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"
Little stars in the corner of my eyes
You're the biggest one here tonight
Let this escalate up the stairs
Since dancing isn't for us
All these lights make your face look nice
You're starting to look like a good idea
Gotta let loose
Watch your head
I guess this time I'm with your friend
You make me look bad
But I guess it's fine
All this laughter
My face on a platter
If I was old I'd be the mad hatter
Gotta let loose
Watch your head
I think you're stepping over the line
But it's all fine in this state of mind
This state of mind
This state of mind
Will you still love me when the party's all over
I don't think I'm really all that sober
Will you please wake me when the party's all over
Maybe tomorrow you can come over
Everything out of place
My face on your face
I think my brain's gonna fry
I need my space
Give me a break
You don't need to know why
I asked where'd they go
Your friends hit the road
They promised they wouldn't
Walk out that door
They'll be back
I promise they'll be back
Sit down with me
They'll come back
Come sit down
There's plenty of room
We'll wait for your friends
To come back for you
Oh my god
This is a mess
I'm gonna pray for what's left of my head
But it's all fine in this state of mind
This state of mind
This state of mind
Will you still love me when the party's all over
I don't think I'm really all that sober
Will you just wake me when the party's all over
Maybe next time I won't get fucked over
Will you still love me when the party's all over
I dont think I'm really all that sober
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Oh no no no
I'll be fine
At least
In this state of mind
Will you still love me when the party's all over
I dont think I'm really all that sober
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Sleeping like a baby
It's part of the act
I'm wide awake
You're not gonna last
Your secrets or mine
Who's gonna tell
The number in your phone belongs to somebody else
We drank
You drank
A cup of drugs
It's a damn good thing I switched the cups
You think you love me
It's part of the act
Take a deep breath
Your life will go fast
Yeah I might've lied
But I don't mind
In this state of mind
You're the biggest one here tonight
Let this escalate up the stairs
Since dancing isn't for us
All these lights make your face look nice
You're starting to look like a good idea
Gotta let loose
Watch your head
I guess this time I'm with your friend
You make me look bad
But I guess it's fine
All this laughter
My face on a platter
If I was old I'd be the mad hatter
Gotta let loose
Watch your head
I think you're stepping over the line
But it's all fine in this state of mind
This state of mind
This state of mind
Will you still love me when the party's all over
I don't think I'm really all that sober
Will you please wake me when the party's all over
Maybe tomorrow you can come over
Everything out of place
My face on your face
I think my brain's gonna fry
I need my space
Give me a break
You don't need to know why
I asked where'd they go
Your friends hit the road
They promised they wouldn't
Walk out that door
They'll be back
I promise they'll be back
Sit down with me
They'll come back
Come sit down
There's plenty of room
We'll wait for your friends
To come back for you
Oh my god
This is a mess
I'm gonna pray for what's left of my head
But it's all fine in this state of mind
This state of mind
This state of mind
Will you still love me when the party's all over
I don't think I'm really all that sober
Will you just wake me when the party's all over
Maybe next time I won't get fucked over
Will you still love me when the party's all over
I dont think I'm really all that sober
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Oh no no no
I'll be fine
At least
In this state of mind
Will you still love me when the party's all over
I dont think I'm really all that sober
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Will you still love me when the party's all over
Sleeping like a baby
It's part of the act
I'm wide awake
You're not gonna last
Your secrets or mine
Who's gonna tell
The number in your phone belongs to somebody else
We drank
You drank
A cup of drugs
It's a damn good thing I switched the cups
You think you love me
It's part of the act
Take a deep breath
Your life will go fast
Yeah I might've lied
But I don't mind
In this state of mind
Lyrics submitted by mixmastermike
STATE OF MIND Lyrics as written by Isabella Frankito
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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