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Hey there stranger
Do you remember?
You were a part of my life
Early December
Think I remember?
Sentiment cuts like a knife
The seasons are changing
Life's rearranging
Full of good times
Would a have beens
It's all your fault
And where've you been
And how times goes
And though I don't even know
How to fill in the spaces
And the love you've erased in my life
Are you where you wanted to be?
Did you get there easily?
Did I make you sacrifice?
Did you make a sharp left
When you should have turned right?
Are you where you wanted to be?
Did you sell off all of your gold
Did you trade it in?
Did you wait for love
Or settle for somebody to hold?
And barely symphonic
But strangely ironic
Moments contained in one glance
Oh how I adored you
But now I'm ignored by you.
Nowhere a tint of romance
And now it's vaguely familiar
I think I remember sharing every single intimacy
It doesn't seem so strange to me that we barely entertained
Even the politest of phrases
But sometimes at night
I conjure you up in my mind.
Are you where you wanted to be?
Did you get there easily?
Did I make you sacrifice?
Did you make a sharp left
when you should have turned right?
Are you where you wanted to be?
Did you sell off all of your gold
Did you trade it in?
Did you wait for love
Or settle for somebody to hold.
While I was busy
Perfecting the art
Of deflecting compliments
I took it too far
And I let her rip one right through my heart
Of battle stations we're building
You and I just grew apart
We grew apart
While I decided
To make everyone else happy
I just put aside
My foolish pride
I guess I denied
My own desire
I was too busy pleasing
Every please
I forgot how to breathe
Or question anything
Or ask why?
Am I?
Am I where I wanted to be?
Did I get here easily?
Did I make a sacrifice?
Did I take a sharp left
When I should have turned right?
Am I where I wanted to be?
Can I sell off all of my gold?
Can I trade it in?
Will I wait for love
Or settle for somebody to hold.
I'd settle for somebody to hold now
You know that I've been up and I've been down
I've been picked up and spun around
I'd do it all again
If I could just have somebody to hold now
I just need somebody to hold me now
Could somebody hold me now?
I just want somebody to hold me now
I'd do it all again
Do you remember?
You were a part of my life
Early December
Think I remember?
Sentiment cuts like a knife
The seasons are changing
Life's rearranging
Full of good times
Would a have beens
It's all your fault
And where've you been
And how times goes
And though I don't even know
How to fill in the spaces
And the love you've erased in my life
Are you where you wanted to be?
Did you get there easily?
Did I make you sacrifice?
Did you make a sharp left
When you should have turned right?
Are you where you wanted to be?
Did you sell off all of your gold
Did you trade it in?
Did you wait for love
Or settle for somebody to hold?
And barely symphonic
But strangely ironic
Moments contained in one glance
Oh how I adored you
But now I'm ignored by you.
Nowhere a tint of romance
And now it's vaguely familiar
I think I remember sharing every single intimacy
It doesn't seem so strange to me that we barely entertained
Even the politest of phrases
But sometimes at night
I conjure you up in my mind.
Are you where you wanted to be?
Did you get there easily?
Did I make you sacrifice?
Did you make a sharp left
when you should have turned right?
Are you where you wanted to be?
Did you sell off all of your gold
Did you trade it in?
Did you wait for love
Or settle for somebody to hold.
While I was busy
Perfecting the art
Of deflecting compliments
I took it too far
And I let her rip one right through my heart
Of battle stations we're building
You and I just grew apart
We grew apart
While I decided
To make everyone else happy
I just put aside
My foolish pride
I guess I denied
My own desire
I was too busy pleasing
Every please
I forgot how to breathe
Or question anything
Or ask why?
Am I?
Am I where I wanted to be?
Did I get here easily?
Did I make a sacrifice?
Did I take a sharp left
When I should have turned right?
Am I where I wanted to be?
Can I sell off all of my gold?
Can I trade it in?
Will I wait for love
Or settle for somebody to hold.
I'd settle for somebody to hold now
You know that I've been up and I've been down
I've been picked up and spun around
I'd do it all again
If I could just have somebody to hold now
I just need somebody to hold me now
Could somebody hold me now?
I just want somebody to hold me now
I'd do it all again
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this song is about Darren and Daniel...I think this break-up thing hurt Darren so deeply...some words in this song are very similar to what Darren said about Daniel in a interview.
Do you remember?
You were a part of my life
Early December
Think I remember?
Sentiment cuts like a knife
The seasons are changing
Life's rearranging
Full of could've dones
Would've beens
It's all your fault
And where have you been
And how time goes
And now I dont even know
How to fill in the spaces
of the love you erased in my life
Are you where you want to be?
Did you get there easily?
Did they make you sacrifice?
Did you make a sharp left
When you should've turned right?
Are you where you want to be?
Did you sell off all of your gold
Did you trade it in?
Did you wait for love
Or settle for somebody to hold?
And barely symphonic
But strangely ironic
Moments contained in one glance
Oh how I adored you
But now I'm ignored by you
No evidence of romance
And now it's vaguely familiar
I think I remember sharing every single intimacy
It doesn't seem so strange to me that we barely entertained
Even the politest of phrases
But sometimes at night
I conjure you up in my mind
Are you where you want to be?
Did you get there easily?
Did they make you sacrifice?
Did you make a sharp left
When you should've turned right?
Are you where you want to be?
Did you sell off all of your gold
Did you trade it in?
Did you wait for love
Or settle for somebody to hold?
While I was busy
Perfecting the art
Of deflecting compliments
I took it too far
And I let a ripple run right through my heart
Of battle stations we're building
You and I just grew apart
We grow apart
While I decided
To make everyone else happy
I just put aside
My foolish pride
I guess I denied
My own desire
I was too busy pleasing
To ever be pleased
I forgot how to breathe
Or question anything
Or ask why?
Am I?
Am I where I want to be?
Did I get here easily?
Did I make a sacrifice?
Did I take a sharp left
When I should've turned right?
Am I where I want to be?
Can I sell of all of my gold?
Can I trade it in?
Will I wait for Love
Or settle for somebody to hold
I'd settle for somebody to hold now
You know that I've been up and I've been down
I've been picked up and spun around
I'd do it all again
If I could just have somebody to hold now
I just need somebody to hold me now
Could somebody hold me now?
I just want somebody to hold me now
I'd do it all again
this is how i think they are, though you might be right when you say he sings "wanted" and not "want"....
haha...did you read my comment on "Memories Are Designed To Fade"?...that's a Savage Garden hidden-treasure favourite for me...Again, dealing with regrets and memories.
About passion and feelings...I guess some people do "feel" more than others...or at least don't forget so easily and dwell and fight estrangeness more than others. And there are not so many people like Darren, you and I, I guess they move on more easily with everything.
We'll see, Miss, time will tell. But I do know this particularly song deals with heavy issues and specially questioning yourself (and your decisions, and probably the distance you take) because of how things come out, and dealing with other people's indifference - which still hits me, when you know they're not there anymore. At least the way that it used to be. Birthdays, Holidays, a movie or a song, or anything really, can remind me of people I miss. And I just wonder if they ever feel the same. And will they ever know?.
Again, you want to go back and relive but you can't. It all has changed...
To me, once you are a big part of my life, you always will be in a way. I guess it's our passion again...we do everything with everything we have. I personally think it's a good thing, even if it makes things hurt more, I think it's still worth it. And if Darren is right, you may not feel like this forever because he believes memories are designed to fade. ;) I don't know if I agree with that, but that's another story for another time.
At the time (2003) it was the most haunting song I'd ever heard, I couldn't believe Darren could reflect this pain so well, and how he comes from anguish to honest sadness...in the end, he just wishes he would have someone to hold as well... :(
I remember sending an aproximate translation to all those people that were estranged and that somehow I blamed for it...but I don't really know what they thought about it (probably that I "feel too much", like always).
I wonder if I'll ever get over this feeling...or will I have to carry all this people inside of my heart and head forever, while they get on with their lives?. If they only knew the pain that unwanted abscence brings to one's existence...makes you feel guilty, like you've done something wrong to make them leave...when I guess it's just life most of the times...People moving out, people having serious relationships...but that part of life (and growing "old") hurts like hell.
But I do agree that it's a very heartfelt song. About regrets, about sacrifices that may have been made in the name of love. About how it's so sad how you can be so close with someone for so long, and have them be the center of your world to having them not in your life at all... to having them be a mere memory that you think of once in a while. I think that's one of the saddest things in the world, how relationships fall apart. It shows how fragile they are and that nothing may ever really be "real". I think we can all relate to some degree about what he is talking about. A very haunting song, which I think whoever hears it, will not soon forget.