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Back 2 Good Lyrics
It's nothing, it's so normal you
Just stand there I could say so much But I don't go there cuz I don't want to I was thinking if you were lonely Maybe we could leave here and no one would know At least not to the point that we would think so Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about Somebody else It's best if we all keep it under our heads I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do But I'm lonely now, and I don't know how To get it back to good This don't mean that, you own me This ain't no good, in fact it's phony as hell But things worked out just like you wanted too If you see me out you don't know me Try to turn your head, try to give me some room To figure out just what I'm going to do And everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like They do It's best if we all keep this quiet instead And I couldn't tell, why everyone here was doing me like They do But I'm sorry now, and I don't know how To get it back to good Everyone here, is wondering what it's like to be with Somebody else Everyone here's to blame, everyone here Gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain, everyone hides Shades of shame, but looking inside we're the same, we're The same And we're all grown now, but we don't know how To get it back to good Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking 'bout Somebody else It's best if we all keep this under our heads I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do But it's over now, and I don't know how, it's over now There's no getting back to good |
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02-06-2002
04-06-2009
"
It's nothing, it's so normal you
Just stand there I could say so much
But I don't go there cuz I don't want to
I was thinking if you were lonely
Maybe we could leave here and no one would know
At least not to the point that we would think so
"
this first part is when he is at a bar. Hes thinking about how normal it is for someone who is hurt to be at a bar. He's talking to a girl and he wants to tell her how he feels, but decides its better left unsaid. He starts thinking that maybe if he takes her home, he can replace the feeling of hurt with love again. Then he is assuring himself that his past lover wont know about it. He feels like he is cheating on her
"
Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about
Somebody else
It's best if we all keep it under our heads
I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But I'm lonely now, and I don't know how
To get it back to good
"
Here he is pointing out that he believes everyone at the bar is there for the same reason he is, because they are lonely. But while your there you dont let that feeling out, so you keep it under your head. Basically he's saying you dont speak about being lonely, you act happy. Then he starts doubting that anyone could hurt as bad as he is. He says he is lonely and he has no idea how to "get back to good".
"
This don't mean that, you own me
This ain't no good, in fact it's phony as hell
But things worked out just like you wanted too
If you see me out you don't know me
Try to turn your head, try to give me some room
To figure out just what I'm going to do
"
Now he is speaking to his ex lover. He is telling her that just because he feels so awful and lonely, she doesnt own him. Then hes saying that the bar scene was just a coverup. He doesnt really want to be there, and the happiness people are putting on, is phoney. Then he says if you see me, dont approach me. I needs some space to try and figure this out.
"
And everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like
They do
It's best if we all keep this quiet instead
And I couldn't tell, why everyone here was doing me like
They do
But I'm sorry now, and I don't know how
To get it back to good
"
I think at this point hes starting to realize there are more people at the bar that are cheating than anything else. And he hates that they are there for that reason. I think he reveals in this part that his lover cheated on him. That is why he doesnt know how to get it back to good. He can either take her back and maybe get past the problem but he isnt sure.
"
Everyone here, is wondering what it's like to be with
Somebody else
Everyone here's to blame, everyone here
Gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain, everyone hides
Shades of shame, but looking inside we're the same, we're
The same
And we're all grown now, but we don't know how
To get it back to good
"
I think he starts putting pieces together and realizes that we all have a curiousity about being with someone else. No matter how much you love your partner, there is always that feeling when a hot girl/guy walks in that you may have alittle fantasy about them.
"
Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking 'bout
Somebody else
It's best if we all keep this under our heads
I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But it's over now, and I don't know how, it's over now
There's no getting back to good
"
Here he realizes that she went to far. Once it goes from fantasy to reality the relationship is over. There is no way to get back to the way it was before.
Just my opinion. This is one of my favorite songs ever
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04-17-2002
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06-02-2002
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09-26-2002
Just stand there I could say so much
But I don't go there cuz I don't want to
I was thinking if you were lonely
Maybe we could leave here and no one would know
At least not to the point that we would think so"
he runs into someone he used to date, and they don't say what he really wants to say -- small talk. and he says that even if they did run away together, no one would really notice. they'd be like 'oh, they're gone' and go about their daily lives.
'Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about
Somebody else
It's best if we all keep it under our heads
I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But I'm lonely now, and I don't know how
To get it back to good'
everything and everyone is littered with infidelity, but as long as it's kept secret it's all right. because of all the lies, he can't figure out if anyone else feels like he does, and all he wants is the truth.
'And everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do
It's best if we all keep this quiet instead
And I couldn't tell, why everyone here was doing me like they do'
he's talking about hypocrites and how they don't talk about anything important. he feels like he's somehow caught in the middle or involved and he wants out.
'everyone here gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain, everyone hides
shades of shame, but looking inside we're the same, we're the same
And we're all grown now, but we don't know how to get it back to good'
he's talking about how everyone's hiding behind their lies, how they get so caught up in it that they find pleasure in pain. they all believe they're so different, but "inside we're all the same". and he says that no matter how old they get, they're still immature and don't know how to make it right again.
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03-27-2003
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04-15-2004
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09-20-2004
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10-21-2004
"And everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like
They do" - Basically saying people are mad at someone for cheating on them when they have done the exact same thing.
"If you see me out you don't know me
Try to turn your head, try to give me some room
To figure out just what I'm going to do"
Basically saying if you see me out later... pretend not to know me and let me figure out what I'm gonna do.
To me "back to good" just means how someone is going to get it back to good after they've cheated...
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11-25-2004
To which I add, Just when you think it's all over, it's only begun.
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12-11-2004
Anyway, to me it's about not being able to be with the person you want to be with, because they're really thinking about somebody else they'd rather be with, and that really everyone does that, thus the part about hating everyone for doing just like they (you) do. It's almost cyclical. Everyone's thinking about being with somebody else, but that person is in turn doing the same thing, and it hurts, but can you really blame them? You want to yet at the same time you're doing it to the person you're with. In the end no one's happy, and that's why they invented the blues lol. As the Beetles said, "obladi oblada life goes on..."
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12-21-2004
Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about somebody else.
It's best if we all keep it under our heads
I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But I'm lonely now, and I don't know how
To get it back to good"
I feel that way so often, I think this song is amazing
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02-26-2005
As stated, it is a "Drinking and Cheating" song. In the beginning, we are committed to someone (dating, married, whatever) and are sitting at the bar, drunk and looking to have a good time... with whoever. We feel something is missing at the moment (the only think that really matters when you're drunk) and we want to get "back to good". Now, everyone knows that the same thing is going through everyone else's mind, it's just not talked about. Yet all the signals are there. Eventually, we slip away with someone. As long as nobody notices, who really does it hurt?
The second verse is right after the fact, and regret sets in. We are now hurt, and possibly hurt the person we are committed to, and maybe even hurt the person we were with. But we don't know how to get back to the way it was before what we did (Back to Good). It was fun at the moment, but there was nothing lasting in it ("you don't own me") and was just meaningless ("in fact it's phony as hell"). Yet, we truly hope in the end that this moment will never come up again, or we will be at a loss to explain ourselves.
But should we have to explain ourselves? Everyone has those cheating feelings. Everyone. How can one person look down on another for breaking down and going farther with those feelings than another? One person stops at flirting, another with a caress, another at a kiss, another... ("everyone hides shades of shame"), yet we have all cheated to some degree. Yet it's all still cheating ("but looking inside we're the same").
Overall, the song is just telling us that everyone is human, and we all eventually go astray. Don't think for a second that everyone else is faultless, and don't put other's down for thier moments of going "too far".
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03-07-2005
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04-17-2005
Somebody else
It's best if we all keep it under our heads
I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But I'm lonely now, and I don't know how
To get it back to good
I think it's about being in a relationship that used to be very powerful, but they won't break up because they have to stay together because that's what they and everyone else think. they want it to be stronger, but they don't know how to fix it.
And everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like
They do
It's best if we all keep this quiet instead
its true. people hate people just like them. for instance, my dad and i don't get along and what we hate the most about each other is what we each do, but we never admit it.
Everyone here, is wondering what it's like to be with
Somebody else
Everyone here's to blame, everyone here
Gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain, everyone hides
Shades of shame, but looking inside we're the same, we're
The same
And we're all grown now, but we don't know how
To get it back to good
This goes along with what i said earlier about staying together even though they shouldn't. they want to be with someone else (not necessarily someone in particular) because they want a different experience. The please or pain part is the guilt of cheating. at the time it feels good, but the guilt afterward it the pain.
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06-20-2005
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07-02-2005
for me, i think it's about screwing up and trying really hard to get "back 2 good", then realizing along the way that we're not alone. there are other people too who are trying to get better.
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08-15-2005
Rob's voice in here sounds so pure and sincere, it is one of my favourites for sure. But like I said before, it IS about falling into the temptation of cheating and realising how it hurted the relationship you cared for...trying to hide it, but feeling awful inside.
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09-08-2005
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09-08-2005
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12-23-2005
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03-22-2006
"Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about
Somebody else
It's best if we all keep it under our heads
I couldn't tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But I'm lonely now, and I don't know how
To get it back to good"
and u could c that they still have feelings towards one another and they want to give it another try and spend time away from anyone else who used to envy them wen rob thomas sez
"you Just stand there I could say so much
But I don't go there cuz I don't want to
I was thinking if you were lonely
Maybe we could leave here and no one would know"
Verse 2 is them trying to get together and they want to take time to think of it cuz they are confused, blaming each other, and mixed up. they are scared of getting hurt again or that if they screw up this time they may never be together ever again...so they are trying to sort out the differences between em and they're trying to compromise and suck it up to make it work cuz its really worth it...
"This don't mean that, you own me
This ain't no good, in fact it's phony as hell
But things worked out just like you wanted too
If you see me out you don't know me
Try to turn your head, try to give me some room
To figure out just what I'm going to do"
Finally (and i think ur happy u reached this part now :D) they agree it was thier fault cuz they didnt put much effort in the realationship, so "everyone's here to blame"..i feel its like a confession or an obligation to try and keep a healthy relation this time...
i've been in such a situation. i broke up with a the girl ive loved the most, just out of the blues. it hurt so much. although she said there was reason and we just werent a good match, deep inside i no its cuz im a big fuck up :(.. i think thats the beauty of MB20, u can interpret thier lyrics on ur own way and they all work ;)..
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05-17-2006
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07-02-2006
Then meeting back up with that old love changed everything. And so trying to go back to the world you had before was impossible... Simply put--Theres no getting back to good!!
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08-06-2006
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10-16-2006
one of my favorite songs.
I adore this line:
"If you see me out you don't know me
Try to turn your head, try to give me some room"
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