Maybe I've forgotten the name and the address
Of everyone I've ever known
It's nothing I regret
-He has not kept in touch with those in his past....and he does not regret that aspect because he wants to block his past out.
Save it for another day
It's the school exam and the kids have run away
-He avoids thinking about his past regrets, keeps putting it off to another day, like kids do when they have to study for a school exam...he's running away from his past problems.
I would like a place I could call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up every day that would be a start
I would not complain of my wounded heart
-He's idealizing a simple life as a solution to his angry & depressed feelings, and as a way to heal his wounds from past regrets.
I was upset you see
Almost all the time
You used to be a stranger
Now you are mine
-This part almost seems like he realized his goal of a simple life with someone he loves, where he is emotionally calm & freed from his past mistakes. However, I think this part is something like a fantasy of being able to look back & not feel regret because you're happy with your current life. It's not something that has actually happened.
I wouldn't even trust you
I've not got much to give
We're dealing in the limits
And we don't know who with
-He realizes that his fantasy is unrealistic. In reality, he would not even trust this "stranger" to be emotionally open with, and due to his depressed feelings, he doesn't have much to give to a relationship anyway. Plus, it's a huge risk ("in the limits"), and you never quite know who you're dealing with in a new relationship. In short, he knows that in reality, a new love would not solve his bad feelings & ease his regret.
You may think that I'm out of hand
That I'm naive, I'll understand
On this occasion, it's not true
Look at me, I'm not you
-He's justifying his feelings. He may appear naive & out of hand emotionally at times, but he's saying its valid. No one else can really know how you feel & judge if it's justified or not.
repeat chorus
I was a short [out] fuse
Burning all the time
You were a complete stranger
Now you are mine
-Pretty much the same as above, only here he compares himself to a fuse that's shorted out to describe his emotional state. He continues to fantasize that a new love & simple life would solve his bad feelings.
repeat chorus
Just wait till tomorrow
I guess that's what they all say
Just before they fall apart
-People often tell you that things will work out, get better in the future ("tomorrow"), etc, but he's mocking them here, saying that they say such things right before their own life crumbles. It's cliche advice and little comfort.
-The song has a pessimistic view: the fantasy that life will improve is just that, a fantasy. In reality, life is a series of regrets.
Maybe I've forgotten the name and the address Of everyone I've ever known It's nothing I regret
-He has not kept in touch with those in his past....and he does not regret that aspect because he wants to block his past out.
Save it for another day It's the school exam and the kids have run away
-He avoids thinking about his past regrets, keeps putting it off to another day, like kids do when they have to study for a school exam...he's running away from his past problems.
I would like a place I could call my own Have a conversation on the telephone Wake up every day that would be a start I would not complain of my wounded heart
-He's idealizing a simple life as a solution to his angry & depressed feelings, and as a way to heal his wounds from past regrets.
I was upset you see Almost all the time You used to be a stranger Now you are mine
-This part almost seems like he realized his goal of a simple life with someone he loves, where he is emotionally calm & freed from his past mistakes. However, I think this part is something like a fantasy of being able to look back & not feel regret because you're happy with your current life. It's not something that has actually happened.
I wouldn't even trust you I've not got much to give We're dealing in the limits And we don't know who with
-He realizes that his fantasy is unrealistic. In reality, he would not even trust this "stranger" to be emotionally open with, and due to his depressed feelings, he doesn't have much to give to a relationship anyway. Plus, it's a huge risk ("in the limits"), and you never quite know who you're dealing with in a new relationship. In short, he knows that in reality, a new love would not solve his bad feelings & ease his regret.
You may think that I'm out of hand That I'm naive, I'll understand On this occasion, it's not true Look at me, I'm not you
-He's justifying his feelings. He may appear naive & out of hand emotionally at times, but he's saying its valid. No one else can really know how you feel & judge if it's justified or not.
repeat chorus
I was a short [out] fuse Burning all the time You were a complete stranger Now you are mine
-Pretty much the same as above, only here he compares himself to a fuse that's shorted out to describe his emotional state. He continues to fantasize that a new love & simple life would solve his bad feelings.
repeat chorus
Just wait till tomorrow I guess that's what they all say Just before they fall apart
-People often tell you that things will work out, get better in the future ("tomorrow"), etc, but he's mocking them here, saying that they say such things right before their own life crumbles. It's cliche advice and little comfort.
-The song has a pessimistic view: the fantasy that life will improve is just that, a fantasy. In reality, life is a series of regrets.
This is why this website is a bit silly.
This is why this website is a bit silly.
eg: We all live in a yellow submarine.
eg: We all live in a yellow submarine.
Why slice up a line into 50 different meanings which were never intended?
Why slice up a line into 50 different meanings which were never intended?