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"
Who are we
That You would be mindful of us
What do You see
That's worth looking our way
We are free
In ways that we never should be
Sweet release
From the grip of these chains
Like hinges straining from the weight
My heart no longer can keep from singing
All that is within me cries
For You alone; be glorified
Emmanuel, God with us
My heart sings a brand new song
The debt is paid, these chains are gone
Emmanuel, God with us
Lord, You know
Our hearts don't deserve your glory
Still You show
A love we cannot afford
Like hinges straining from the weight
My heart no longer can keep from singing
All that is within me cries
For You alone; be glorified
Emmanuel, God with us
My heart sings a brand new song
The debt is paid, these chains are gone
Emmanuel, God with us
Such a tiny offering
Compared to Calvary
Nevertheless, we lay it at Your feet
Such a tiny offering
Compared to Calvary
But nevertheless, we lay this at Your feet
All that is within me cries
For You alone; be glorified
Emmanuel, God with us
My heart sings a brand new song
My debt is paid, these chains are gone
Emmanuel, God with us
That You would be mindful of us
What do You see
That's worth looking our way
We are free
In ways that we never should be
Sweet release
From the grip of these chains
Like hinges straining from the weight
My heart no longer can keep from singing
All that is within me cries
For You alone; be glorified
Emmanuel, God with us
My heart sings a brand new song
The debt is paid, these chains are gone
Emmanuel, God with us
Lord, You know
Our hearts don't deserve your glory
Still You show
A love we cannot afford
Like hinges straining from the weight
My heart no longer can keep from singing
All that is within me cries
For You alone; be glorified
Emmanuel, God with us
My heart sings a brand new song
The debt is paid, these chains are gone
Emmanuel, God with us
Such a tiny offering
Compared to Calvary
Nevertheless, we lay it at Your feet
Such a tiny offering
Compared to Calvary
But nevertheless, we lay this at Your feet
All that is within me cries
For You alone; be glorified
Emmanuel, God with us
My heart sings a brand new song
My debt is paid, these chains are gone
Emmanuel, God with us
Lyrics submitted by warcupine
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and it brought tears to my eyes. I've always wanted to write a song that would just leave ppl in awe and wonder....but it looks like that's already been done. WOW
If this song left you with chills and tears in your eyes, then you need to listen to Finally Home, you will cry like a baby. I know I did.