Album: Regret (1993)

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• Maybe I've forgotten
  The name and the address
  Of everyone I've ever known
  It's nothing I regret
  Save it for another day, 'cause
  The school is out
  And the kids have run away
  
  I would like a place I can call my own
  Have a conversation on my telephone
  Wake up everyday, that would be a start
  I would not complain 'bout my wounded heart
  
  I was upset, you see
  Almost all the time
  You used to be a stranger
  Now you are mine
  
  I wouldn't even trust you
  I've not that much to give
  We're dealing in the limits
  And we don't know who with
  
  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
  
  I would like a place I can call my own
  Have a conversation on the telephone
  Wake up everyday, that would be a start
  I would not complain 'bout my wounded heart
  
  I was a short fuse
  Burning all the time
  You were a complete stranger
  Now you are mine
  
  I would like a place I can call my own
  Have a conversation on the telephone
  Wake up everyday, that would be a start
  I would not complain 'bout my wounded heart
  
  Just wait 'til tomorrow
  I guess that's what they all say
  Just before they fall apart Writer/s: Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Hague, Stephen Morris
  Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

• Locks from WestchesterApart from romance, I think he's looking back at his life, quite simply and literally. It starts with all the friends and normal markers that make up the laundry list of life, and those are the things he doesn't long for, followed by the things he wishes he had. A real home instead of a hotel room. (See video for further evidence of that) Wishing to wake up from bed/depression/the coma of substance abuse, just to have a normal morning. They say he's naive to want these things when his life has all the trappings of a huge career, but truthfully, he's not you. He's him, and he wants a little bit of simple home especially with his new boyfriend.
• Scott from Baton Rouge, LaGreat song. One of their better ones in my opinion. Michelle,I think the meaning of this song is probably what you described or something very similar.
• Michelle from Los Angeles, CaTo me,it expresses the tension between what we long for in terms of love (something simple and uncomplex that gives us a feeling of security--"I would like a place I can call my own, have a conversation on the telephone") and our own baggage and limitations ("I wouldn't even trust you, I've not got that much to give").
  
  Many of us long for a profound and pure love that is unjaded and innocent, but any time we come close to achieving it, our own fears and doubts creep in. . . ("I was upset you see, almost all the time"- "just wait until tomorrow, I guess that's what they all say, just before they fall apart") Those of us who express our faith and hope in finding and holding on to this sort of love, are often told we are just "naive" and that it does not exist, but we believe we are just different. ("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")
  
  I think the song is called "Regret" because the author allowed his own over-analyzing, doubt and fear to cause him to be moody and withdrawn with his lover--which ultimately led to the loss of what he most feared losing.

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