Never Meant To Know

Never Meant To Know
Written by	Rob Cantor
Appears on	Good & Evil
Sung by	Rob Cantor
Duration	3:40
Genre	Rock
Language	English
Links:	YouTube Spotify

Never Meant To Know is a song by Rob Cantor. It is the first song on Good & Evil.

Interpretations

Although the meaning of the song has never been explicitly stated by the band, you can gather from the lyrics that this song is most likely about the early stages of humanity, and how there are some things in the universe that we cannot know, and maybe we're not supposed to, and how life just brings up more questions when one finds the answers to others. This ties into a seemingly overarching theme on the album of an almost Medieval society and it's music/cultures. However, once again, this is all just speculation and has not been confirmed by the band.

Lyrics

Woke up today with a lay of the land
Feather in cap & the sun in the sand
It was easy
It was easy to understand
Everything suddenly falls out of sight
Every attachment is made of the light
That you offered
You have offered to give me life

CHORUS
See the sky & all the land together again
See the way the earth can stay below
Who do we think we are?
Everything plays a part
There are some things we are never meant to know

Having enjoyed all the meat from the bone
Is perfectly equal to being alone
It was even
But you breathe & I turn to stone
Everything suddenly looks like a sign
Easy to see from the outermost clime
I believe in what I leave in the way behind

CHORUS
& all the parts combine to one
& all of us around the sun
Everything will fall away
To order from the disarray

See the sun the shadows cast
From all the times I floated past
See the ocean spinning out
With all the hope & all the doubt

See the sky & all the land together again
See the way the earth can stay below
Who do we think we are?
Everything plays a part
There are some things we don't understand
Reasons on the other hand
There are some things we are never meant to know

Tabs/Chords

Submitted By: Leo Goodman(cruelgirlfriend3@gmail.com)

E   - x79997
C#m - X46654
G#m - 466444
A   - 577655
Am  - 577555
E9  - x79777
B   - 799877
G#  - 466544
F#m - 244222
B7  - 7978t7
D#  - x68886
F#  - 244322


INTRO: Just strum E for a little bit.

VERSE 1
E
Woke up today with the lay of the land
C#m                    G#m
Feather in cap and the sun in the sand
       A            Am           E
It was easy, it was easy to understand
E
Everything suddenly falls out of sight
C#m                 G#m
Every attachment is made of the light
         A                 Am                 E     E9
That you offered, you have offered to give me life

CHORUS
A                              E
See the sky and all the land together again
A                                G#m
See the way the Earth can stay below
A                  B    G#                 A
Who do we think we are? Everything plays a part
          F#m                B7                E  E9  E  E9
There are some things we are never meant to know

E                 
Having enjoyed all the meat from the bone
   C#m                 G#m
Is perfectly equal to being alone
       A              Am                   E     E9
It was even, but you breathe and I turn to stone
E
Everything suddenly looks like a sign
C#m                   G#m
Easy to see from the outermost clime
A                   Am                 E    E9
I believe in what I leave in the way behind

CHORUS

    G#m              D#
And all the parts combine to one
    G#m        F#
And all of us around the sun
E               B
Everything will fall away
E                 B
To order from the disarray

G#m             D#
See the sun the shadows cast
G#m                  F#
From all the times I floated past
E             B
See the ocean spinning out
     E              B
With all the hope & all the doubt

A                            E
See the sky & all the land together again
A                                G#m
See the way the earth can stay below
A                  B    G#                 A
Who do we think we are? Everything plays a part
          F#m                  B
There are some things we don't understand
F#m            B
Reasons on the other hand
          F#m                B                E   E9
There are some things we are never meant to know

And after that, just keep alternating between E and E9.

NOTE: The chords in the bridge aren't actually played on a guitar, but I'm 99% sure that these are the chords that Rob plays in the song.

Good & Evil
	Never Meant To Know · & · You & Me · Cannibal · Who You Are · Sacred Beast · Hymn for a Scarecrow · A Lady · The Trap · Turn the Lights Off · Misery Fell · Out in the Twilight · You · Fate of the Stars · Light & Night* (pre-gap bonus track) * indicates tracks only available in the 2022 CD rerelease