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 sees the flames in her tears
Sketching on her skin and he knows
That it's come to an end
And it's no point pretending it's not
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
So she smashes the glass
And there's blood on her hands and her skirt
There's the wind and a sun,
A fresh air in her lungs once again
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
So he closes his eyes
And thinks 'maybe I'll be surprised if I do
I just might fall into another realm
And make another home there with you'
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
It's best not to think about it
Just put your arms around me
It's best not to think about it
Just put your arms around me
It's best not to think about it
Just put your arms around me, oh
Sketching on her skin and he knows
That it's come to an end
And it's no point pretending it's not
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
So she smashes the glass
And there's blood on her hands and her skirt
There's the wind and a sun,
A fresh air in her lungs once again
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
So he closes his eyes
And thinks 'maybe I'll be surprised if I do
I just might fall into another realm
And make another home there with you'
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
And it's a long way down, a long way down from here
It's best not to think about it
Just put your arms around me
It's best not to think about it
Just put your arms around me
It's best not to think about it
Just put your arms around me, oh
Lyrics submitted by ridicularious
Best Not to Think About It Lyrics as written by Joel Laslett Pott Carey Suthon Willetts
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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