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"
He's losing the girl now
His feelings overwhelm her so
But nobody told her
That's not always such a bad thing
It started in whispers
Came in when she had her man
Swept her away fast
And said, "there's been a change of plans"
At first she was spellbound
Hanging on his every word
Every touch perfect
She could kiss him all night
But he's no longer the bad guy
Now he's just her boyfriend
She doesn't know how to tell him
My dear, there's been a change of plans
She turns the phone off hide behind little lies
And shuts the blinds, turns the lights slow laying low
She tells herself that he won't mind, he'll never mind
And says goodbye but he can't hear it killing time
She's losing the boy now
Her feelings they pushed him away
Even though he had mentioned
This time we'd like to take it slow
She tried to get inside
He was having none of that
Then she started to pull back
She knew she had to change her plan
Soon it worked in a chase
All the way he wanted her
But after they made love
He got a little gun-shy
Now he's frightened to call her
She tries to play the waiting game
But then she just couldn't take it
She knew she had to change her plan
He turns the phone off hide behind little lies
And shuts the blinds, turns the lights slow laying low
He tells himself that she won't mind, she'll never mind
And says goodbye but she can't hear it killing time
[Repeat x4]
I'll stand witness to this prosecution
Crossing your fingers could they save me the damn sight
Mixed emotions, giggles as the tears dry
I need attention and she needs a solution
His feelings overwhelm her so
But nobody told her
That's not always such a bad thing
It started in whispers
Came in when she had her man
Swept her away fast
And said, "there's been a change of plans"
At first she was spellbound
Hanging on his every word
Every touch perfect
She could kiss him all night
But he's no longer the bad guy
Now he's just her boyfriend
She doesn't know how to tell him
My dear, there's been a change of plans
She turns the phone off hide behind little lies
And shuts the blinds, turns the lights slow laying low
She tells herself that he won't mind, he'll never mind
And says goodbye but he can't hear it killing time
She's losing the boy now
Her feelings they pushed him away
Even though he had mentioned
This time we'd like to take it slow
She tried to get inside
He was having none of that
Then she started to pull back
She knew she had to change her plan
Soon it worked in a chase
All the way he wanted her
But after they made love
He got a little gun-shy
Now he's frightened to call her
She tries to play the waiting game
But then she just couldn't take it
She knew she had to change her plan
He turns the phone off hide behind little lies
And shuts the blinds, turns the lights slow laying low
He tells himself that she won't mind, she'll never mind
And says goodbye but she can't hear it killing time
[Repeat x4]
I'll stand witness to this prosecution
Crossing your fingers could they save me the damn sight
Mixed emotions, giggles as the tears dry
I need attention and she needs a solution
Lyrics submitted by gothic_hobbit
Killing Time Lyrics as written by Warfield Bravin
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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