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Lately I've been thinking
Lately I've been dreaming with you
I'm so resistant to this type of thinking
Oh, now it's shining through
I was alone for the last time
Before my night's vacation with you
Alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
You take yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
I know there's little use in crying
It's more wide awake and dying then I'm used to
I thought we'd walk these streets together
Now I'm hoping that I'll never have to meet you
Step aside from all this anger
And somewhere in between I can feel you
Ask me should we try again
I'm thinking no
why'know, it's not what I believe in
It's not what I believe in
You take yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
You make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
No I, want to taste you, love
No I...no I
No I, just want to taste you, love
Standing in your shoes
I turn and now
You're standing bare in my doorway
I only wish that I had been prepared
I'm gonna have to go along with your way
Just take the plastic camera out
It's the pants you borrowed in the driveway
Alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
Make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
You make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
No I, want to taste of love
No I...
I was alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
Lately I've been dreaming with you
I'm so resistant to this type of thinking
Oh, now it's shining through
I was alone for the last time
Before my night's vacation with you
Alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
You take yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
I know there's little use in crying
It's more wide awake and dying then I'm used to
I thought we'd walk these streets together
Now I'm hoping that I'll never have to meet you
Step aside from all this anger
And somewhere in between I can feel you
Ask me should we try again
I'm thinking no
why'know, it's not what I believe in
It's not what I believe in
You take yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
You make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
No I, want to taste you, love
No I...no I
No I, just want to taste you, love
Standing in your shoes
I turn and now
You're standing bare in my doorway
I only wish that I had been prepared
I'm gonna have to go along with your way
Just take the plastic camera out
It's the pants you borrowed in the driveway
Alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
Make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
You make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
No I, want to taste of love
No I...
I was alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
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WITH THAT SAID..IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEIR BOTH LAYING THERE UPON A BED TOGETHER..HIS HOLDING HER, AFTER THEY HAD BROKEN UP..AND HIS THINKING..I WAS ALONE BEFORE THIS NIGHT, UNTIL THIS ONE NIGHT, THEY LET THEIR EMOTIONS GET THE BEST OF THEM AND SOMEHOW THEY GOT LOST IN THE MOMENT.. SHE ENDED UP SPENDING THE NIGHT.. AND IN ALL OF HIS PAST RELATIONSHIPS HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE ON, AND GET OVER IT.. BUT NOW WITH HER.. HE CAN'T SEEM TOO..
NOW, IT'S LIKE HE HAS TO START THE PROCESS OF 'MOVING ON' ALL OVER AGAIN.. THIS WOMAN SOUNDS VERY CHARMING, AS HE UTTERLY MOCKS HIMSELF BY SAYING, YOU TAKE YOURSELF A PHOTOGRAPH AND LAUGH AT ME.. IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE KNOWS THAT SHE HAS THE BEST OF HIM.. AND THAT HE'S ALLOWING THOSE FEELINGS TO SHOW THROUGH. IT'S ALMOST POINTLESS TO CRY, BECAUSE THEIR MEMORIES HAUNT HIM IN THE DAYTIME..AND HE STAYS UP THINKING ABOUT THEM..HE HAD THOUGHT AT ONE POINT THEY WOULD BE TOGETHER FOREVER.. NOW.. IT'S ALMOST DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SEE HER, CAUSE HE MIGHT JUST "GIVE IN" AGAIN.. THEN HE'S THINKING... IF IT WASNT FOR ALL THIS ANGER..WE WOULD BE TOGETHER, BECAUSE HE SEES HER.. BUT SO MUCH HAS HAPPEN.. THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE TOGETHER, BECAUSE HIS HURT.. SHE'S HURT.. YET SHE ASKES HIM, "SHOULD WE TRY AGAIN?" AND EVEN THOUGH HE VERY MUCH LOVES HER AND WANTS TO BE WITH HER.. HE KNOWS, THIS ISN'T A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP.. AND SADLY.. SAYS NO..
HE LOVES HER.. HE LOVES HER VERY MUCH.. JUST A CHANCE TO GET LOST IN THE THOUGHT OF BEING WITH HER THROUGH THE GOOD TIMES.. JUST A TASTE OF HER LOVE... BUT THEN..
HE REALIZES, THEY GOT TO MOVE ON.. THEY BOTH DESERVE TO BE HAPPY.. SO NOW, HE GETS UP.. AND HEADS FOR THE DOOR.. THE LAST TIME, IT WAS HER.. NOW HIS STANDING IN HER SHOES.. AND HE TURNS TO HER..AND EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS THE ONE WHO BROKE UP WITH HIM THE FIRST TIME, AND NOW SHE'S ASKING FOR A SECOND CHANCE.. NOW HE FEELS AS THOUGH, HE HAS TO GO ALONG WITH HER WAY.. AND JUST END IT ALL..
AS HE LEAVES.. HE'S THINKING.. THEIR BOTH GOING TO REMEMBER THIS MOMENT.. A PHOTOGRAPH.. AND HER SMILE.. AND HEARING HER LAUGHTER.. REMEMBERING ALL THE GOOD TIMES... WHEN THINGS WERE GOOD... LET'S END IT THERE...
MAKE YOURSELF A PHOTOGRAPH.. AND LAUGH AT ME... PLEASE...
This song makes me a little uneasy because when he gets to the part about taking a picture and laughing about it, it always makes me feel as if the person I really cared for thought nothing of me. They were looking back on our memories through photographs and were laughing at how stupid the relationship meant to them. They probably thought, How could they have been so intertwined with that person in that photograph? So that person probably moved on and I'm just left here in the dust, used up and directionless. I will regret not opening up to that certain person and just confess my feelings, but what can I do? It's obviously over and my love hasn't died, it's just faded. There's still hope, a flicker of light that I've left on. I don't regret any time I've spent with them, though, because they were the best moments in my life. I just wish I would have known that back then.
also, Howie has a very deceiving writing style. you never know a songs meaning until you hear it from him. usually it's about something completely out of the ordinary and far from what you though. true talent.
i’ve been thinking, lately i’ve been dreaming with you
i’m so resitant to this type of thinking, oh, now it’s shining through
- He's been wondering if this is what he wants. He doesn't like thinking about it, because deep down, he knows that she isn't interested. Maybe because she hasn't been particularly good to him recently. I see the image of them both sleeping in her bed, while he's wide awake and thinking.
i was alone for the last time, before my night’s vacation with you
alive from the first, now i’m denied by the ghost of you
- I think this means that the night before he stayed over, he was resolved and he knew what he was doing. He was alone and at one with himself. But now afterwards, he's thinking about her and how he really knew she wasn't interested in the first place.
you take yourself a photograph and laugh at me
please
- I see this as him wanting her to take his photo, and to laugh at him to make it easier for him to get over her. Mainly because it's easier to get over someone if they hate you, while it's a lot harder when you know there is that tiny chance they could still like you.
The 'please' i see as an echo of him wanting it all to get better.
i know there’s little use in crying
it’s more wide awake and dying then i’m used to
i thought we’d walk these streets together
now i’m hoping that i’ll never have to meet you
- He knows there is no use in crying and he has to keep his resolve or else he'll end up getting back with her again. He just wants to sleep and not think about her. And although he planned his whole life around her, he hopes that now he doesn't have to run into her because as much as he is thinking about her, it could crack his resolve.
step aside from all this anger
and somewhere in between i can feel you
- Sometimes he thinks the thing that she has done to upset him, doesn't matter because he feels so in love. He can physically feel her inside of him. He's caught wondering if it was the right thing to do.
ask me should we try again
i’m thinking no
y’know, it’s not what i believe in
it’s not what i believe in
- Even though he feels so in love with her, he can't get back with her because he doesn't believe the relationship will work. He has his moments where he thinks it won't work, but in his heart he's in love with her.
no i, wanna taste you, love
no i...no i
no i, just wanna taste you, love
- I think this verse represents the echo of uncertainty. I think the 'No.. I' stands for his sanity and how it's driving him crazy not knowing what to do.
standing in your shoes
i turn and now
you’re standing bare in my doorway
i only wish that i had been prepared
i’m gonna have to go along with your way
- He can't stop thinking about her, and trying to put himself in her shoes to understand why she has done this thing. He wishes he had prepared himself for a failing relationship instead of thinking it'd last forever.. As people in love often do.
That's my take on it anyway. I guess everyone has a different interpretation.
You have to understand, to understand. It's about indecision and confusion and all that shitty stuff.
"i thought we’d walk these streets together
now i’m hoping that i’ll never have to meet you" i moved out to this city to be with her (we were across the state)...and we used to walk the streets together. anytime i go out now, i hope sometimes i do run into her, but know deep down i don't want to because i know it will just make it hurt that much more.
"i, just wanna taste you, love" ...every night, i think about her (even though i try my damndest not to...laying in bed by myself, just want to taste her kiss/body again.
denied by the ghost of her time and time again...no matter how hard i want to forget about her and move on...i can't :(