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"
Cracked knuckles, and my fists
Are bandaged up for the fight.
Am I ready?
There's the bell.
How many rounds can I go?
And how can soften the blows?
Can I avoid them altogether?
But my heart isn't in this.
I'm supposed to be a seasoned fighter.
It feels like my first hit.
(And it hurts like...)
I didn't see this coming anyway.
(Yeah, it hurts like hell)
So don't tell the crowd...
Black eyes, black threads, and bandages for the fight.
Who are the odds on,
Me or him?
How many tricks do I know?
And how can I soften the blows?
Or can I avoid them altogether?
But my heart isn't in this.
I'm supposed to be a seasoned fighter.
It feel like my first hit.
(And it hurts like...)
I didn't see this coming anyway.
(Yeah, it hurts like hell)
So don't tell the crowd,
But I'm gonna let my guard down.
You're the only one now.
My heart isn't in this.
I'm supposed to be a seasoned fighter.
(I'll let you take me)
It feel like my first hit,
And it hurts like hell.
(I'll let you take me)
Black eyes, black threads, and bandages.
(I'll let you take me)
It feels like my first hit,
And it hurts like hell.
(I'll let you take me)
My heart isn't in this.
I'm supposed to be a seasoned fighter.
Are bandaged up for the fight.
Am I ready?
There's the bell.
How many rounds can I go?
And how can soften the blows?
Can I avoid them altogether?
But my heart isn't in this.
I'm supposed to be a seasoned fighter.
It feels like my first hit.
(And it hurts like...)
I didn't see this coming anyway.
(Yeah, it hurts like hell)
So don't tell the crowd...
Black eyes, black threads, and bandages for the fight.
Who are the odds on,
Me or him?
How many tricks do I know?
And how can I soften the blows?
Or can I avoid them altogether?
But my heart isn't in this.
I'm supposed to be a seasoned fighter.
It feel like my first hit.
(And it hurts like...)
I didn't see this coming anyway.
(Yeah, it hurts like hell)
So don't tell the crowd,
But I'm gonna let my guard down.
You're the only one now.
My heart isn't in this.
I'm supposed to be a seasoned fighter.
(I'll let you take me)
It feel like my first hit,
And it hurts like hell.
(I'll let you take me)
Black eyes, black threads, and bandages.
(I'll let you take me)
It feels like my first hit,
And it hurts like hell.
(I'll let you take me)
My heart isn't in this.
I'm supposed to be a seasoned fighter.
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well adorabelle,if we weren't humans i suppose.anyway pretty song with great lyrics
This song is really sad. To me, it sounds like someone who is being physically abused.
But, like most all other songs, you can interpret it any way you want. Maybe it's about a crappy relationship. Orrrrr maybe it's actually about boxing.
Your pick.
But it's a really good song.
i love this song! although its literal interpretation would be about a boxer... i think the metaphorical/figurative meaning is really obvious once you start listening to it. to me it speaks about an extremely introverted/shy person having to come out of their shell (particularly in approaching someone they like); only to be dejected by the harshness of reality.
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Surrendering to the inevitable. She's done her best, but she's been worn down, and now she's done.