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"
I found her crying in the morning
Sitting in a chair
She was wrapping something up
And wrapping it with care
I did not mean to hurt her
When I fell asleep last night
I was just exhausted
From the act of being polite
Yes, I was just exhausted
From the act of being polite
Sitting in a chair
She was wrapping something up
And wrapping it with care
I did not mean to hurt her
When I fell asleep last night
I was just exhausted
From the act of being polite
Yes, I was just exhausted
From the act of being polite
Lyrics submitted by teiladnam
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Yeah i agree with 80ghosts like u no when people say ok thats a wrap or they say alright ill wrap it up they say thats the end thats no more so it might be in that expression as in shes wrapping it up grabbing her stuff and getting the fuck out of here lol
That's a pretty good description. Though I always assumed it was about wife-beating, he's tired from working and pretending to nice, and when he gets home he loses his mind ("falls asleep") and hits her.
What is the girl wrapping up though and why?
Maybe she is wrapping up here things to leave (read: move away)
she could be wrapping up her hopes and dreams, never to be seen again...
she could be wrapping up her hopes and dreams, never to be seen again...
It's the story of my life actually...all the sexuality with girls builds up until i'm too exhausted to try anymore...I think he wants a serious relationship rather than a one-night stand.
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“I found her crying in the morning Sitting in a chair She was wrapping something up And wrapping it with care”
This line could mean that she was wrapping a rope to hang herself. She was devastated and heartbroken when she found out her husband or boyfriend doesn’t love her anymore.
“I did not mean to hurt her When I fell asleep last night I was just exhausted From the act of being polite”
The narrator fell asleep while having sex. He usually pretends to be happy and in the mood when having sex but this time he simply felt “Exhausted from the act of being polite”. When he acted polite to his wife he would pretend to be interested in her. He couldn’t keep up the act for very long and fell asleep.
“Yes, I was just exhausted From the act of being polite”
The narrator says this a second time implying that it is very important for the listener to know.