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"
You gave me too many chances, now it's drivin' us apart
I keep on runnin' with the boys, girl, but then you knew that from the start
It must keep building up inside you 'cause you never let it show
I know I'm hanging on the edge now, but I won't let go
I never meant to hurt you, but something was on my mind
Just give me one more chance, we can make it this time
Stay away, stay away from my heart, bet I'm trying my best
Stay away, stay away from my heart
If you gave me three wishes, I'd throw two of them away
I've seen that look in your eye, girl, I'd use the last one this way
We've been from rags to riches, but your love can't be bought
I'm just a junkyard dog, girl, who's afraid he's been caught
You're standing in the shadows, watching everything that I do
And I know the way things must look, it couldn't be further from the truth
Stay away, stay away from my heart, I'm doing all that I can
Stay away, stay away from my heart
Remember how it used to be, girl, makin' love like it's the last time
We held each other close, not knowing what we'd found
You felt the pounding of my thunder, as your rain was pouring down
I never meant to hurt you, but something was on my mind
Just give me one more chance, we can make it this time
Stay away, stay away from my heart, yeah, but I want to stay here with you
Stay away, stay away from my heart, yeah, I'm doing all I can do
Stay away, stay away from my heart, but I want to stay away from you
Stay away, stay away from my heart
I keep on runnin' with the boys, girl, but then you knew that from the start
It must keep building up inside you 'cause you never let it show
I know I'm hanging on the edge now, but I won't let go
I never meant to hurt you, but something was on my mind
Just give me one more chance, we can make it this time
Stay away, stay away from my heart, bet I'm trying my best
Stay away, stay away from my heart
If you gave me three wishes, I'd throw two of them away
I've seen that look in your eye, girl, I'd use the last one this way
We've been from rags to riches, but your love can't be bought
I'm just a junkyard dog, girl, who's afraid he's been caught
You're standing in the shadows, watching everything that I do
And I know the way things must look, it couldn't be further from the truth
Stay away, stay away from my heart, I'm doing all that I can
Stay away, stay away from my heart
Remember how it used to be, girl, makin' love like it's the last time
We held each other close, not knowing what we'd found
You felt the pounding of my thunder, as your rain was pouring down
I never meant to hurt you, but something was on my mind
Just give me one more chance, we can make it this time
Stay away, stay away from my heart, yeah, but I want to stay here with you
Stay away, stay away from my heart, yeah, I'm doing all I can do
Stay away, stay away from my heart, but I want to stay away from you
Stay away, stay away from my heart
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