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"
Everytime you pass me by
Throwing down all these lies
You don't know the truth in me
You don't even let me breathe
Two years gone
A waste a time
All because I wished you mine
You wished me to leave you be
Ocean parts away from me
I am in love with you
Why can't you be in love too?
Oh, but you are, I see
But it's just not with me
People say you're a waste of time
They say it's in my mind
I know the truth in me
I don't care what they see
Cultured difference, they laugh at me
My knees shake below me
I'll stand the test of time
It's not such a crime
When your eyes open for me
I'll still be waiting
Try your luck, it's for the best
You're the one, I confess
I am in love with you
Why can't you be in love too?
Oh, but you are, I see
But it's just not with me
I know you're scared to bits
In my heart, I can't resist
Please give me a chance
I'll show you how to dance
I know that it's tough
People telling you to give up
You don't have a fighting chance
But it's love, at first glance
One time I got a break
Though it came very late
Three hours, I was blissed
But never came a kiss
Monday came, filled with glee
Would you be after me?
But no, same old move
I'm still chasing after you
I am in love with you
Why can't you be in love too?
Oh, but you are, I see
But it's just not with me
I know you're scared to bits
In my heart, I can't resist
Please give me a chance
I'll show you some romance
I know that it's tough
People telling you to give up
You don't have a fighting chance
But it's love, at first glance
Throwing down all these lies
You don't know the truth in me
You don't even let me breathe
Two years gone
A waste a time
All because I wished you mine
You wished me to leave you be
Ocean parts away from me
I am in love with you
Why can't you be in love too?
Oh, but you are, I see
But it's just not with me
People say you're a waste of time
They say it's in my mind
I know the truth in me
I don't care what they see
Cultured difference, they laugh at me
My knees shake below me
I'll stand the test of time
It's not such a crime
When your eyes open for me
I'll still be waiting
Try your luck, it's for the best
You're the one, I confess
I am in love with you
Why can't you be in love too?
Oh, but you are, I see
But it's just not with me
I know you're scared to bits
In my heart, I can't resist
Please give me a chance
I'll show you how to dance
I know that it's tough
People telling you to give up
You don't have a fighting chance
But it's love, at first glance
One time I got a break
Though it came very late
Three hours, I was blissed
But never came a kiss
Monday came, filled with glee
Would you be after me?
But no, same old move
I'm still chasing after you
I am in love with you
Why can't you be in love too?
Oh, but you are, I see
But it's just not with me
I know you're scared to bits
In my heart, I can't resist
Please give me a chance
I'll show you some romance
I know that it's tough
People telling you to give up
You don't have a fighting chance
But it's love, at first glance
Lyrics submitted by Contristo
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