Last time I saw you, you turned away
I couldnt see you with the sun shining in my eyes
I said hello
But you kept on walking
Going deaf from the sounds of the freeway
Last time I saw you, you turned away
I couldn't hear you with a noise ringing in my ears
Where you used to sleep at night,
I couldn't feel you, you're always so far away

First time I saw you, you turned away
I couldnt see you with the sun shining in my eyes
I said hello
But you kept on walking
Going deaf from the sounds of the D.J.
First time I saw you, you turned away
I couldn't hear you with a noise ringing in my ears
Where you used to sleep at night,
I couldn't feel you, you're always so far away

I don't, don't want to take you home,
Please don't, don't make me sleep alone
If I could, I only want to make you smile,
Come on and stay with me a while

I look at you, you turn away,
I say hello but you keep on walking
The next time i see you, you turn away
You remmeber when we used to sleep a while,
You were always so far away

I don't, don't want to take you home,
Please don't, don't make me sleep alone
If I could, I only want to make you smile,
Come on and stay with me a while

I don't, don't want to take you home,
Please don't, don't make me sleep alone
If I could, I only want to make you smile,
Come on and stay with me a while



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    My Interpretation:I think this song is about two people who had some kind of relationship, not necessarily a romantic kind, they have feelings for each other but they don't have that kind of relationship anymore and circumstances make it impossible for them to talk about their feelings or just meet.
    Flag Kittiemeeon October 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This really reminds me of We Are The In Crowd - Both Sides Of The Story, Not really the sound, just like the story kind of and the whole "conversation" aspect of it...
    Flag RyanCPon March 15, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:Well I interpret the song in two different ways. The "intended" way is how two people hooked up went out for a while and when they were in deep love they slept together multiple times. The girl regrets it, I think the guy does too, but the guy wants to make it up to her, but the girl wants to drop the entire relationship and forget about the past. Some things we can't let go or it's hard to let something go.

    My interpretation is how the guy only wants to make the girl smile and feel good, but she doesn't give the slightest care to him. I like this song, not because of the innuendo about sexual regret, but how the girl ignores or is completely oblivious to the guy. I've been like this for the 15 years I've been living....rejected or ignored, by every girl I ever liked.... I hope it doesn't stay like this >.<

    It's an all time favorite of mine.
    Flag Ritualiston June 05, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:"I look at you, you turn away,
    I say hello but you keep on walking
    The next time i see you, you turn away
    You remmeber when we used to sleep a while,
    You were always so far away"

    The person they are dealing with is very insecure. It reminds me of a relationship I was in where we would hook up, but never really acknowledge each other in public. You know you hook up, and they sleep over, but they feel so distant.

    "I don't, don't want to take you home,
    Please don't, don't make me sleep alone
    If I could, I only want to make you smile,
    Come on and stay with me a while"

    You kind of resent them because they are distant and you know they are bad for you. When you sleep together, you feel very alone. It's about knowing you could do something for that person but its hard to get through to them.

    It seems like she's saying, "This is tempting and I shouldn't do this because you'll make me lonely. But I probably will do it anyway because I feel like I can help you"
    Flag tattooofthesunon March 24, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Easily one of my favorites on the CD, this song is so sweet.

    When I hear it I feel like it's about a couple who had broken up and both want eachother back.
    One more obviously than the other.

    The girl knowingly ignores the boy and makes up excuses for why she doesn't notice him because she doesn't want to talk and risk getting back together:

    The next time I see you, you'll turn away
    I'll say "Hello" but you'll keep on walking
    The next time you see me, I'll turn away

    The reason they broke up:
    Do you remember where we used to sleep at night,
    I couldn't feel you, you are always so far away

    The boy just wants her back, the girl doesn't want to get hurt again (both still care about eachother):

    I don't, don't wanna take you home
    Please don't, don't make me sleep alone
    If I could, I'd only want to make you smile
    If you would stay with me a while
    Flag siredhuman333on January 18, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think this song is fantastic I still remember the first time I heard it in a friends car and havent been able to stop listening to it. I can relate to it as well so I guess my interpretation is what it means to me and how I feel about the lyrics.

    Last time I saw you, you turned away - to me means that they possibly hadnt seen each other for a long time and that something was distracting her 'I couldnt see you with the sun shining in my eyes'.

    He made the first move 'I said hello' and she just kept going.

    Going deaf from the sounds of the freeway - I think means that she's going through alot of things and her life seems to be like a freeway noisey, loud, busy and erratic.

    He's obviously been shattered by her not noticing him

    I couldn't hear you with a noise ringing in my ears - could possibly mean that people have been in her ear's talking about him and her and how they shouldnt be together and its repeating itself making it hard to hear what he's truly saying to her.


    Where you used to sleep at night,
    I couldn't feel you, you're always so far away - to me makes me think that when they were together that it was always difficult for them because she couldnt feel him really there and vice versa (alot of things going on in their relationship for sure that they couldnt relax and be together because of everyting that has been happening._)


    Going deaf from the sounds of the D.J. - that its like a night club where they run into each other again but its so noisy and everythings still happening that its impossible for them to talk.



    I couldn't feel you, you're always so far away - that as much as they love being together that when they are in bed that its inevitable that there are other things going on in their minds and they love each other but they just cant seem to get pas everything thats going on.

    I don't, don't want to take you home,
    Please don't, don't make me sleep alone
    If I could, I only want to make you smile,
    Come on and stay with me a while

    I think that means that they're in love and that they want each other but they cant have any more than what they already do have and that its caused them so much pain already but they cant/dont want to not be together but understand that everything is getting in the way of what they could have and if he could only make her smile it would make everything better but she doesnt see it that way at all.

    I look at you, you turn away,
    I say hello but you keep on walking
    The next time i see you, you turn away
    You remmeber when we used to sleep a while,
    You were always so far away

    I take it this is the hardest aprt for them that he wants to still be friends with her but she cant take it and turns away from him. He wants to reminise (cant sell) but she doesnt want it because its to painful and it hurts to go back even though he's still so much in her head she knwos it better to ddo this than to hurt forever.


    I first heard thissong when this guy I was sort of seeing coudlt deal what what was goin on in his head and he cont. thought that if we had fun and didnt worrya bout anything that we would work it out we had a lot of people in both our ears which amde the decision difficult. we loved eacher other differently but in the end wI had to end it so that he could potentially be happier (which i dont think he is but thats totally upto him and im miserable as well) and thats why I love this song. Its pretty much the story of my life when we see each other its awkward and he tries to be there for me and wwants to talk to him but i unintentionally ignore him and it makes him think that I hate him, but its my way to deal which I think is portrayed in the song.

    hope this isnt to bad guys
    Flag lahbah86on December 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song reminds me of situation i'm in with a guy right now. where we are so bad for each other. but at the end of a night i don't want him to walk me home, but i don't want to sleep alone.

    its the catch 22 of a situation/break up when you despertatly still want to be with that person and want to make them happy but you know its not going to work.
    Flag lucyp33on October 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:to me it's kinda like, the guy is in love with the girl but he's thinking she doesn't love him back, but in actuality she does but everything she's doing, like walking in the opp. direction, etc., is making him think that she doesn't want him

    idk
    Flag sammxakcxon August 22, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Hmmm... I think FrozenPhoenix may be on to it. Maybe not about a relationship, but certainly about the possibility of one. Sounds like the guy very much wants to be in a relationship with the girl, but she is either not interested and doesn't want to break his heart by shooting him down, or she is not sure what she wants and is avoiding the thought of having to discuss the complicated situation with him, so she makes excuses for the times it "appears" she is avoiding him.
    Flag inTHEbloodon July 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:It's about a guy and a girl who used to date and really care about each other, but it ended. The guy misses her, wants to see her, wants to talk to her, but he'll only reach out so far because he's scared. Every time he goes to make contact, he pulls back because she doesn't return the favor. He kind of assumes that it's over for her, she doesn't want to see him or talk to him or anything. Really, she's not doing it on purpose. She just didn't see him, couldn't hear him, etc.

    The chorus is basically saying that they both still care about each other and they don't have any hard feelings. They both miss each other and what they had, but they're too scared to say anything.


    That's what I got from it.
    Flag singitlouddon September 07, 2008   Link

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