He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
With you,
With you,
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place
Now Romeo and Juliet,
Bet they never felt the way we felt,
Bonnie and Clyde,
Never had to hide like,
We do,
We do
You and I both know it can't work,
It's all fun and games,
'Til someone gets hurt,
And I don't,
I won't let that be you
Now you don't wanna let go,
And I don't wanna let you know,
There might be something real between us two, who knew?
Now we don't wanna fall but,
We're tripping in our hearts and it's reckless and clumsy,
'Cause I know you can't love me here
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place,
But everything we had is stuck in the moment,
And there's nothing my heart can do (can do),
To fight with time and space 'cause,
I'm still stuck in the moment with you
See like Adam and Eve,
Tragedy was our destiny,
Like Sunny and Cher,
I don't care,
I got you baby
See we both,
Fightin' every inch of our fiber,
'Cause ain't no way,
It's gonna end right but,
We are both too foolish to stop
Now you don't wanna let go,
And I don't wanna let you know,
That there might be something real between us two, who knew?
And we don't wanna fall but,
We're tripping in our hearts and it's reckless and clumsy,
And I know you can't love me here
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place,
But everything we had is stuck in the moment 'cause,
I'm still stuck in the moment with you
See like,
Just because this cold cold world saying we can't be,
Baby, we both have the right to disagree,
And I ain't with it,
And I don't wanna be so old and gray,
Reminiscin' 'bout these better days,
But convention's telling us to let go,
So we'll never know
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place,
'Cause everything we did,
And everything we have is stuck in the moment,
Yeah
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place,
But everything we have is stuck in the moment,
And there's nothing my heart can do,
(Nothing my heart can do),
To fight with time and space 'cause, (and space)
I'm still stuck in the moment with you,
Yeah,
With you,
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place
Now Romeo and Juliet,
Bet they never felt the way we felt,
Bonnie and Clyde,
Never had to hide like,
We do,
We do
You and I both know it can't work,
It's all fun and games,
'Til someone gets hurt,
And I don't,
I won't let that be you
Now you don't wanna let go,
And I don't wanna let you know,
There might be something real between us two, who knew?
Now we don't wanna fall but,
We're tripping in our hearts and it's reckless and clumsy,
'Cause I know you can't love me here
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place,
But everything we had is stuck in the moment,
And there's nothing my heart can do (can do),
To fight with time and space 'cause,
I'm still stuck in the moment with you
See like Adam and Eve,
Tragedy was our destiny,
Like Sunny and Cher,
I don't care,
I got you baby
See we both,
Fightin' every inch of our fiber,
'Cause ain't no way,
It's gonna end right but,
We are both too foolish to stop
Now you don't wanna let go,
And I don't wanna let you know,
That there might be something real between us two, who knew?
And we don't wanna fall but,
We're tripping in our hearts and it's reckless and clumsy,
And I know you can't love me here
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place,
But everything we had is stuck in the moment 'cause,
I'm still stuck in the moment with you
See like,
Just because this cold cold world saying we can't be,
Baby, we both have the right to disagree,
And I ain't with it,
And I don't wanna be so old and gray,
Reminiscin' 'bout these better days,
But convention's telling us to let go,
So we'll never know
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place,
'Cause everything we did,
And everything we have is stuck in the moment,
Yeah
I wish we had another time,
I wish we had another place,
But everything we have is stuck in the moment,
And there's nothing my heart can do,
(Nothing my heart can do),
To fight with time and space 'cause, (and space)
I'm still stuck in the moment with you,
Yeah,
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this is sad..im not really a justin bieber fan, but some of his songs are good, to me this song means, there relationship would be frowned upon by there friends, family, peers, but they had such strong feelings for each other. they broke up or whatever , but they still love each other very much, but they cant be together like said in the line, "like adam & eve, tradgey was our destiny" , everything they had is stuck in the moment, meaning...he still thinks of her & the memories they had, hes still living in that moment but doesnt know whether to let go of her or not.
Instead of that straight forward relationship business, where it's frowned upon. I see it to be as Justin is already in a relationship with somebody, but has fell in love with this girl he is describing.
Here I believe he's realising that it's wrong what he's doing saying: "You and I both know it can't work, It's all fun and games till, someone gets hurt, and I don't, I won't let that be you. I think he's saying that he loves having her to be with and spend time with but doesn't want her to get hurt at the end of it all.
But later in the song it's revealed she's becomed attatched to him and shares similar feelings for him: Now you don't wanna let go, and I don't wanna let you know, that there might be something real between us two, who knew? Realising that they've both fallen for eachother...
Here I believe that Beiber is saying how reckless it is to fall in love with someone else: Now we don't wanna fall but, we're tripping in our hearts and it's reckless and clumsy, cause I know you can't love me. Saying she can't be with him becuase he's already with someone, most likely regretting kidding themselves in the first place - 'wreckless and clumsy'.
This continues throughout the song, I think it's him wishing he could have been with her. I wish we had another time, I wish we had another place, cause everything we did and everything we have Is stuck in the moment. I think that's bascially saying that if he wasn't taken, and had the same situation, just in 'another time and another place', things would have worked out for them. But they're just stuck living in this world of theirs and are relluctant to let what they shared go.
Just my two cents anyway, it's how it related to me.
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I love this song!! This is me & my boyfriends song we both love this!!:)
I'm in love with this song. I can't get enough of it.
i agree with babygirl90 Their relationship wasnt meant to work but he still wishes they could be stuck in the moment with her. Luvv this song :)
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So.. my, now, ex girlfriend broke up with me for a week ago. And she sheared this song on facebook. I ofc listened to it and I can agree with you guys what it could mean. But my question is.. is there still a shot for me? Or is it REALLY over? What do you think of that? Please, comment. And sorry for bad english!
It's about a fan. not his sister, not a cousin A FAN. Jesus..