
Put your lights on
Put your lights on
Hey now
All you killers
Put your lights on
Put your lights on
Hey now
All you children
Leave your lights on
You better leave your lights on
'Cause there's a monster
Living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel
With a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
There's a darkness
Livin' deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine
Deep into my hole
God, don't let me lose my nerve
Don't let me lose my nerve
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Whoa-oh hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now
All you sinners
Put your lights on
Put your lights on
Hey now
All you children
Leave your lights on
You better leave your lights on
'Cause there's a monster
Living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
And there's an angel
With a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
She say
La ilaha illallah
We all shine like stars
La ilaha illallah
We all shine like stars
And then we fade away
All you sinners
Put your lights on
Put your lights on
Hey now
All you lovers
Put your lights on
Put your lights on
Hey now
All you killers
Put your lights on
Put your lights on
Hey now
All you children
Leave your lights on
You better leave your lights on
'Cause there's a monster
Living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel
With a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
There's a darkness
Livin' deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine
Deep into my hole
God, don't let me lose my nerve
Don't let me lose my nerve
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Whoa-oh hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now
All you sinners
Put your lights on
Put your lights on
Hey now
All you children
Leave your lights on
You better leave your lights on
'Cause there's a monster
Living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
And there's an angel
With a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
She say
La ilaha illallah
We all shine like stars
La ilaha illallah
We all shine like stars
And then we fade away
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The song doesn't end with "whooo-ahha hey la la" - it ends with "La ilaha illa Allah," which is much more representative of the nature of the song and Everlast. He had just come out of recovering from a heart attack, and had converted to Islam - hence "La ilaha illa Allah," the first part of the Kalima Shahadah, Islam's declaration of belief in the oneness of God. The Shahadah's daily recitation is one of the five pillars of Islam. Clearly, this is a very spiritual song for Everlast, and it shows in the lyrics.
It's about being a child. "She says i got nothing to fear" - his mother. actually cadillac craig's definiton is probably better than mine.
Everlast is the best rapper out there at the moment. He has a lot more to say than people like Gay-Z ("Yo, yo, wozzup bo!? Where mah ho's at??" - stupid shit like that.)
Well, i think this song is about opening up and not being afraid.Not hiding your problems away until they consume you ( hehe....thats me,guilty) Good vs evil, ur conscience,etc. Interesting..."children LEAVE ur lights on" implying this "light" is something we lose as we grow older and more cynical.
Anyways, I LOVE this song,I could listen to it for hours(which i almost do.lol) Oh,and I want to have Everlasts babies too.lol.
wat an amazinggg sonnggggg
this song is so fuckin tite i wanna crap my pants. the monster under his bed is a dark secret that he has,a burden on his mind. he wants to let people see it, but cant open up. even with this "angel" by his side, the monster's voice is louder. the melancholy sound of this song is incredible; sad yet mysterious. peace.
Everlast said this song was about when he was sick with an illness which i cant remember atm,and he looked over the city of LA (hence 'Put your lights on' i cant remember details but it was something like that.
I think of it being about the temptations of good and evil. "Put your lights on" is a reference to a halo. The sinners, lovers and killers are told to put them on. The children are told to leave them on.
Prolly about ones fear. Everlast and Santana put it in a very nice way. I think the meant that everyone of us deep inside still is te child he was. ur never too old to be afraid. and i think that wat the monster is.
"Theres a monster , living under my bed, whispering in my ear"
and on the other hand there is always hope
"There's an angel with a hand on my head She says I've got nothing to fear"
And this msg is to everyone (sinners, lovers ,killers, children) reach into ur deepest darkest fear, face it, and pray u dont loose ur nerve, and that will put ur light on...
Actually the ending for the song is:
Because there's a monster living under my bed Whispering in my ear There's an angel, with a hand on my head She say's I've got nothing to fear La illaha illa Allah We all shine like stars La illaha illa Allah We all shine like stars Then we fade away
Everlast is actually a Muslim, so i guess this is a pretty holy song about redemption and turning back to the light. Monster=Temptation, Angel and the putting lights back on thingie=guidance to the right path...
this was written after the lead singer for everlast had some sort of rare heart attack. its about not knowing if you're going to live tomorrow and for everyone to put your lights on to see what is really going on. The children are the only pure ones.