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"
Every night I'm there
I'm always there
She knows I'm there
And heaven knows
I hope she goes
(Eloise) I find it hard
To realize that love was in her eyes
It's dying now
She knows I'm crying now
And every night I'm there
I break my heart to please
Eloise
Eloise
You know I'm on my knees, yeah
I said please
You're all I want so hear my prayer
My prayer
My Eloise is like the stars that please the night
The sun that makes the day
That lights the way
(Eloise) and when that star goes by
I'll hold it in my hands and cry
Her love was mine
You know my sun will shine
And every night I'm there
I break my heart to please
Eloise
Eloise
You're all I want, you've got to hear my prayer
My prayer
My Eloise
I'd love to please her, I'd like to care
But she's not there
And when I find you
I'd be so kind you'd want to stay
I know you'd stay
And as the days grow old (doo-doo-doo)
The nights grow cold (doo-doo-doo)
I want to hold her near to me (aah-aah)
You know she's dear to me (aah-aah)
And only time will tell (doo-doo-doo)
And take away this lonely hell (doo-doo-doo)
I'm on my knees (aah-aah)
Won't you, my Eloise (aah-aah)
And every night I'm there
I break my heart to please
Eloise
My Eloise
You are my life so hear my prayer
You are the prize, I know you're there
I know you're there
You're all I want, you've got to hear my prayer
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You're all I need but you're not there
Oh no, you're not there
No, no, no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
My Eloise
Oh, I've got to please her
Oh, my Eloise
Oh, my Eloise, oh, my Eloise
Don't lie to me
I said no, no, no, no
My Eloise
I'm always there
She knows I'm there
And heaven knows
I hope she goes
(Eloise) I find it hard
To realize that love was in her eyes
It's dying now
She knows I'm crying now
And every night I'm there
I break my heart to please
Eloise
Eloise
You know I'm on my knees, yeah
I said please
You're all I want so hear my prayer
My prayer
My Eloise is like the stars that please the night
The sun that makes the day
That lights the way
(Eloise) and when that star goes by
I'll hold it in my hands and cry
Her love was mine
You know my sun will shine
And every night I'm there
I break my heart to please
Eloise
Eloise
You're all I want, you've got to hear my prayer
My prayer
My Eloise
I'd love to please her, I'd like to care
But she's not there
And when I find you
I'd be so kind you'd want to stay
I know you'd stay
And as the days grow old (doo-doo-doo)
The nights grow cold (doo-doo-doo)
I want to hold her near to me (aah-aah)
You know she's dear to me (aah-aah)
And only time will tell (doo-doo-doo)
And take away this lonely hell (doo-doo-doo)
I'm on my knees (aah-aah)
Won't you, my Eloise (aah-aah)
And every night I'm there
I break my heart to please
Eloise
My Eloise
You are my life so hear my prayer
You are the prize, I know you're there
I know you're there
You're all I want, you've got to hear my prayer
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You're all I need but you're not there
Oh no, you're not there
No, no, no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
My Eloise
Oh, I've got to please her
Oh, my Eloise
Oh, my Eloise, oh, my Eloise
Don't lie to me
I said no, no, no, no
My Eloise
Lyrics submitted by candystripe
Eloise Lyrics as written by Paul Ryan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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