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"
You got a window in the basement.
You got a perfect view, but you don't care.
Have you ever seen the things that go on outside?
You got a door to your apartment,
so you can step outside and see the sights.
Downtown looks like don't own if you look at it right.
You just might sleep yourself to death.
You guts will spill onto your bed.
I've got a windowsill that I mentioned earlier where you can rest your chin.
There is also a seat, that I've heard exists somewhere, for the perfect rest.
It's just a simple plan to keep you awake.
No matter what I try, your eyeballs seem to hide.
After saying that you won't sleep in ever again, you slept all morning long.
If you bore than you must be boring too. Did I stutter?
Your own kind of corruption leads to sleeping in.
If you want to wait, then I'll just start the clock,
and see how much time you waste.
You got a perfect view, but you don't care.
Have you ever seen the things that go on outside?
You got a door to your apartment,
so you can step outside and see the sights.
Downtown looks like don't own if you look at it right.
You just might sleep yourself to death.
You guts will spill onto your bed.
I've got a windowsill that I mentioned earlier where you can rest your chin.
There is also a seat, that I've heard exists somewhere, for the perfect rest.
It's just a simple plan to keep you awake.
No matter what I try, your eyeballs seem to hide.
After saying that you won't sleep in ever again, you slept all morning long.
If you bore than you must be boring too. Did I stutter?
Your own kind of corruption leads to sleeping in.
If you want to wait, then I'll just start the clock,
and see how much time you waste.
Lyrics submitted by walkingrepercussion
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The windosill he mentioned earlyer? Was that in Grace Kelly with Wings? Go look for yourself. My question is, are both songs pertaining to the same person? Don't know just an observation.
yea...that makes sense. but the two songs are really different
I know, but it might be about a girl or something.
I can't believe there aren't more posts on this song.... its amazing, one of my favorites... has anyone seen the new music video for it?
My friends just turned me on to Piebald... this weekend in fact. I feel like I have been cheated and in the dark not knowing about them before!! When they put this CD in I had an awakening I couldn't explain. Piebald the f*king sht as far as I am concerned. and I am so glad I got to experience them.... and oh yeah this song rocks!!
this song was on heavy rotation in my stereo when i was suffering from wavering bouts of insomnia followed by oversleeping ... this song rocks my world to jupiter and back. the music vid is one of the best i've seen, albeit a bit confusing. the editing is fantastic, and the idea in general. i wanna eat them. :P i kid, i kid.
Mmmk... this song is so brilliant. I absolutely love it. I keep on listening to it... Ican't stop. I just got their new CD a few days ago. It's one of my favorites
sick man, go listen to more bad pop punk
fuckin cool
the fact that no one pointed out how the song is about how much time we waste instead of living real lives is just amazing to me
even the sadistic humor "a seat for the perfect rest" im sure hes making refrance to the fact that every american is in love with his lay z boy