This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Once upon a time i walked an easy road
Didn't think i needed anyone.
I could make it on my own
Never thought about tomorrow, just livin' day to day
Never thought these clouds would come along
And bring me so much pain
When my world was upside down
I didn't think that i could make it,
Reached out my hand for you
And you were there to take it
[Chorus]
I want to thank you
For being my strength when i thought i couldn't go on
And i want to thank you
Be,
till i get over you
Walked through the park, in the evening air
I heard a voice and i thought you were there
I run away but i just can't escape
Memories of you everywhere
They say that time will dry the tears
But true love burns for a thousand years
Give my tomorrows for one yesterday
Just to know that i could have you here
[Bridge]
When will this river of tears stop fallin'
Where can i run so i won't feel alone
Can't walk away when the pain keeps callin'
I've just gotta take it from here on my own
But it's so hard to let go
Didn't think i needed anyone.
I could make it on my own
Never thought about tomorrow, just livin' day to day
Never thought these clouds would come along
And bring me so much pain
When my world was upside down
I didn't think that i could make it,
Reached out my hand for you
And you were there to take it
[Chorus]
I want to thank you
For being my strength when i thought i couldn't go on
And i want to thank you
Be,
till i get over you
Walked through the park, in the evening air
I heard a voice and i thought you were there
I run away but i just can't escape
Memories of you everywhere
They say that time will dry the tears
But true love burns for a thousand years
Give my tomorrows for one yesterday
Just to know that i could have you here
[Bridge]
When will this river of tears stop fallin'
Where can i run so i won't feel alone
Can't walk away when the pain keeps callin'
I've just gotta take it from here on my own
But it's so hard to let go
Lyrics submitted by SexyJaxilyn7
Thank You Lyrics as written by Kyle Handley Eric Gage
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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