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"
Misted windows
Hide your empty eyes
Every moment, every whisper
Separates you from me
I've been screaming
Won't you let me in?
Let me see a trace
Of the places hidden
Under your skin
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Needles sting me
When you look away
And your silence
Sounds like deafening screams to me
I've been waiting
Won't you open your heart?
And let me in
Please let me in
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Free your mind from doubt
All you have, is now
Free you mind from shame
It will only bring you pain
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Hide your empty eyes
Every moment, every whisper
Separates you from me
I've been screaming
Won't you let me in?
Let me see a trace
Of the places hidden
Under your skin
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Needles sting me
When you look away
And your silence
Sounds like deafening screams to me
I've been waiting
Won't you open your heart?
And let me in
Please let me in
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Free your mind from doubt
All you have, is now
Free you mind from shame
It will only bring you pain
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be one step behind you
Answer me,
Till the day that you do
I'll be waiting here for you
Lyrics submitted by dont_say_a_word17
Frozen Lyrics as written by Sharon J. Den Adel Daniel Gibson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Great band I love them and love this song.This along with See Me In Shadow are my favs. I think this is about this one person that won't open his heart to anyone and keeps all the problems to himself bringing a great amount of pain to his life...and the singer is telling him that no matter how long he takes to finally trust her she will always be there for him because she really cares and it hurts to see all the suffering .
I think this song is about our relationship with God especially the chorus and the second verse,He or She is always waiting for us to give him/her an answer and then he/she can act in our life.I may be wrong,but this ie my opinion.See you guys.
I agree with ~Marishka~, I guess that the on;y thing that has to be added, is that this person ignores the help around him, the Answer me-part says that... Further I completely agree:P
i love this song. i agree with what you all have said.. its like the person is hiding something and the singer feels bad that the person wont open up, but she isnt giving up on this person she'll always be waiting for the answer
The feelings these lyrics evoke are exactly what I go through with a close friend of mine, and vice versa for her to me. I love this song. Delain is a fantastic ensemble with such amazing guest-work on this album.
I think her partner has been abused, and she is trying to get them to open up.
Misty windows and empty eyes would imply vacancy that comes with dealing with depressions and anxieties stemming from abuse.
She is desperate to get through and heal before they do something drastic. Places hidden under the skin makes me think of self harm, cutting.
She wants to see the person under the scars, who they where before whatever monster did this came into their life.
She wants and an answer, but informs them regardless she will be their for them. She's got their back even if they are never able to talk about the trauma.
She's hurt when they turn away, not that won't open up to her is a personal affront - but because they are ashamed. She correctly interprets the silence for pain. She knows they are suffering, and just because they aren't vocalizing it, doesn't mean she isn't aware.
Free your mind from doubt, all you have is now. Time will not wait on the abused to heal, so she advises them to try and enjoy their life, free from the abuser.
Free your mind from shame - this was not their fault, and she wants them to stop punishing themselves for the actions of someone else.
That is my interpretation.