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"
We've got one more to go
And the last one was a mistake
I'd pour you another
But I think I heard the bottle break
On the bedroom floor
And we'll count the hours awake
'Cause I see no sense in sleeping
Only to wake up much too late
Oh, Anna Leigh, it's not that I'm scared, I've got to
Wait for the air to call you
Lalita, don't you hate these kisses?
I know that we're not in
But we're in love with everyone that is
We're talking tiny conversations
Like they're harmless
Oh, don't you know that I know it's a sin?
We've got one more to go
An the last one nearly killed me
I'm talking to the devil but
I think I heard an angel sing (la la la)
And this year has just begun
So don't count your blessings yet
Let's take a walk, but I think we'd better watch our step
Oh, Anna Leigh, lay down beside me
I'm in need of rest
I'm looking for a hand to guide me
Far away from the rest
Are we moving too fast?
Lalita, don't you hate these kisses?
I know that we're not in
But we're in love with everyone that is
I'm making tiny conversations
And though they're charmless
I'm hoping that they'll bring you back again
And the last one was a mistake
I'd pour you another
But I think I heard the bottle break
On the bedroom floor
And we'll count the hours awake
'Cause I see no sense in sleeping
Only to wake up much too late
Oh, Anna Leigh, it's not that I'm scared, I've got to
Wait for the air to call you
Lalita, don't you hate these kisses?
I know that we're not in
But we're in love with everyone that is
We're talking tiny conversations
Like they're harmless
Oh, don't you know that I know it's a sin?
We've got one more to go
An the last one nearly killed me
I'm talking to the devil but
I think I heard an angel sing (la la la)
And this year has just begun
So don't count your blessings yet
Let's take a walk, but I think we'd better watch our step
Oh, Anna Leigh, lay down beside me
I'm in need of rest
I'm looking for a hand to guide me
Far away from the rest
Are we moving too fast?
Lalita, don't you hate these kisses?
I know that we're not in
But we're in love with everyone that is
I'm making tiny conversations
And though they're charmless
I'm hoping that they'll bring you back again
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
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Not to be a prick but I think these lyrics are more accurate
We got one more to go And the last one was a mistake I'd pour you another But it think I heard the bottle brake On your bedroom floor We'll count the hours away Cause I see no sense in sleeping Only to wake up Much too late Oh and I mean It's not that I'm scared I've got to Wait for the end to call you
Lalita Don't you hate these kisses? I know that we're not in But we're in love with everyone that is We're talking Tiny conversations Like they're harmless But you know that ain't what you sell
We got one more to go And the last one nearly killed me I'm talking to the devil but I Think I heard an angel sing La la la la And this year has just begun So don't count your blessings yet Let's take a walk But I think we better watch our steps Oh and I read "Lay down beside me I'm in need of rest I'm looking for a hand to guide me Far away from the rest Are we moving too fast?"
Lalita Don't you hate these kisses? I know that we're not in But we're in love with everyone that is I'm making Tiny compositions And though they're charming I know they'll never bring you back again
I think it's "And though they're charmless"
Maybe it's "And though they're charmers"? Since it would be obvious that "charmless" compositions wouldn't bring her back again.<br /> <br /> In any case, I definitely agree that whatever the word, it ends with an "s" sound.
Ignore me! It's definitely "charmless".
i know they're charmless<br /> i know they'll never bring you back again<br /> <br /> right? i hear this.
"Like they're harmless<br /> But you know that ain't what you sell"<br /> <br /> in this point, i like the wrong lyrics<br /> <br /> "Like they're harmless<br /> But you know that I know it's a sin"
Thanks a lot for the person who put those lyrics! I've been waiting for them for so long... Anyway, 'Lalita' is definitely my favourite track on this album, I've been loving this song for its rhythms, melodie, energy...and I love it even more now that I know its lyrics... I think it's about drinking some shots of vodka (or tequilla, whatever) ('We've got one more to go, and the last one nearly killed me' + 'I heard the bottle break') and the rest is about their 'drunk-state of mind' I take it... Anyway, GREAT SONG, definitely one of the best of 2009.
I am diggin' this songgg. Love the guitar-bit between verses.
so, this song is actually about the singer's relationship with an underage girl, hence the reference to "lolita." she was 16 or 17 when they dated, joined the band for a little while, but i'm pretty sure they broke up because stu is a douche.
Anyone else think this song is about the book Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov?? I mean the content of the story fit really well with the song..plus its nearly the same name.