Yeah just take me home, oh
This is her signifying that she is over him
Yeah just take me home, oh
This is her signifying that she is over him
Just take me home
This to me is her saying that she is done with him
Take me home
She is tired of being played
I said "I've been there too a few times"
This to me is him telling her that he's been with multiple women
Can't stop thinking about you" and I
This to me is him trying to sweet talk her now
He says "What you've heard is true but I
He is admitting going out with other girls
I say "I've heard that you've been out and about with some other girl, some other girl"
This to me is her expressing jealousy
Takes me home, lights are off he's taking off his coat (Hm yeah)
This to me means that they are going to do the nasty
So it goes, he can't keep his wild eyes on the road
This to me means that he can never stop looking at her
And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
This to me means that she might be really wealthy
You've got that long hair slick back, white t-shirt
This to me is him saying that he looks healthy
'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style
They always have to love each other because they are meant to be
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
When they have their problems they go back to doing what they do like nothing ever happened
And I got that red lip, classic thing that you like
He is saying that he is the same way
You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
This to me is him saying that you have a rebel look in your eye
Watch it go round and round each time
He can see that these problems are reoccurring
Know exactly where it leads but I
This to me is him saying that he knows that things arent going to work out
And I should just tell you to leave 'cause I
Their relationship could be changing
(Heard from you)
This could mean that she or he is trying to keep it a secret because it is in parenthesis
Fade into view, oh,
Either the relationship can go good or bad
Long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise
This could be that they are far from each other
Midnight, you come and pick me up, no headlights
This to me is that they are trying to keep there life a secret
But now the day bleeds
He is realizing that he will never get her back and that he messed up and now he is feeling sorry for himself
For now the day bleeds
He is saying that now that she is gone his heart is broken
I'll be safe in your sound 'til I come back around
He is saying he is going to be safe while he dreams about her until he wakes up
I fall into your arms
He is dreaming of her
And I tend to close my eyes when it hurts sometimes
This to me is him explaining that he sleeps his pain away
I guess I kinda liked the way you helped me escape
She made him feel like their was nothing he had to worry about
Just to know how it feels
He wants to know that pain the female went through
Now, I need somebody to know
He needs a girl that he had a connection to like the one he had with the girl
This all or nothing way of loving got me sleeping without you
He is explaining that he misses her
I'm going under and this time I fear there's no one to turn to
He is saying he isn't going to find another female like the one he had
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved
He thought he didn't have to do anything but she told him otherwise
And then you pulled the rug
Like I said in the line before she stopped caring and she ended leaving
I let my guard down
He is saying he should have done more to try to keep them together but he didn't and she really left
To get me through it all
She was like a guide for him and she took him through everything
And you're not here
He is saying if he was falling in a black hole she would be the person to pull him out
Into nightfall
Its like he is falling into a black hole
Now the day bleeds
He is saying that now he is lonely and he is starting to feel the pain
I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain
He is saying that his past girlfriend was like a medicine that numbed the pain in his heart
But it's never the same
He is saying that he can say it all he wants but its not the same as if you have a girlfriend
It's easy to say
He is saying that is is easy to say but it is not easy to find a girlfriend
Somebody to hold
He wants to hold her because he needs a hug because he is going crazy
Somebody to have
He wants to have a girlfriend
Somebody to know
Like I said in the line before I think he is talking like ha wants a girlfriend
I need somebody to heal
This to me is him saying that he needs someone to support him so he doesn't go crazy so maybe he is talking about he needs a girlfriend
This all or nothing really got a way of driving me crazy
This to me is him talking like he is suicidal because he is saying if he should do it or not
I'm going under and this time I fear there's no one to save me
This to me is the person singing the song telling us that he is losing himself and their is no one who can save him
for you.
Like I said in the line before he was doing this for her so she can stop crying
to gather sweet crocuses and jonquils
This is the man she loves trying to stop her from crying by telling her sweet things and giving her stuff
in this gray, gray sunrise
This must be the color of the car
I’ve parked my horse
This to me is the man that she loves telling her that he has parked the horse in other words a car and maybe this is significant because they might not have ever been able to afford one
My darling, please, don’t be sad.
This to me is the man she loves telling her that everything is alright and that she will be apart of this one day
with the man I love
This to me is her explaining how she loves seeing this with the man she loves
a stroll through the Tenderloin
This to me is her talking about how Chinatown makes her feel like home
persimmons from Chinatown,
This to me is her drawing a interest in Chinatown
Oh, the small delectables of day
To me this is her talking about the people who help build the city and the tall towers
the talent, the courage, the wherewithal.
This to me is her imagining how much bravery it took for men or women to build the buildings
we could’ve had everything:
This to me is her wondering why we couldn't have this in her village
you cry, “Mei Ling, Mei Ling, once
This to me is her crying because she thinks that the city is beautiful
A quick fix in your veins; a white rush in my mind
This to me is her explaining her excitement toward the city
t suspends where no prophet can touch.
This to me is her explaining how the golden gate bridge is over the water
s a three-tiered freeway. Look up
This is her talking about the modern highway
the path through the “Golden Mountains”
This to me is her explaining how to get to her village
Hong Kong, San Francisco, San Jose
This to me is her finding out where the people are from and they are from the united states
the Yangtze, the Pearl?
I'm guessing that Yangtze is her birthplace
Where is your birthplace,
This to me is her being confused because she wants to know where your birthplace was because she is trying to figure out why your culture is different than hers
Where is the Yellow Emperor who nurtured you?
This to me is her talking about this place by saying that they don't have a statue of the person who founded this village
on the land of your displacement
To me this is her telling us that the buildings are in unusual spots
One pellicle, another, falls
This to me is her telling us that the the bamboo is so strong she doesn't think that it will fall
your gentle bark can’t protect you now.
This to me is her telling us that it is to late for us to try to help the air
city’s oxygen, small men’s shadow,
This to me makes me thing that the air quality there is bad
Gingko, vomit-eater of the metropolis
This to me is her telling us that even though it is comfortable that the house does have bugs
in the comfort of night.
This to me is the author telling the us that the bamboo house if comfortable to sleep in
don’t fall as civilizations fall
This to me is the author once again telling me that the bamboo house is very strong because its says that the house doesn't fall like civilizations
and we pay the rent. So, please,
This to me basically tells me that the government built the bamboo house because they have to pay rent
You arrange the amenities
This to me is saying that the bamboo house is very useful in certain situations
like a thin-hipped dowager
It was a a bamboo house that had a great name maybe because of the family that lived in it
squats in the sinking earth
This to me is the author explaining how far the bamboo is in the ground
refuses to bend in the wind,
This to me is the author telling us how strong the bamboo is
Condominium, stiff bamboo,
To me thin is a lot of buildings made out of bamboo
floating perfectly through the net.
He made the shot
and swiveling back to see an orange blur
The orange blur in the ball
for the game he loved like a country
He might have fallen but made the game winning shot for the game he loves so he is okay with it
with a wild, headlong motion
He might have fallen on his head
inexplicably falling, hitting the floor
While in the process if laying the ball up he lost his footing and ended up falling
but losing his balance in the process,
This to me is him saying that in the process of laying the ball up he lost his footing and is off balanced.
against the glass for a lay-up,
Like I said in the line before the power forward got the rebound and is laying it up off the glass
by himself now and laying it gently
I guess when the power forward got the rebound he is going to do a put back
in a fury, taking the ball into the air
This to me is him trying to explain a alley
while the power-forward explodes past them
The power forward it hustling to try to get the rebound
and commits to the wrong man
This to me is him explaining why you don't need to dribble on a fast break if you do it right because you have to dribble you didn't do it right
until the guard finally lunges out
They don't have to take a dribble until the guard gets it to lay the ball up
a single bounce hitting the hardwood
They are playing as a team so they don't even have to take a dribble
between them without a dribble, without
Its nothing but passing in the fast break which is good because it makes it faster
together as brothers passing the ball
Like I said in the first line they are playing as one
and filling the lanes in tandem, moving
This to me is him explaining that they are moving in one motion
the way that forwards should, fanning out
Like I said in the line before in the line before this one the forwards are there to get the rebound in the outlet pass misses
both forwards racing down the court
The forwards are slow and they might be running down to try to get the rebound and try to get a put back
like a coach’s drawing on the blackboard,
Like I said in the line before they ran it so good it looks exactly like how to coach drew it up on the blackboard
in slow motion, almost exactly
The fast break is so good it looks like its going in slow motion
letting the play develop in front of him
The defenders is so slow that he has to let the play happen because he can't keep up
of a high, gliding dribble and a man
The man who got the pass is so fast it looks like he is gliding
in the wrong direction, trying to catch sight
The defenders can't keep up with the person receiving the outlet pass
who looks stunned and nailed to the floor
The person who is getting the outlet pass makes a defender fall
scissoring past a flat-footed defender
The person going for the outlet pass is dodging the defenders to try to get open
an underhand pass toward the other guard
This to me is him explaining a turnover.
to the outlet who is already shoveling
I know that a outlet is a person running down the court so he is looking for the person running down the court
and spinning around to throw a strike
This to me is him explaining how he gets the rebound and looks to see who he can pass it to.
from the air like a cherished possession
This to me is him saying that the person that got the rebound jumped really high
perfectly, gathering the orange leather
The orange leather is the ball that he just rebounded
boxes out his man and times his jump
To me this is him describing a person getting a rebound
and for once our gangly starting center
This to me is that the team has started to get on one page and is playing together as one.
hangs there, helplessly, but doesn’t drop,
This to me is him saying the ball is bouncing on the rim and hasn't went in yet
A hook shot kisses the rim and
This to me is describing a dunk because you can't hook shot and kiss the rim at the same time
His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room
This to me makes me think that they are together and doing some freaky stuff
I said, "No one has to know what we do"
To me this is telling me that she is crazy because she is saying how people don't have to know but what do they no have to know
Wildest dreams, ah-ha
This to me makes me think that she once again is crazy because she said "wildest dreams" which means if its a bad dream still think about her
Even if it's just in your wildest dreams, ah-ha
This to make me think that she is crazy for this guy and she would do anything to make him stay with her even if its in his dreams
Say you'll see me again
This to me is if they ever break up she wants him to think of her when they are away from each other even if he is in another relationship.
Red lips and rosy cheeks
This to me is her still wanting him to picture her in a beautiful state in case he wants to leave
Staring at the sunset, babe
Like I said in the line before this to me is her saying to picture her looking the best she can and see if you want to leave
Say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress
This to me is her telling the guy to remember her in a dress maybe so if the guy decides to leave he won't because he will picture her in a dress
My one condition is
This to me is her saying that she only has one problem with him
I can see the end as it begins
This to me is her saying if she runs away with him she can see the end of them which means they aren't going to work out
He's so bad but he does it so well
She knows that he is bad but still is choosing to stay with him and maybe running away with him
He's so tall and handsome as hell
Like I said in the line before she is coming up with why she should go so she used him being handsome and tall as a reason to leave with him
Nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down
This to me is her thinking about what she should do so she is coming up with reasons why she should go or why she shouldn't
I thought heaven can't help me now
This to me is her thinking what she should do to go with him and leave her family behind or stay and leave him behind
Drive out of the city, away from the crowds"
This to me means to leave you family behind and come with me I think this because he said leave the crowd
He said, "Let's get out of this town
This to me is the guy telling the girl to leave her parents and come with him
We used to play pretend, wake up you need the money
He is saying that you can't play pretend anymore because you are not a kid you need to grow up and get a job so you can support yourself
We used to play pretend, used to play pretend, money
He is saying that they used to play pretend but now they are living in the reality and the reality is that you have to get a job and have money to survive
Used to play pretend
He said "used" which means that he doesn't play it anymore which means that he grew up
"Wake up, you need to make money", yeah
This to me is him playing like he is their mother and how she told them they need to get up and get a job
But now they're laughing at our face singing
Like I said in the line before they didn't male the dream become a reality so people started to laugh at them for it
Used to dream of outer space
Like I said in the line before he was having these big dreams but they never came true
We would build a rocket ship and then we'd fly it far away
This to me is him saying how they had big dreams but never made the dream become a reality
Give each other different names
Like I said in the line before they would try to act like something they are not.
Used to play pretend
He is talking about how him and hi friends would play pretend maybe trying to act like they are grown
We all would take the latter
Now he is thinking of his friends and how they would play.
Out of student loans and tree house homes
Like I said in the line before he is thinking about how life was as a kid
Nothing really mattered
This to me is how he is thinking back when all he had to do was be a kid. Not have to pay bills or work all he did was go to school and have fun
But it would remind us of when
Like I said in the line before he is thinking about when he was a kid
The stone's throw from a creek we used to roam
This to me is him thinking back to when he was a kid
Same clothes, home grown
This to me is him thinking of what his mom would say if she was still here because he said same clothes home grown which means what she would think of him now that he is grown
It'd be to my brother, cause we have the same nose
Scratch what I just said again because if its just for his brother I have a feeling they are talking about their mom because you will always want to have something that your mom had before she passes
I'd probably only sell one
Scratch that idea because he said he would only sell one which means it must not be that good
Try to sell it, never sell out of it
This to me is saying that the the smell must be sweet because I would sell tons of candles like that because people like that smell
If I ever found it
He says "If I ever found it" which means that he hasn't found that smell yet, he must be looking for it
I'd make a candle out of it
The smell that he smells must be a good smell because he said he could make a candle out of it
Where it's coming from?
This to me is saying that he knows the smell but can't figure out where its coming from
How come I'm never able to identify
Like I said in a previous line you know the smell but you can't name is but you will always know where you are.
Take me back to when I was young
This proves my statement in the line before because that smell reminds him of his childhood
Sometimes a certain smell will
This to me has a impact on me because we all have that one person that has that smell, like every time you go there you know where you are because it just has this certain smell and he is saying that something in his life reminds him of it
But now we're stressed out
This to me is him saying that now that he is grown he is stressed out maybe because he has to pay bills and work a full time job now
When our momma sang us to sleep
This to me is him saying that he liked it when he was young because he loved when his mom would read him stories to make them fall asleep
To the good old days
He says the good old days which means that when he was young he didn't care about what people thought of him he just was a little kid having fun
Wish we could turn back time
This to me is him saying that he wants to go back in time when life was good and he didn't have a care in the world
My name's Blurryface and I care what you think
Once again this proves what I said on the line before about he is insecure about himself because he cares about what people think of him.
And I care what people think
This to me is him saying that he is insecure about himself
But now I'm insecure
This to me is him saying that now when he does it he doesn't feel good anymore so now it's all catching back up with him
All my fears would shrink
This proves my point on the other line before because he said all his fears would shrink so maybe when he said what he said then all his pain was going to go away but in reality it was just building up inside.
I was told when I get older
This to me is him saying that maybe people told him when he was young to treat the people how you want
Every time I sang
This o me is him saying that this isn't the first time he has done this, so maybe this is the reason why he said he wanted to be a new man.
I wish I didn't have to rhyme
This to me is him saying that he said something very harsh to make the person leave and he is wishing he didn't
In an order that is new
This to me is him saying that he wished that he was different which means he wishes he was a new man.
I wish I found some chords
This to me is him saying he wished that he could have said something more polite because "chords" is when you sing something that is harmonic
That sang some better words
This to me is him saying that he said something to make someone leave him which means he must have said something very mean because people don't usually leave because someone said something.
I wish I had a better voice
This to me is him saying that he wished he could have done something better to keep someone around
No one's ever heard
This to me is him saying that people don't know how he was treated when he was younger
I wish I found some better sounds
This to me is him saying that he might not have had the best life growing up
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
This to me is her saying that she warned the man about how she acts before she got into the relationship
Boys only want love if it's torture
This to me is her saying that men only want to make woman lives hard by giving them a hard time but I think that is wrong just because you have gotten played doesn't mean that all men play.
Or it's gonna go down in flames
This to me is her basically saying that she is going to back stab you
So it's gonna be forever
This to me is her saying that she is going to force you to stay
Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream
This to me goes back to when we were talking about WWTM in how people never act like the way they look, you could be on the cover of a magazine but be the meanest person ever.
But you'll come back each time you leave
This to me is her saying that no matter what you are feeling in that moment that you will always come back eventually because the love is unbreakable
I get drunk on jealousy
this is her admitting that she get jealous very easily
"Oh, my God, who is she?"
This to me is her getting jealous of another female
Keep you second guessing like
This to me is her saying either you choose me or someone else stop second guessing
Rose garden filled with thorns
Once again she uses thrones to symbolize her bringing the guy down because when you get poked with a thorn you get mad
I can make all the tables turn
This to me is her saying that just like the guy brings her down she can bring him down.
Screaming, crying, perfect storms
This to me is her saying when she cries for the guy its like a storm because of how much she cries.
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh, no
This to me is her telling the guy that it's not going to work out.
Be that girl for a month
This to me is her trying to tell the guy if he was in her shoes he wouldn't survive because supposedly guy treat woman bad
Find out what you want
This to me is her telling the audience that what a person is going to tell you that's what you have to go by because you don't have evidence of the truth
You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
This to me makes me think back to when my dad use to tell me that you always treat a girl like a queen because it makes them feel like you care about them.
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
This to me makes me think she knows that the guy is going to cheat on her and then tell her he didn't cheat.
Cherry lips, crystal skies
This to me the cherry lips make me think of the 50's because that's what the woman wore in those times and the crystal skies makes me think of happy time and or unbreakable things.
And I'll write your name
This to me is saying that she knows that they aren't going to work out so she is going to write his name with all the other ex's.
But I've got a blank space, baby
This to me is saying that even though she knows how they are going to treat her she still wants to be with them
Or with a nasty scar
This to me is saying that the relationship might go south and they will end up leaving each other and it will make a scar which to me is saying that they are going to miss each other.
It'll leave you breathless
This to me is saying that their relationship is going to be so intense that it is going to take you breath away
We'll take this way too far
This to me is saying that the guy is going to play her so much that its gonna start getting out of hand.
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
This to me is saying that when you have a relationship its like when your a kid and all you like to do is play.
And you love the game
This to me is saying that she thinks that all men love to play woman.
'Cause you know I love the players
This to me is saying that she loves to get played which to me is saying that in her past relationships she has gotten played.
They'll tell you I'm insane
This to me is saying she has been with so many people she looks like she is the problem.
Got a long list of ex-lovers
This to me is saying that she hasn't found the right person yet so she has a lot of ex's.