Need to Know
Unveiling Regrets: Elliott Brood's Need to Know Chronicles Love Lost
Lyrics
Oh I'm sorry it happened a long time ago
Expressing regret for a past event that occurred a long time ago.
You ma staggered in heavy with you below
Describing someone (likely "You ma") entering heavily, possibly burdened, with the speaker below them.
She said it might be time that I lay it down
Referring to a suggestion that it might be time for the speaker to let go of something.
I just smiled and faded off into the crowd
Smiling and fading into the crowd as a response to the suggestion, possibly avoiding confrontation or reflection.
Now the years they've gone
Reflecting on the passage of time over the years.
And time moved on
Noting the ongoing movement of time.
Still I can't seem to find myself
Expressing a difficulty in finding oneself despite the passage of time.
But you're still of me
Acknowledging a lingering connection with someone ("you") despite personal struggles.
I wish I knew you in my youth
Expressing a desire to have known someone in the speaker's youth.
All those things we could've
Reflecting on missed opportunities and things that could have been done.
But didn't do
Acknowledging unfulfilled actions or choices from the past.
I let those clouds
Allowing metaphorical clouds (troubles or obstacles) to influence decisions.
I let them push me around
Letting external factors influence and direct the speaker.
Til I staggered off to another town
Describing a departure to another location, possibly as a result of the influence of external pressures.
But I need to know
Expressing a need for information or understanding.
How could you've sold us?
Pondering how someone could betray or abandon ("sell") the speaker and others.
And left us all by ourselves
Describing the aftermath of being left alone.
Then we never heard from you
Not hearing from the person who left.
I always whished
Expressing a longstanding wish or desire.
I always wished I would have
Repeating a wish from line 23, emphasizing the lack of fulfillment.
Now I know
Realizing something in hindsight.
I know that I should have
Acknowledging a realization about what should have been done in the past.
Never meant to tear your whole world apart
Clarifying an unintended consequence of actions, expressing remorse for causing distress.
Never meant to leave you with this heavy heart
Reiterating the unintentional impact on someone's emotions, specifically a heavy heart.
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