Lyrics for Meeting Place as interpreted by indiebopper

Meeting Place Lyrics
The colder the night gets, the further she strays.
And he doesn't like it, being this way.

And she tried so hard
To steer away from the meeting place,
But her heart had led her there.

She clings to his consciousness,
Wherever he lays.
He struggles to sleep at night and during the day.
He's worried she's waiting in his dreams
To drag him back to the meeting place.
His love had left him there.
Where her voice still echoes,

I'm sorry I met you darling,
I'm sorry I met you.
As she turned into the night, all he has was the words,
I'm sorry I met you darling,
I'm sorry I left you.

For weeks they had strolled around,
Playing the fools.
They knew the time would come
And time would be cruel.
Because it is cruel to everyone
He's crying out from the meeting place
He's stranded himself there.
Where her voice still echoes,

I'm sorry I met you darling,
I'm sorry I met you.
As she turned into the night, all he has was the words,
I'm sorry I met you darling,
I'm sorry I left you.

I'm sorry I met you darling,
I'm sorry I left you.

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metobe
07-21-2009

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This song represents that nostalgic feeling from a breakup.
Its over, they have both settled that and moved in different directions. They haven't seen each other since its been over. Neither wants to cut open the wounds of the past.
However, their love is still strong and they still think of each other without the other knowing. They could go on without thinking of each other during the day, but at night when their subconcioussness unravels they are in each other's prescence.
This always continues because their love was strong, perhaps they were each other's first loves.
Time is cruel to them because it is suppose to make you forget but they never will.
That goddam meeting place, which for both is in their own minds is heaven and hell, which possess a memory of love and hate for they both loved and lost.
The song never says if they will ever meet. Perhaps the unexplainable events in life will lead them to the see each other someplace sometime- and that is the meeting place ( the place where everything adds up and they find each other again, at a different epoch of thier life, and have a second chance to begin again with a good amount of experience of life on their backs).
"I'm sorry I meet you darling" is what is said if they meet at this place. and if they don't meet ever then this is the monolouge of each one, which acknowledges their pain that they will forever feel.
This song is an ode to all hopeless romantics with a conciouss and want to never look back, but have feelings so strong that it is enivitable to have those emotions.

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lingeron
05-31-2009

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I've been listening to the entire album and I really think that the songs are all related to one relationship and kind of chronologically displays the events as the two people gradually realize that they were not meant to be together. It climaxes in this song which is I think the breakup portion, and this ties in to the next song The time has come again which deals with the guy trying to move on and accept the decision he's made to leave her behind. Listen to the album as a whole and you'll understand what I mean

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itsjstme
05-25-2009

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My personal interpretation is the two met and fell in love. But the female is already in a serious relationship with another man which is why 'she's sorry she met [him]' because they couldn't be together.

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lanuitsansfin
11-26-2008

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i always took this song to be about some kind of forbidden romance...that both parties are already in relationships and are having an affair - but they are in love with each other and find it hard to resist. 'sorry i met you' - because it's hard to stay away from each other/the meeting place. and so on.

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MHHD2
09-10-2008

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Damn. I had hoped this would be an XTC cover.

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isapple
07-22-2008

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Ah see before I read these comments I was certain this song is about a holiday romance of some kind.
Maybe the girl was visiting the place where the guy lives?

"For weeks they had strolled around,
Playing the fools.
They knew the time would come
And time would be cruel."

See that bit makes me think that they always knew they only had a certain amount of time, until the girl went back home again. But the guy fell for her harder than he expected, and he can't stop thinking about her and stuff.
But the girl just thinks of it as what it was: a summer fling. And so she had no trouble "turning into the night", leaving him with memories of the Meeting Place.

Yeah I dunno, it seemed to make sense to me.

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olMUSICHnj
05-22-2008

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"Sorry I met you" and "Sorry I left you" is an exchange between the two. He's sorry he met her now because he has so much grief. she's sorry she left him because of the pain he has. Alex and Miles are role playing in this part.

Notice how "Sorry I met you" is sang much more than "Sorry I left you". This reflects the obsessiveness of the guy. She only says "sorry i left you" 4 times, both emphasizing the sincerity of her apology and also her disinterest in him. However, the guy saying "Sorry i met you" a lot more is his attempt to win her back by means of sympathy and by conveying urgency and desperation...which never works.

I think this track is great, slighty edging past "My mistakes were made for you" for best song on the album, in my opinion.

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Appers66
05-14-2008

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I agree with Sympaul about it being her saying "I'm sorry I met you, darling", not him. Other than that, I kinda see it like Bueller! They had a brief relationship that didn't mean much to her and meant everything to him and then she disappeared with those words and left him at the meeting place, alone.

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Sympaul
05-13-2008

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Great song, sounds like it's taken straight off a James Bond soundtrack. Think all the comments have it about right. Personally, I think this is an illicit relationship (...further she strays). She is already in a relationship and the two of them are having a bit on the side at their meeting place. They both know there's no future in their relationship. He now is sorry he met her, 'cos he's in deeper than he intended and she's messing with his head. She's sorry she met him because she realises what she's done to him, doesn't want to hurt him, but knows there's no future in their relationship. Women eh! That's how I interpret it... probably all wrong though.

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Fifo
05-13-2008

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Firstly, I love love, love this song and I think that both Miles and Alex have done a great job!
Personally, I think that the song is supposed to be a lot darker than you would thnk at first. I think that it's about two people stuck in a bad relationship that they can't get out of for some reason.

"The colder the night gets, the further she strays.
And he doesn't like it, being this way."

This could be the man feeling uncomfortable and scared about how the woman is slowly distancing herself from the relationship.

"And she tried so hard
To steer away from the meeting place,
But her heart had led her there."

The woman is struggeling to leave him and their relationship behind but can't because she was once in love with him and maybe still is.

And about the "she clings to his consciousness" part, maybe he has been treating her badly and it's the guilt that he can't get away from? Because that could explain the next part about how he keeps thinking about her saying that she is "sorry she met him".

Wow, I don't know where that came from! Probably dead wrong though.. I like the thought of this song, which at first seems so light and joyful, being about a sort of crumbling, destructive relationship!

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bueller84
05-07-2008

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I'm partial to the words at the beginning of the song...It's so abstract, yet I can still understand what he means (or at least I think I do!). "He's worried she's waiting in his dreams to drag him back to the meeting place..." I love love love that part! He's not exactly worried, but he just wants to put that nostalgia behind because if he keeps thinking about this woman, it makes him feel heartbroken. If that's what he means, then I friggin' get it. Been there, done that! Then there's the woman, who "tried so hard to steer away from the meeting place, but her heart had led her there." And yeah, her heart led her there, but she still probably screwed this guy over because he had stronger feelings.

I'm not sure about the subliminal metaphor with the way Alex wrote this song. Sometimes I think he tries to be cryptic and poetic about little details and events (kind of like "The Bakery" and "Too Much Too Ask") and this song could be that too. Probably could be about some girl he had a fling with, and he somehow felt rejected by her.

But I've been wanting to know how Alex and Miles wrote these songs. Did they split the writing in every single song, or was it just like, "I write one song, you write the other"?

Whatever the thing, this song is still awesome. But I already said that, so sorry this was long!

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im a radiohead
05-03-2008

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brilliant!!!

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The_$t!G
05-02-2008

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I even think I like the last shadow puppets better than the arctic monkeys,, :|

and I think their music is totally different from eachother.

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The_$t!G
05-02-2008

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great song!

I think it's exactly like your theory bueller :)

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thoughtforlife
04-29-2008

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I really do love this song and the comment above seems quite accurate but i think there's is probably some subliminal metaphor somewhere as there often is is alex turners lyrics.

Does anyone else also think that alex turners contribution to this song (the second half of the verses) is much better than the first?

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bueller84
04-21-2008

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Not 100 percent sure what this song is about, but I'm listening to it right now while reading the words and I think it's about a man and a woman who had this "meeting place" and for those "four weeks they trolled around" something blossomed there, but it was stronger for him than it was for her. She had no problem dashing out of the "meeting place," while he still longed for her ("She clings to his consciousness"). So the poor guy is left hurt and heartbroken (he's worried she's waiting in his dreams to drag him back to the meeting place").

That's why he says "his love had left him there, where the voice still echoes." And even though he longed for her, he's sorry he met her because now all he has is time passing since they were together
...But all he has was the words of "I'm sorry I met you." He can't tell her that 'cos she's gone

Yeah, that's my theory there. Probably not even close, but I don't mind because this song is great. Read the lyrics without the music and it reads like poetry. And the throwback sound with the horns and strings is beautiful. I love it.

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