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"
Man I'm in trouble, 'cause I can't see clear.
My head is pounding harder and you're not here, are never here.
But I had it once, but not anymore.
Well now I am tired and now I am bored, well I'm so bored.
But I could never leave you, even though I've tried.
No I could never leave you, 'cause you are mine for life.
I've been lost I've been found, I've been fooling around.
I've been hold, I've been told, I've been changing my mind.
I've been up, I've been down, come on in, take your time.
I've been low, I've been high, I'm in love with this lie.
Aooooooo. Do you feel the same?
Aooooooo. It wears me out again.
If this is called living, well don't count me in.
Sure I feel alive, but it doesn't mean a thing, no nothing.
But I could never leave you, even though I've tried.
No I could never leave you, 'cause you are mine for life.
I've been lost I've been found, I've been fooling around.
I've been hold, I've been told, I've been changing my mind.
I've been up, I've been down, come on in, take your time.
I've been low, I've been high, I'm in love with this lie.
Aooooooo. Do you feel the same?
Aooooooo. It wears me out again.
Aooooooo. Do you feel the same?
Aooooooo. It wears me out again.
I've been lost I've been found, I've been fooling around.
I've been up, I've been down, come on in, take your time.
I've been low, I've been high, I'm in love with this lie.
So good, It's so good, so good, HA!
It brings me up just to kick me down.
It'll fix me up, just to kick me down.
Kick it, kick it, kick it up.
Well bring me down oh yeah yeah.
My head is pounding harder and you're not here, are never here.
But I had it once, but not anymore.
Well now I am tired and now I am bored, well I'm so bored.
But I could never leave you, even though I've tried.
No I could never leave you, 'cause you are mine for life.
I've been lost I've been found, I've been fooling around.
I've been hold, I've been told, I've been changing my mind.
I've been up, I've been down, come on in, take your time.
I've been low, I've been high, I'm in love with this lie.
Aooooooo. Do you feel the same?
Aooooooo. It wears me out again.
If this is called living, well don't count me in.
Sure I feel alive, but it doesn't mean a thing, no nothing.
But I could never leave you, even though I've tried.
No I could never leave you, 'cause you are mine for life.
I've been lost I've been found, I've been fooling around.
I've been hold, I've been told, I've been changing my mind.
I've been up, I've been down, come on in, take your time.
I've been low, I've been high, I'm in love with this lie.
Aooooooo. Do you feel the same?
Aooooooo. It wears me out again.
Aooooooo. Do you feel the same?
Aooooooo. It wears me out again.
I've been lost I've been found, I've been fooling around.
I've been up, I've been down, come on in, take your time.
I've been low, I've been high, I'm in love with this lie.
So good, It's so good, so good, HA!
It brings me up just to kick me down.
It'll fix me up, just to kick me down.
Kick it, kick it, kick it up.
Well bring me down oh yeah yeah.
Lyrics submitted by PuNkS*r*Us
Mine for Life Lyrics as written by Fredrix Nilsson Felix Rodriguez
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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