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"
At the end of the day
You are worn out, you are worn out
And too tired to sleep
But then you do dream of wonderful things
That you might do, right on through to the next day
And then you wake up
The sun's on your face
You're stretchin' while you're sayin'
It's a brand new day!
It's a brand new day and the sky is clear
So let's come together, everybody cheer
Come out people from everywhere
Let's see your faces, the day we'll share
Come on and celebrate a brand new day
Everyday!
Call out to the workers and the children in the schools
It's a day of celebration so put down your tools
And celebrate a brand new day everyday!
Come see the mountains and come see the shores
Mother nature is calling so come climb aboard
And celebrate a brand new day everyday!
Let's go
At the end of the day
There is no doubt you are worn out
Ooh, but then you do dream of wonderful things
Wonderful things you might do
And then you wake up
The sun's on your face
You're stretchin' while you're sayin'
It's a brand new day!
Celebrate a brand new day everyday!
Celebrate a brand new day everyday!
You are worn out, you are worn out
And too tired to sleep
But then you do dream of wonderful things
That you might do, right on through to the next day
And then you wake up
The sun's on your face
You're stretchin' while you're sayin'
It's a brand new day!
It's a brand new day and the sky is clear
So let's come together, everybody cheer
Come out people from everywhere
Let's see your faces, the day we'll share
Come on and celebrate a brand new day
Everyday!
Call out to the workers and the children in the schools
It's a day of celebration so put down your tools
And celebrate a brand new day everyday!
Come see the mountains and come see the shores
Mother nature is calling so come climb aboard
And celebrate a brand new day everyday!
Let's go
At the end of the day
There is no doubt you are worn out
Ooh, but then you do dream of wonderful things
Wonderful things you might do
And then you wake up
The sun's on your face
You're stretchin' while you're sayin'
It's a brand new day!
Celebrate a brand new day everyday!
Celebrate a brand new day everyday!
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