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"
(Why not)
You act like you don't know me
When you see me on the street
Making like I turn you off
When I know you think I'm sweet
It don't have to be like that
I guess you're insecure
If you say what's on your mind
I might answer, sure
So I walk a little slower
And I try to catch your eye
Sometimes it's so hard to see
The good things passing by
There may never be a sign
No flashing neon light
Telling you to make your move
Or when the time is right (so)
Why not (why not)
Take a crazy chance?
Why not (why not)
Do a crazy dance?
If you lose the moment
You might lose a lot
So, why not?
Why not?
Why not take a crazy chance?
Why not take a crazy chance?
You always dress in yellow
When you wanna dress in gold
Instead of listening to your heart
You do just what you're told
You keep waiting where you are
But what you'll never know
Let's just get into your car
And go, baby, go (so)
Why not (why not)
Take a crazy chance?
Why not (why not)
Do a crazy dance?
If you lose the moment
You might lose a lot
So, why not?
Why not?
Oh, I could be the one for you
Oh yeah, maybe yes, maybe no
Oh, it could be the thing to do
What I'm saying is, you gotta let me know, oh
You'll never get to heaven
Or even to L.A.
If you don't believe there's a way
Why not (why not)
Take a star from the sky?
Why not (why not)
Spread your wings and fly (oh)
It might take a little
And it might take a lot
But, why not?
Why not
Why not (take a crazy chance)
Take a crazy chance?
Why not (do a crazy dance)
Do a crazy dance?
If you lose the moment
You might lose a lot
So, why not?
Why not?
You act like you don't know me
When you see me on the street
Making like I turn you off
When I know you think I'm sweet
It don't have to be like that
I guess you're insecure
If you say what's on your mind
I might answer, sure
So I walk a little slower
And I try to catch your eye
Sometimes it's so hard to see
The good things passing by
There may never be a sign
No flashing neon light
Telling you to make your move
Or when the time is right (so)
Why not (why not)
Take a crazy chance?
Why not (why not)
Do a crazy dance?
If you lose the moment
You might lose a lot
So, why not?
Why not?
Why not take a crazy chance?
Why not take a crazy chance?
You always dress in yellow
When you wanna dress in gold
Instead of listening to your heart
You do just what you're told
You keep waiting where you are
But what you'll never know
Let's just get into your car
And go, baby, go (so)
Why not (why not)
Take a crazy chance?
Why not (why not)
Do a crazy dance?
If you lose the moment
You might lose a lot
So, why not?
Why not?
Oh, I could be the one for you
Oh yeah, maybe yes, maybe no
Oh, it could be the thing to do
What I'm saying is, you gotta let me know, oh
You'll never get to heaven
Or even to L.A.
If you don't believe there's a way
Why not (why not)
Take a star from the sky?
Why not (why not)
Spread your wings and fly (oh)
It might take a little
And it might take a lot
But, why not?
Why not
Why not (take a crazy chance)
Take a crazy chance?
Why not (do a crazy dance)
Do a crazy dance?
If you lose the moment
You might lose a lot
So, why not?
Why not?
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