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"
Lies on my breath
I am drowning in my dread
The wind is getting strong
The wind is getting stronger
There’s no second chance
When the devils made you dance
The sky is getting dark
The sky is getting dark
Can’t you see
Can’t you see
We were never meant to be
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Don’t you know
Don’t you know
That it’s time for me to go
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
No turning back
No questions left to ask
The tide is getting high
The tide is getting higher
I’m not afraid
I decided on this fate
It’s time to face the storm
It’s time to face the storm
Can’t you see
Can’t you see
We were never meant to be
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Don’t you know
Don’t you know
That it’s time for me to go
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
You live you learn
And right now my scarlet letter burns
But I won’t hide
I’ll face what’s mine
Lies on my breath
I am drowning in my dread
The wind is getting strong
The wind is getting stronger
There’s no second chance
When the devils made you dance
The sky is getting dark
The sky is getting darkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Can’t you see
Can’t you see
We were never meant to be
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Don’t you know
Don’t you know
That it’s time for me to go
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Can’t you see
Can’t you see
We were never meant to be
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Don’t you know
Don’t you know
That it’s time for me to go
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
I am drowning in my dread
The wind is getting strong
The wind is getting stronger
There’s no second chance
When the devils made you dance
The sky is getting dark
The sky is getting dark
Can’t you see
Can’t you see
We were never meant to be
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Don’t you know
Don’t you know
That it’s time for me to go
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
No turning back
No questions left to ask
The tide is getting high
The tide is getting higher
I’m not afraid
I decided on this fate
It’s time to face the storm
It’s time to face the storm
Can’t you see
Can’t you see
We were never meant to be
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Don’t you know
Don’t you know
That it’s time for me to go
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
You live you learn
And right now my scarlet letter burns
But I won’t hide
I’ll face what’s mine
Lies on my breath
I am drowning in my dread
The wind is getting strong
The wind is getting stronger
There’s no second chance
When the devils made you dance
The sky is getting dark
The sky is getting darkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Can’t you see
Can’t you see
We were never meant to be
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Don’t you know
Don’t you know
That it’s time for me to go
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Can’t you see
Can’t you see
We were never meant to be
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Don’t you know
Don’t you know
That it’s time for me to go
It’s no secret
That I’m your Chyna girl
Lyrics submitted by cracka_jack
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