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"
One, two, one, two, three, four
Shed a tear 'cause I'm missin' you
I'm still alright to smile
Girl, I think about you every day now
Was a time when I wasn't sure
But you set my mind at ease
There is no doubt you're in my heart now
Said "Woman, take it slow and it'll work itself out fine"
All we need is just a little patience
Said "Sugar, make it slow and we'll come together fine"
All we need is just a little patience
(Patience) ooh, yeah
I sit here on the stairs 'cause I'd rather be alone
If I can't have you right now, I'll wait, dear
Sometimes I get so tense but I can't speed up the time
But you know, love, there's one more thing to consider
Said "Woman, take it slow and things will be just fine"
You and I'll just use a little patience
Said "Sugar, take the time 'cause the lights are shinin' bright"
You and I've got what it takes to make it
We won't fake it, oh, I'll never break it
'Cause I can't take it
(Little patience, yeah, yeah)
(Need a little patience, yeah)
(Just a little patience, yeah)
(Some more patience, yeah) I've been walking the streets at night
Just trying to get it right (a little patience, yeah)
It's hard to see with so many around
You know I don't like being stuck in the crowd (could use some patience, yeah)
And the streets don't change but maybe the names
I ain't got time for the game 'cause I need you (gotta have more patience, yeah)
Yea-yeah, but I need you (all need more patience)
Oh, I need you (all need some patience)
Oh, I need you (just a little patience)
Ooh this time (is all you need)
Shed a tear 'cause I'm missin' you
I'm still alright to smile
Girl, I think about you every day now
Was a time when I wasn't sure
But you set my mind at ease
There is no doubt you're in my heart now
Said "Woman, take it slow and it'll work itself out fine"
All we need is just a little patience
Said "Sugar, make it slow and we'll come together fine"
All we need is just a little patience
(Patience) ooh, yeah
I sit here on the stairs 'cause I'd rather be alone
If I can't have you right now, I'll wait, dear
Sometimes I get so tense but I can't speed up the time
But you know, love, there's one more thing to consider
Said "Woman, take it slow and things will be just fine"
You and I'll just use a little patience
Said "Sugar, take the time 'cause the lights are shinin' bright"
You and I've got what it takes to make it
We won't fake it, oh, I'll never break it
'Cause I can't take it
(Little patience, yeah, yeah)
(Need a little patience, yeah)
(Just a little patience, yeah)
(Some more patience, yeah) I've been walking the streets at night
Just trying to get it right (a little patience, yeah)
It's hard to see with so many around
You know I don't like being stuck in the crowd (could use some patience, yeah)
And the streets don't change but maybe the names
I ain't got time for the game 'cause I need you (gotta have more patience, yeah)
Yea-yeah, but I need you (all need more patience)
Oh, I need you (all need some patience)
Oh, I need you (just a little patience)
Ooh this time (is all you need)
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I think that it's about a guy who is in live with a girl. The girl also has feelings for the guy but she's still in another relationship. What the song is saying is that, because it was meant to be, they will eventually come together and all the issues will work themseles out.
I just got out of a relationship, and have been talking to a guy that has been one of my best friends for years. We have strong feelings for eachother, but I don't want to be in another relationship just yet, and he understands that, and that's how I see this song.
@jamfan It could be another relationship but as GunsNRosesGirl points out it is unlikely that this would be a situation for Axl to get himself in so couldn't it be more possible that it was a long distance relationship. in the first line it sais "shed a tear cuz I'm missing you" maybe this is too literal, but skype wasn't around then and they could have not seen each other for a few months or so. If another person was in the way than they still would be able to meet sometimes and he wouldn't miss her in that exact way.
Ok, the sons is about a guy waiting for a girl, probably because she is unattainable. I completely agree with that. In time it will all work out the way they want it to.
Sorry, Cory- I doubt Axl has any sexual problems.
Anyway, I think the song is about a man and a woman who are so in love- but confused at the same time. Axl's lyrics are telling the woman to just be patient and let things come in their own time. That everything will be fine.
Somtimes this kind of songs appear just in the right time in your life, I heard this song since I was 14 years old (11 years ago),
I fell in love with this girl in my town, but she just broke up with his boyfriend and right now she dont want to be in a relationship, when we see each other I know she looks at me in teh same way she looks at me, but all my friends (and her) tells me that I have chances with her, but I have to be patient.
I love this song....
I think it's about two people who are in love but one is in a relationship and the other(Axel) is learning patience as to wait for this person because he reassures himself
"Just a little patience, Need a little patience, etc..."
Being patient is so incredibly trying when you are DYING to be with the one you love...... What a great song. I've always loved it. I love the whistling!
"You and I've got what it takes to make it."
Be patient and see what time brings.....................
Badass song i especially like the ending starting at "I BEEN WALKIN' THE STREETS AT NIGHT"
it's a deep meaning about realationships, and the time it takes to start one and truly keep it going
the reason ppl like this is coz it reminds them of someone. it reminds me of someone.
i don't know much about g n' r, so don't be angry. i think it's about guy asking a girl to marry him, but she rejects, saying him to wait. i think that is that if a can't have you right now, i'll wait, dear.