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"
So listen up (so listen up)
I worked in daylight feeding fashion to housewives
For just this once (for just this once)
I'll take my chances on truck stops and state lines
Go ahead and tell them again
Well I think that I know that they won't remember
Go ahead and tell them twice
Yeah, twice is nice, but three times is just right
Hey, hey now we're almost home
I'm missing you to death, but it's all for the best, I know
Hey, hey we're not far from home
And I've got my pride, and I'll let you sleep tonight
So listen up (so listen up)
My old friends have been dropping like houseflies
The smoking gun (the smoking gun)
Still sits in my pocket and I know how to use it
Go ahead and tell them again
Well I think that I know that I won't forgive them
For turning their backs when we started to get busy
Well, yeah twice is fine, but three times is just right
Hey, hey now we're almost home
I'm missing you to death, but to each his own
Hey, hey we're not far from home
I've got my pride, and I'll let you sleep tonight
Hey, hey now we're almost home
I'm missing you to death, missing you to death, oh
Hey, hey we're not far from home
I swallow my pride and push back my seat tonight
I'm on my feet
I'm on my feet
I'm on my feet
I'm on my feet (this isn't like us anyway)
I'm on my feet (this isn't like us anyway)
I'm on my feet (this isn't like us anyway)
This isn't like us anyway
I'm running
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
I worked in daylight feeding fashion to housewives
For just this once (for just this once)
I'll take my chances on truck stops and state lines
Go ahead and tell them again
Well I think that I know that they won't remember
Go ahead and tell them twice
Yeah, twice is nice, but three times is just right
Hey, hey now we're almost home
I'm missing you to death, but it's all for the best, I know
Hey, hey we're not far from home
And I've got my pride, and I'll let you sleep tonight
So listen up (so listen up)
My old friends have been dropping like houseflies
The smoking gun (the smoking gun)
Still sits in my pocket and I know how to use it
Go ahead and tell them again
Well I think that I know that I won't forgive them
For turning their backs when we started to get busy
Well, yeah twice is fine, but three times is just right
Hey, hey now we're almost home
I'm missing you to death, but to each his own
Hey, hey we're not far from home
I've got my pride, and I'll let you sleep tonight
Hey, hey now we're almost home
I'm missing you to death, missing you to death, oh
Hey, hey we're not far from home
I swallow my pride and push back my seat tonight
I'm on my feet
I'm on my feet
I'm on my feet
I'm on my feet (this isn't like us anyway)
I'm on my feet (this isn't like us anyway)
I'm on my feet (this isn't like us anyway)
This isn't like us anyway
I'm running
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Our time is almost
Our time is almost here
Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter
Almost Here Lyrics as written by William Beckett Michael Carden
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network
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funny story with this song. when i first heard it, i thought he said:
"i worked all day and feel like bashing some house wives"
=| lol
he says both -i'm missing you to death, but it's all for the best, i know -i'm missing you to death, but to each his own
just at different verses
Its one of those songs that grabs you first listen round, i found- these guys will be huuuuuge!
the smoking gun stands in my pocket
(You see me like freight train) (This isn't like us anyway)
I'm missing you to death, but your the top of the best I know. I'm missing you to death, but it's all for the best, I know.
preciate it...
honestly where did you get "you see me like freight train"?
and :
i'm missing you to death, but it's all for the best, i know i'm missing you to death, but to each his own
Well guys, hate to interrupt with an ACTUAL song meaning, but this song is about their rise to the top and stuff, now this is gonna turn into "WILLIAM BECKETT IS TEH SECKS"
So listen up. (So listen up) My old friends have been dropping like houseflies. The smoking gun still sits in my pocket and I know how to use it.
Go ahead and tell them again. Well I think that I know that I won't forgive them For turning their backs when we started to get busy. Yeah twice is fine, but three times is just right.
THIS SONG IS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT HIS OLD FRIENDS, AND HOW THEY BACK STABBED HIM.
darn caps...