Cantante y compositor estadounidense. En la década de 1990 y principios de … Read Full Bio ↴Cantante y compositor estadounidense. En la década de 1990 y principios de la de 2000 se estableció como un pilar en la escena independiente de folk y alternativa de Chicago, antes de mudarse a Brooklyn en 2003. Después de tocar en una banda de heavy-metal de la escuela secundaria con Rob Lloyd llamado Crystal Meth Death, Mills volvió su atención a la música country y folk. Mills lanzó sus primeros EP en 1996 y 1997, y firmó con el sello indie de Chicago Sugar Free Records en 1998. Siguió una gira por Inglaterra en su lanzamiento de 2000, Kiss It Goodbye. Después del colapso de Sugar Free Records, Mills lanzó The Silver Line en su propio sello, Powerless Pop Records. En 2005 Mills firmó con el sello independiente de Brooklyn Ernest Jenning Records Co. y lanzó "The Wall to Wall Sessions", un álbum grabado y mezclado completamente en vivo para cinta de 2 pistas. Realizó una gira por Inglaterra en 2005, luego de una gira estadounidense por Lucero. En 2008 lanzó Living In The Aftermath en Ernest Jenning, seguido de nuevo por giras por los Estados Unidos y Europa. En 2009, la canción "Such a Beautiful Thing" de Living In the Aftermath apareció en el popular programa de televisión Criminal Minds en el episodio "Cradle To The Grave". En 2011 lanzó 'The Heavy Years 2000-2010' una colección retrospectiva de carrera.

Take Me Down
Chris Mills Lyrics

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Well I never thought I'd arrive at a place so far from you
But I know I'll never survive
With all the things that you've been put through
But I never thought you would turn
Or that I would turn away
All you wanted was to love me
But I guess that I just got in the way

Now my arms are empty in a place you used to be
I know you will never forgive me
But could you do one last thing for me?

Let me stay in your eyes awhile
Let me rest
Watch myself bleed
If all that has brought me to you
Take the match and kerosene
Burn it all down
And burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Take me down with you
And burn it all down

Well I could see a ways around you
And I could see dust on your face
As much as I want to forget you
You're the one thing my heart can't erase

Let me stay in your eyes awhile
Let me rest
Watch myself bleed
If all that has brought me to you
Take the match to the kerosene
Burn it all down
And burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Take me down with you
And burn it all down

Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down

Take me down with you
And burn it all down

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Chris Mills's song "Take Me Down" depict a person who has grown distant from someone they love but still yearn to be close to them again. The opening lines of the song express the singer's surprise at how far they have come from the person they still love. The singer recognizes that the experiences the person they love has gone through have contributed to the distance between them. However, the singer takes ownership of their own part in the relationship's breakdown when they admit that they got in the way of the love the person they love had for them. The second verse illustrates the singer's pain in losing their love and the difficulty of letting go.

The chorus of the song makes the singer's desire for connection with their love more explicit. They beg for the chance to remain in their love's eyes and to watch themselves bleed. This line could be interpreted as the singer wanting to do whatever it takes to be close to their love again, even if it means hurting themselves emotionally. The repetition of the lines "take the match and kerosene / burn it all down" could be interpreted as the singer's wish to start anew and to destroy everything that has kept them apart. In the final line, the singer pleads with their love to take them down and burn it all down together, indicating their hope to rebuild their relationship from the ground up.

Line by Line Meaning

Well I never thought I'd arrive at a place so far from you
I'm surprised to find myself so distant from you

But I know I'll never survive
I won't be able to survive without you

With all the things that you've been put through
I understand that you have been through a lot

But I never thought you would turn
I didn't expect you to change

Or that I would turn away
And I didn't expect myself to turn away from you

All you wanted was to love me
You only wanted to love me

But I guess that I just got in the way
But I unintentionally caused problems

Now my arms are empty in a place you used to be
I feel empty without you by my side

I know you will never forgive me
I understand that you won't forgive me

But could you do one last thing for me?
But can you grant me one final wish?

Let me stay in your eyes awhile
Let me remember what it was like to be with you

Let me rest
Give me a moment of peace

Watch myself bleed
Allow me to feel the pain caused by my mistakes

If all that has brought me to you
Despite everything, I believe that fate brought me to you

Take the match and kerosene
Let's destroy everything that brought us here

Burn it all down
Destroy everything that reminds us of our pain

And burn it all down
Get rid of everything that causes us hurt

Take me down with you
Let's face the consequences together

Well I could see a ways around you
I was able to see through you

And I could see dust on your face
I could tell that you've been through a lot

As much as I want to forget you
As much as I try to ignore you

You're the one thing my heart can't erase
I can't forget about you

Burn it all down
Destroy everything that reminds us of our pain

And burn it all down
Get rid of everything that causes us hurt

Take me down with you
Let's face the consequences together

Burn it all down
Destroy everything that reminds us of our pain

And burn it all down
Get rid of everything that causes us hurt

Take me down with you
Let's face the consequences together

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Christopher Rowland Mills

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