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"
You know I never wanted it to be like this
I've been lost in sandstorms
Left naked by your kiss
In the face of God
Of God, oh and his poison leaves
The way it feels right now oh yeah
I really want it to believe
So then you look on me with sad black eyes
Well I heard it coming yeah
And you know I lost my smile
In a January that never ends
The gold affections of my past
Are now just rusty tin, yeah
Well I really want to see you again
I miss my lover, as my best friend
Yeah baby I , I want you right by my side
With you baby, I spend all my time
They said they'd write a book someday
About a boy who'd always strayed
And a girl who took the fog away
Man, if it could be that way
Then I would come without delay
Yes, with a smile on my face
And I would not be lost for long
If I could be your title song
So every now and then I get sad, yes it's true
Well you've known me long enough now baby its nothing new
Like when I feeling bad
I feel underwater I feel blue
And you know the only thing I ask from you baby
Well, is can I swim to you
Well I really want to begin this again
Cause I miss you as my lover, I miss my best friend
Oh baby why I just want you right by my side
Yeah cause with you girl I would spend all my time
Said we'd write a book someday
About a boy who'd always strayed
And a girl who took the fog away
Man, if it could be that way
Then I would come without delay
With a smile on my face
And I would not be lost for long
And you could be my title song
Yeah
Well Baby, I, yes I want to begin this again
Well cause I miss my lover, and yes I miss my best friend
I'm here and you know I want you right by my side
Down with you baby, I'll spend all my time
We said we'd write a book someday
About a boy who'd always strayed
A girl who took the fog away
Man, if it could be that way
I would come without delay
With a smile upon my face
And I would not be lost for long
And you could be my title song
Well I won't be lost for long
And you can be my title song
My title song
I've been lost in sandstorms
Left naked by your kiss
In the face of God
Of God, oh and his poison leaves
The way it feels right now oh yeah
I really want it to believe
So then you look on me with sad black eyes
Well I heard it coming yeah
And you know I lost my smile
In a January that never ends
The gold affections of my past
Are now just rusty tin, yeah
Well I really want to see you again
I miss my lover, as my best friend
Yeah baby I , I want you right by my side
With you baby, I spend all my time
They said they'd write a book someday
About a boy who'd always strayed
And a girl who took the fog away
Man, if it could be that way
Then I would come without delay
Yes, with a smile on my face
And I would not be lost for long
If I could be your title song
So every now and then I get sad, yes it's true
Well you've known me long enough now baby its nothing new
Like when I feeling bad
I feel underwater I feel blue
And you know the only thing I ask from you baby
Well, is can I swim to you
Well I really want to begin this again
Cause I miss you as my lover, I miss my best friend
Oh baby why I just want you right by my side
Yeah cause with you girl I would spend all my time
Said we'd write a book someday
About a boy who'd always strayed
And a girl who took the fog away
Man, if it could be that way
Then I would come without delay
With a smile on my face
And I would not be lost for long
And you could be my title song
Yeah
Well Baby, I, yes I want to begin this again
Well cause I miss my lover, and yes I miss my best friend
I'm here and you know I want you right by my side
Down with you baby, I'll spend all my time
We said we'd write a book someday
About a boy who'd always strayed
A girl who took the fog away
Man, if it could be that way
I would come without delay
With a smile upon my face
And I would not be lost for long
And you could be my title song
Well I won't be lost for long
And you can be my title song
My title song
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