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 don't know what's in store
But you know what you're here for
Close your eyes, lay yourself beside me
Hold tight for this ride
We don't need no protection
Come alone, we don't need attention
Open your hand, take a glass
Don't be scared, I'm right here
Even though, you don't roll
Trust me girl, you wanna be high for this
Take it off, you want it off
'Cause I know what you're feeling
It's okay, girl, I feel it too
Let it be, baby breathe
I swear I'm right here
We'll be good, I promise, we'll be so good, ayy
Open your hand, take a glass
Don't be scared, I'm right here
Even though, you don't roll
Trust me girl, you wanna be high for this
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
You wanna be high for this
You wanna be high for this
Ooh, whoa
You wanna be high for this, yeah
You wanna be high for this
But you know what you're here for
Close your eyes, lay yourself beside me
Hold tight for this ride
We don't need no protection
Come alone, we don't need attention
Open your hand, take a glass
Don't be scared, I'm right here
Even though, you don't roll
Trust me girl, you wanna be high for this
Take it off, you want it off
'Cause I know what you're feeling
It's okay, girl, I feel it too
Let it be, baby breathe
I swear I'm right here
We'll be good, I promise, we'll be so good, ayy
Open your hand, take a glass
Don't be scared, I'm right here
Even though, you don't roll
Trust me girl, you wanna be high for this
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
You wanna be high for this
You wanna be high for this
Ooh, whoa
You wanna be high for this, yeah
You wanna be high for this
Lyrics submitted by ayebien, edited by Mellow_Harsher
High for This Lyrics as written by Adrien Gough Henry Russell Walter
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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These lyrics are terrifying. It leaves so much up to the mind. Someone about to have sex, but it's certainly more than they are used to, and the song's narrator is coaxing them into it line-by-line. "You want to be high for this" -- the pure hedonism of the song is so intense that it's almost scary just how everything else is thrown out the window.
Exactly my thoughts.
definitely about having sex while rolling... which is amazing, by the way
I do understand how most people could interpret his song as scary and terrifying, a "bad guy" coaxing a nice, trusting girl to surrender her body to him, but that is not what I felt when I first heard it. It comforted me - I have been in a situation where I called up my boyfriend that I was supposed to be broken up with, and we went dancing, alone, just the two of us at a random club. We held each other's bodies tight, and we both didn't know exactly what was in store, but we both knew what we were there for. We both knew that in our right, "sober" minds, we would not, and should not be close to each other. We knew we had to be "high" for this. (difference was that we were drunk not high) We ended up at his place, in his oh-so-familiar bed, and it was so lustful and carefree, just giving in to something we knew we shouldn't be doing. It was so easy, we just knew what the other was thinking and it was so beautiful. In the end, it ultimately caused more pain, dragging the end of our relationship out, but it was just something we needed to do, but we both had to be "high" for it. This song comforted me, and reminded me that everyone has moments of weakness.
It's interesting how music has different effects on people based on their experiences. Fascinating input!
@rachellepatten Wow when i read that it hit me hard, thats the most beautiful and heart breaking thing i have ever read.
@DjCrispy @1051617110 Thanks guys!
"Come alone; we don't need attention"
These lyrics are terrifying. It leaves so much up to the mind. Someone about to have sex, but it's certainly more than they are used to, and the song's narrator is coaxing them into it line-by-line. "You want to be high for this" -- the pure hedonism of the song is so intense that it's almost scary just how everything else is thrown out the window.
This song is terrifying in the most awesome way possible. And I think "Don't be scared. I'm right here." Is the most terrifying line on the entire album. Seriously, the narrator just seems like a bad, bad dude. Fantastic track.
Like many others have said, this song is definitely about having sex while on MDMA or ecstasy.
"even though, you don't roll ..." -> the term "rolling" is used when someone is high on ecstasy
"open your hand, take a glass" -> the girl needs to open her hand to take the capsule from him and needs a glass of water to swallow it or the powder
this song's about "rolling" ecstasy and having sex.
p.s. that comment was directed @ meloydipthong.
Take a glass could mean one of two things. It could refer to the ecstasy being of high purity or it could simply mean a glass of alcohol. I think it probably means drinking alcohol based on the context of the song. A little liquid courage helps to give into temptation. Plus alcohol and E mix well.
It also could just be a glass of water to wash it down.