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"
Running down the street
Scott looked back at me and said
This is another bizzare and
thankless situation you've gotten us in
i said, oh like you've never been in a fight before
as if you've never caused a scene.
anyway scott shut up you're not even really here
this ain't the worst we seen
we been through worse than this
we will live to laugh 'bout this
shut up and keep running
what did you say to make that guy so angry
Scott smiles, i bust through a restaurant to their kitchen back door
The cooks look up startled as i trip across the floor.
You used to be so good at getting out of things, Scott
I say "how come you never taught me that trick
Behind the restaurant we are sizing up the fence
am i going to get over that thing
I've been through worse than this
i will live to laugh about this
I am sick of running
Jumping roof to roof, it's scary
I'm sick of it Scott, fighting
Sometimes winning,
sometimes my jaw needs icing
I do think i'm funny but
Some day it'll be one bon mot too many.
i honestly don't know if i am going to make some of those leaps
I gesture up, a figure in a window waves
Hi, there has got to be some smarter way to deal with all these creeps
Scott purses his lips, furrows his brow and says
There has never been a time
when brains have not won over brawn
we will live to see the dawn.
And Scott you are still not really here
We all do what we can where we can, Pete
Get home safely
I will, I do, I always do
I miss you, you bastard
I will, I do, I always do
There has never been a time
When brains have not won over brawn
We will live to see the dawn
And Scott you are still not really here
We all do what we can where we can, Pete
I'm sick of it Scott, fighting
Sometimes winning
sometimes my jaw needs icing
Do you think that i'm funny
And thats what I said to make that guy so angry
Scott looked back at me and said
This is another bizzare and
thankless situation you've gotten us in
i said, oh like you've never been in a fight before
as if you've never caused a scene.
anyway scott shut up you're not even really here
this ain't the worst we seen
we been through worse than this
we will live to laugh 'bout this
shut up and keep running
what did you say to make that guy so angry
Scott smiles, i bust through a restaurant to their kitchen back door
The cooks look up startled as i trip across the floor.
You used to be so good at getting out of things, Scott
I say "how come you never taught me that trick
Behind the restaurant we are sizing up the fence
am i going to get over that thing
I've been through worse than this
i will live to laugh about this
I am sick of running
Jumping roof to roof, it's scary
I'm sick of it Scott, fighting
Sometimes winning,
sometimes my jaw needs icing
I do think i'm funny but
Some day it'll be one bon mot too many.
i honestly don't know if i am going to make some of those leaps
I gesture up, a figure in a window waves
Hi, there has got to be some smarter way to deal with all these creeps
Scott purses his lips, furrows his brow and says
There has never been a time
when brains have not won over brawn
we will live to see the dawn.
And Scott you are still not really here
We all do what we can where we can, Pete
Get home safely
I will, I do, I always do
I miss you, you bastard
I will, I do, I always do
There has never been a time
When brains have not won over brawn
We will live to see the dawn
And Scott you are still not really here
We all do what we can where we can, Pete
I'm sick of it Scott, fighting
Sometimes winning
sometimes my jaw needs icing
Do you think that i'm funny
And thats what I said to make that guy so angry
Lyrics submitted by KeasbyKnights
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if you haven't yet, do your self a favour and read the story under "History" on their web page. it's a little hard to keep the names straight because there are so many, (some characters having more than one). But i'm pretty sure scott is mentioned in there somewhere. I could be wrong.