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"
Just forget about talking this one over
And listen up darling
Pour yourself a drink and find yourself a seat
Trust, it's a funny thing
But I'm not laughing
I know your wondering
Oh, how could he know
I worked so carefully
Undercover and into his bed
The truth is written or your neck
(Your best friend gave it up!)
(Don't be, don't be so surprised)
You are so cunning it's disgusting
The way your words fall from your lips
Insidious and innocent
I've got a plan to set this straight
Yeah it's called "Two can play this game"
Your not the only one who lies, I'll make this,
I'll make this right
(You might not see it, she's got a secret)
Now are you having trouble breathing?
Are you having trouble finding the words to make this go away?
And those marks on your neck
Are they burning, are they burning yet?
Undercover in between her hips
The truth was drawn out from your best friends' lips
(Your best friend gave it up!)
(Don't be, don't be so surprised)
You are so cunning it's disgusting
The way your words fall from your lips
Insidious and innocent
I've got a plan to set this straight
Yeah it's called "Two can play this game"
Your not the only one who lies, I'll make this,
I'll make this right
It takes two to play
But only one to initiate
Now we're both playing our parts
Now we're both playing our parts
It takes two to play
But only one to initiate
Now we both play our parts
(Don't be, don't be so surprised)
You are so cunning it's disgusting
The way your words fall from your lips
Insidious and innocent
I've got a plan to set this straight
Yeah it's called "Two can play this game"
Your not the only one who lies, I'll make this,
I'll make this right
You might not see it
She's got a secret my friend
You might not see it
She's got a secret
You might not see it
She's got a secret my friend
You might not see it
And listen up darling
Pour yourself a drink and find yourself a seat
Trust, it's a funny thing
But I'm not laughing
I know your wondering
Oh, how could he know
I worked so carefully
Undercover and into his bed
The truth is written or your neck
(Your best friend gave it up!)
(Don't be, don't be so surprised)
You are so cunning it's disgusting
The way your words fall from your lips
Insidious and innocent
I've got a plan to set this straight
Yeah it's called "Two can play this game"
Your not the only one who lies, I'll make this,
I'll make this right
(You might not see it, she's got a secret)
Now are you having trouble breathing?
Are you having trouble finding the words to make this go away?
And those marks on your neck
Are they burning, are they burning yet?
Undercover in between her hips
The truth was drawn out from your best friends' lips
(Your best friend gave it up!)
(Don't be, don't be so surprised)
You are so cunning it's disgusting
The way your words fall from your lips
Insidious and innocent
I've got a plan to set this straight
Yeah it's called "Two can play this game"
Your not the only one who lies, I'll make this,
I'll make this right
It takes two to play
But only one to initiate
Now we're both playing our parts
Now we're both playing our parts
It takes two to play
But only one to initiate
Now we both play our parts
(Don't be, don't be so surprised)
You are so cunning it's disgusting
The way your words fall from your lips
Insidious and innocent
I've got a plan to set this straight
Yeah it's called "Two can play this game"
Your not the only one who lies, I'll make this,
I'll make this right
You might not see it
She's got a secret my friend
You might not see it
She's got a secret
You might not see it
She's got a secret my friend
You might not see it
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