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"
My love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you
Are the stars out tonight
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
I only have eyes for you, dear
The moon may be high
But I can't see a thing in the sky
I only have eyes for you
I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here and so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
They all disappear from view
I only have eyes for you
I can't see anyone but you
Are the stars out tonight
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
I only have eyes for you, dear
The moon may be high
But I can't see a thing in the sky
I only have eyes for you
I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here and so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
They all disappear from view
I only have eyes for you
Lyrics submitted by m3dusa, edited by triangleomer, Sagam
I Only Have Eyes for You Lyrics as written by Harry Warren Al Dubin
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Great version of a great song,
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The best part about this track, aside from the bass and her mad sexy voice, is that it's SO double-edged. The vocals could be anyone: a passionate albeit odd teenager obsessed with their first real boyfriend/girlfriend or an unhinged, homicidal stalker hiding in the crawlspace under your house.
I can't help but think of this as the deranged female companion to 'Every Breath You Take'. So what if there's a three decade age difference? They should totally go out together.
Fixed lyrics:
- “Don’t you ever wonder what it’s like in there, to be all by yourself like that?” “Yeah.” “Yeah, I know. But he’s weird, you know? Like, I’m surprised he isn’t lookin’ at us right now.”
- You’re so fine, you’re so cool I need you And I think that if you thought about it you’d know you need me too ‘Cause I want you I want you I want you I want you
And if I could I’d squeeze your hand so tight every knuckle would crack I’d wrap my arms around you and snap every bone in your back ‘Cause I want you, I want you...
You’re so smart, you break my heart I like you And I think that if you thought about it you’d know you like me too ‘Cause I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you
If I could I’d kiss your lips so hard your entire face would bruise Write your name in blood on every wall, it would make the evening news I’d chain your feet together so that you could never leave I’d make you love me so much you’d have to ask permission to breathe
You’re so fine (I think about you all the time, it’s driving me out of my mind) You’re so cool (Can’t give me what I desire, it burns inside of me like a fire) I need you (I’ll give you everything I’ve got)
‘Cause I want you, I want you, I want you I want you, I want you, I want you
You’re so smart (There is no you, there is no me, together for eternity) You break my heart (I can’t stand to be apart from you, I don’t know what I’m gonna do) I like you (There’s no one but you from the start)
‘Cause I want you, I want you, I want you I want you, I want you, I want you I want you, I want you, I want YOU
It’s up to you, it’s up to you (x3)
You're so cool.. ( ??????? grow beside me like a fire)
should be:
You're so cool... (I can't escape what I desire, it burns inside me like a fire)
Such an amazing and beautiful song. I love her voice and just what she says in the song. Although, I'm curious what movie the quote from the beginning of the song is from. Anyone know? It must be an 80's film.
It really is a beautiful song. It's a really intense feeling she's talking about, not sure I've personally ever felt like that. The quotes on the album though I'm not sure that they're from a movie. I'm pretty positive that's actually Elizabeth and Jeremy. I wish it was an actual quote though.
i think it might be from Breakfast Club, almost sure, though I only thought about after reading the comment. When the "princess" girl and others start talking in detention @ the library, and they're talking about the "bad boy" from the wrong side of the tracks. He's the one where at the end she gives him her diamond stud earring...
The song is not from the Breakfast Club. I'm not sure where it originates, but it's not from that movie. Molly Ringwald was the actress in Breakfast Club, but her character really wasn't that of a princess (rich girl).
it's actually from a made for tv 70's film called The Boy In The Plastic Bubble :')
Such an amazing and beautiful song. I love her voice and just what she says in the song. Although, I'm curious what movie the quote from the beginning of the song is from. Anyone know? It must be an 80's film.
I basically just took CodyCody's corrections, Mikala's corrections, and added one of my own.
Fixed Lyrics:
“Don’t you ever wonder what it’s like in there, to be all by yourself like that?” “Yeah.” “Yeah, I know. But he’s weird, you know? Like, I’m surprised he isn’t lookin’ at us right now.”
- You’re so fine, you’re so cool I need you And I think that if you thought about it you’d know you need me too ‘Cause I want you I want you I want you I want you
And if I could I’d squeeze your hand so tight every knuckle would crack I’d wrap my arms around you and snap every bone in your back ‘Cause I want you, I want you...
You’re so smart, you break my heart I like you And I think that if you thought about it you’d know you like me too ‘Cause I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you
If I could I’d kiss your lips so hard your entire face would bruise Write your name in blood on every wall, it would make the evening news I’d chain your feet together so that you could never leave I’d make you love me so much you’d have to ask permission to breathe
You’re so fine (I think about you all the time, it’s driving me out of my mind) You're so cool (I can't escape what I desire, it burns inside me like a fire) I need you (I’ll give you everything I’ve got)
‘Cause I want you, I want you, I want you I want you, I want you, I want you
You’re so smart (There is no you, there is no me, together for eternity) You break my heart (I can’t stand to be apart from you, I don’t know what I’m gonna do) I like you (There’s no (way???) that we've come this far)
‘Cause I want you, I want you, I want you I want you, I want you, I want you I want you, I want you, I want YOU
It’s up to you, it’s up to you (x3)