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"
What if I took my time to love you
What if I put no-one above you
What if I did the things that really matter
What if I ran through hoops of disaster
No one would care if we never made it
We're in this alone, so why don't we face it
There is no room to blame one another
We just need time to forgive each other
What about love?
What about feeling?
What about all the things that make life worth living?
What about faith?
What about trust?
And tell me baby what about us?
How can I give this love a new beginning
How can I stop the rain its never ending
How do I keep my soul believing
Memories of how we should be keep calling
What about love?
What about feeling?
What about all the things that make life worth living?
What about faith?
What about trust?
And tell me baby what about us?
Oh baby
I'll take the rivers dry
I'll take the happy times
I'll take the moments of disaster
What about love?
What about feeling?
What about all the things that make life worth living?
What about faith?
What about trust?
Tell me baby what about us? Oh
What if I put no-one above you
What if I did the things that really matter
What if I ran through hoops of disaster
No one would care if we never made it
We're in this alone, so why don't we face it
There is no room to blame one another
We just need time to forgive each other
What about love?
What about feeling?
What about all the things that make life worth living?
What about faith?
What about trust?
And tell me baby what about us?
How can I give this love a new beginning
How can I stop the rain its never ending
How do I keep my soul believing
Memories of how we should be keep calling
What about love?
What about feeling?
What about all the things that make life worth living?
What about faith?
What about trust?
And tell me baby what about us?
Oh baby
I'll take the rivers dry
I'll take the happy times
I'll take the moments of disaster
What about love?
What about feeling?
What about all the things that make life worth living?
What about faith?
What about trust?
Tell me baby what about us? Oh
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"What if I took my time to love you? What if I put no one above you? What if I did the things That really mattered? What if I ran through Hoops of disaster?"
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What about love? What about feeling? What about all the things that make life worth living? What about faith? What about trust? And tell me baby...what about us?
How can I give this Love a new beginning? How can I stop the rain? It's never ending How do I keep my soul believing? Memories of how we Should be keep calling
[Chorus]
I'll take the rivers rise I'll take the happy times I'll take the moments of disaster