Just The Past
Peter Bjorn and John Lyrics

Tell me how, do I
Asking for instructions or guidance on how to connect with you

Get to know you
To better understand you and form a closer bond

You untie me as if I were a shoelace
You make me feel relaxed and at ease, as if I were a loose shoelace that you're tying up

You let out all I can hold between my buttons
You help me to express myself freely, without any hesitations or reservations

With you I get nothing
Despite our connection, there is still an ineffable quality between us

Even if, I gave
Acknowledgment that there could be an imbalance in the relationship

You a mountain
Out of a grand gesture of love and devotion

On a bad day you don't think your are at the top of it
When you're feeling down or negative, you can't see the good things in your life

Then how can I change that
Asking how they could improve a bad day and make them feel better

When it's in your ?
When it's in your control

You can't take a compliment
You struggle with accepting or believing compliments from others

Take a rest with me
Invitation to share intimacy and comfort

After a long day
Following a day filled with stress or hardship

Foots on the table
Relaxing and feeling comfortable in one's own space

Don't take them down down down
Asking to stay in this moment and keep the guard down

Is it your parents...
Questioning if external factors affect their behavior

Or just the past
Asking if past experiences have a continuing impact on present life

If you, should reach
Acknowledgment that they may achieve their goals one day

What you aim for
Their aspirations and ambitions

Don't kid yourself to blame for
Don't take on unnecessary guilt or fault

What's obviously not your fault
Recognizing that some situations are outside of your control

Then laugh this away
Finding humor in the situation and moving forward

You won't get to hear
Implies that the singer is holding something back, or that their true emotions may not be expressed fully

What I really have to say
Their deepest feelings and thoughts about the situation or relationship

What I see is not
Acknowledgment that their perception and perspective may not align

What you think I see
The other person's perception or projection of how they think they're perceived

And what I think
Their own personal thoughts and opinions

Is not what you think I think
Contrasting their own thoughts with what the other person may believe they're thinking or feeling

I know me
Affirmation of their personal identity and individuality

But you don't know me
Acknowledgment that the other person may not fully understand them

'Cause I don't know you
Self-awareness and recognition that they may not fully understand the other person either