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"
Bruno, what did you tell that man?
He's a clever man, did you know?
I bet he works for the goverment.
And I know you know I know
I can't control thoughts of things I needed
I believe everybody needs some encouragement.
I think it's real unfair
That you should put him there.
All we did is kiss
On my grave, I swear
Where did you find his shoes?
A lock of my hair?
All we did is kiss
On my grave, I swear
Some dull morning we were wearing sheets
And he whispered, "I think that they know better than me."
See this hand that pushed you into the creek?
I'm sorry, 'was just fun, and you were laughing
We were running towards the street
And I wrote my name into the fresh painted yellow line
And you wrote your name right there next to mine.
We had to dodge a truck
he almost hit a bug
I think we had some luck
and for two bucks
we bought some bread
and fed the grey geese
and the ducks.
everyone will come
everyone will yell
i'd thank you just the same
if you didn't tell
my mother says that i will surely go to hell.
please be a good man
please say you won't tell
Did you know that that boy is an armed man?
bearing flowers into hands
Very able to hold me down
(and love me more than anyone)
Bruno, what happened to your good sense?
I broke down, that man's good
I bet he works for the goverment
Did you hear about that mother?
Broke her daughter's legs in two
And said, "It's too dangerous out there to walk, so i had to save you."
I think it's real unfair
That you should put him there.
All we did is kiss
On my grave, I swear
Where did you find his shoes?
A lock of my hair?
All we did is kiss
On my grave, I swear
everyone will come
everyone will yell
i'd thank you just the same
if you didn't tell
my mother says that i will surely go to hell.
please be a good man
please say you won't tell
Bruno, did you know that the greeks in morning would eat oranges?
They were firm believers in fruit-curing fevers
And I agree
See, they believe that an orange warms the stomach.
He's a clever man, did you know?
I bet he works for the goverment.
And I know you know I know
I can't control thoughts of things I needed
I believe everybody needs some encouragement.
I think it's real unfair
That you should put him there.
All we did is kiss
On my grave, I swear
Where did you find his shoes?
A lock of my hair?
All we did is kiss
On my grave, I swear
Some dull morning we were wearing sheets
And he whispered, "I think that they know better than me."
See this hand that pushed you into the creek?
I'm sorry, 'was just fun, and you were laughing
We were running towards the street
And I wrote my name into the fresh painted yellow line
And you wrote your name right there next to mine.
We had to dodge a truck
he almost hit a bug
I think we had some luck
and for two bucks
we bought some bread
and fed the grey geese
and the ducks.
everyone will come
everyone will yell
i'd thank you just the same
if you didn't tell
my mother says that i will surely go to hell.
please be a good man
please say you won't tell
Did you know that that boy is an armed man?
bearing flowers into hands
Very able to hold me down
(and love me more than anyone)
Bruno, what happened to your good sense?
I broke down, that man's good
I bet he works for the goverment
Did you hear about that mother?
Broke her daughter's legs in two
And said, "It's too dangerous out there to walk, so i had to save you."
I think it's real unfair
That you should put him there.
All we did is kiss
On my grave, I swear
Where did you find his shoes?
A lock of my hair?
All we did is kiss
On my grave, I swear
everyone will come
everyone will yell
i'd thank you just the same
if you didn't tell
my mother says that i will surely go to hell.
please be a good man
please say you won't tell
Bruno, did you know that the greeks in morning would eat oranges?
They were firm believers in fruit-curing fevers
And I agree
See, they believe that an orange warms the stomach.
Lyrics submitted by andmywhetstone
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