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"
Biting my tongue just to get me by
Sick of going back and forth with the cheap shots all night
I sink my teeth in a little bit deeper
The red on my teeth should be enough for you
Just one more and more, it's never enough
To have me wrapped around your finger
I've got you turning blue
We can't put down our pride
When did we think that this would be easy?
We must have been out of our minds
We were holding so tight
It just slipped through our fingers
But we won't let go
Holding your breath just to pass the time
Don't fill an empty space with the same conversation
I feel your words right behind your kiss
The taste of your lips should be enough
But I just want more and more, it's never enough
To have you wrapped around my finger
You've got me turning blue
We can't put down our pride
When did we think that this would be easy?
We must have been out of our minds
We were holding so tight
It just slipped through our fingers
But we won't let go
Waiting for something to tell me
Things are getting better or are they getting better?
Don't look down, if you're staring at the ground
We're sure to fall
We're sure to fall
We're sure to fall
You just want more and more, it's never enough
To have me wrapped around your finger
I've got you turning blue
We can't put down our pride
When did we think that this would be easy?
We must have been out of our minds
We were holding so tight
It just slipped through our fingers
But we won't let go
When did we think that this would be easy?
We must have been out of our minds
We were holding so tight
It just slipped through our fingers
But we won't let go
Sick of going back and forth with the cheap shots all night
I sink my teeth in a little bit deeper
The red on my teeth should be enough for you
Just one more and more, it's never enough
To have me wrapped around your finger
I've got you turning blue
We can't put down our pride
When did we think that this would be easy?
We must have been out of our minds
We were holding so tight
It just slipped through our fingers
But we won't let go
Holding your breath just to pass the time
Don't fill an empty space with the same conversation
I feel your words right behind your kiss
The taste of your lips should be enough
But I just want more and more, it's never enough
To have you wrapped around my finger
You've got me turning blue
We can't put down our pride
When did we think that this would be easy?
We must have been out of our minds
We were holding so tight
It just slipped through our fingers
But we won't let go
Waiting for something to tell me
Things are getting better or are they getting better?
Don't look down, if you're staring at the ground
We're sure to fall
We're sure to fall
We're sure to fall
You just want more and more, it's never enough
To have me wrapped around your finger
I've got you turning blue
We can't put down our pride
When did we think that this would be easy?
We must have been out of our minds
We were holding so tight
It just slipped through our fingers
But we won't let go
When did we think that this would be easy?
We must have been out of our minds
We were holding so tight
It just slipped through our fingers
But we won't let go
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I'm a little late with posting, but I JUST heard this song... haha. :)
I think you guys have the right idea, but I think it's more about arguments. I think the turning blue part is saying they're expecting certain things from each other that they aren't getting. They sound really dependent on each other. It switches from "you've got me" and "I've got you" a lot in the song, but with the same sentences which implies they both are disappointed in the relationship. Also, to jump back a little bit, they also say "can't put down our pride" which kind of reminds me of the fact that when two stubborn people are arguing about something, they always want the last word and even if they are wrong, they don't want to apologize (some think apologizing hurts their pride) On a final note, they're basically just holding onto a relationship neither are completely happy with because it's what's become comfortable. It's a security blanket, so to speak.