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"
Singing songs for Lindsey Pai
Tell her how she caught my eye
Let her know how it's been so long
Since first impressions seemed so strong
I don't know what to say or do
Every feeling feels so new
It's doubtful that I've got a chance
to get this girl to come and dance
She probably thinks that I'm obessed
But I just think that she's the best
She probably thinks that I'm just lonely
But I've got good friends and she's the only...
One to make me feel this way
When she's around I lose my brain
The only thing that clouds the sun
Is that she's already got someone
What do I do now
I've got to figure her out
Cuz this means more than I...
Ever, ever thought it might
I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever seem so bright
But I'm setting off to see tonight
I never, never thought it might
But I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever seem so bright
So I'm setting off to see tonight
We're writing lyrics in the park
Go to her house after dark
Tap on the window, hope, and pray
That she'll like all the gifts I made
If all we ever are is friends
We'll both hope that it never ends
She can go on with the guy she's got
I promise that I'll stay in my spot
So this means more than...
I ever, ever thought it might
I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever seem so bright
So I'm setting off to see tonight
I never, never thought it might
I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever seem so bright
So I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever
Forever and ever seem so bright
So I'm setting off to see tonight
Tell her how she caught my eye
Let her know how it's been so long
Since first impressions seemed so strong
I don't know what to say or do
Every feeling feels so new
It's doubtful that I've got a chance
to get this girl to come and dance
She probably thinks that I'm obessed
But I just think that she's the best
She probably thinks that I'm just lonely
But I've got good friends and she's the only...
One to make me feel this way
When she's around I lose my brain
The only thing that clouds the sun
Is that she's already got someone
What do I do now
I've got to figure her out
Cuz this means more than I...
Ever, ever thought it might
I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever seem so bright
But I'm setting off to see tonight
I never, never thought it might
But I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever seem so bright
So I'm setting off to see tonight
We're writing lyrics in the park
Go to her house after dark
Tap on the window, hope, and pray
That she'll like all the gifts I made
If all we ever are is friends
We'll both hope that it never ends
She can go on with the guy she's got
I promise that I'll stay in my spot
So this means more than...
I ever, ever thought it might
I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever seem so bright
So I'm setting off to see tonight
I never, never thought it might
I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever seem so bright
So I'm setting off to see tonight
Forever and ever
Forever and ever seem so bright
So I'm setting off to see tonight
Lyrics submitted by Seanie
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