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"
Now I'm supposed to understand
Don't you think you're asking too much?
What kind of fool do you think I am?
Don't you think you've hurt me enough?
Still you want to be friends
But I don't want to be just friends
So before you start with your sympathy
Just turn around and go
And if he breaks your heart, don't come crying to me
I won't be there anymore
Go ahead and cry your tears
'Cause I'm not gonna dry your tears
I've got hard feelings
When it comes to you and me
And these hard feelings
Just won't let me be
These hard feelings run deep
These hard feelings run deep
I'll be alright, don't you worry about me
I'll take care of myself
The first thing I need is you out of my life
The last thing I need is your help
Sorry I met you (sorry I met you)
I will forget you, someday
I've got hard feelings
When it comes to you and me
And these hard feelings
Just won't let me be
These hard feelings run deep
These hard feelings run deep
I've got hard feelings
When it comes to you and me
And these hard feelings
Just won't let me be
These hard feelings run deep
These hard feelings
Hard feelings
When it comes to you and me
And these hard, hard feelings
Just won't let me be
These hard feelings run deep
These hard feelings
Hard feelings
Just won't let me be
Hard feelings
Hard feelings
Don't you think you're asking too much?
What kind of fool do you think I am?
Don't you think you've hurt me enough?
Still you want to be friends
But I don't want to be just friends
So before you start with your sympathy
Just turn around and go
And if he breaks your heart, don't come crying to me
I won't be there anymore
Go ahead and cry your tears
'Cause I'm not gonna dry your tears
I've got hard feelings
When it comes to you and me
And these hard feelings
Just won't let me be
These hard feelings run deep
These hard feelings run deep
I'll be alright, don't you worry about me
I'll take care of myself
The first thing I need is you out of my life
The last thing I need is your help
Sorry I met you (sorry I met you)
I will forget you, someday
I've got hard feelings
When it comes to you and me
And these hard feelings
Just won't let me be
These hard feelings run deep
These hard feelings run deep
I've got hard feelings
When it comes to you and me
And these hard feelings
Just won't let me be
These hard feelings run deep
These hard feelings
Hard feelings
When it comes to you and me
And these hard, hard feelings
Just won't let me be
These hard feelings run deep
These hard feelings
Hard feelings
Just won't let me be
Hard feelings
Hard feelings
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