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"
Would you believe me
If I said I was sorry?
The question wasn't meant to hurt
It was just my fear of losing you
And now you're filling
All the space that surrounds you
I'll soon be tucked away
Underneath your bed
Where you gave yourself to me
Where I gave myself to you
Maybe it's all for the best
But I just don't see any good in this, no
Maybe we'll find something better
But the lovers that leave us
Will always hold the place
And maybe it was wrong of me
To think I could keep you
And maybe it's the last few drinks
Taking over my mouth and all I've been thinking
I want you to know
That I am fine here without you
But I can't bring myself
To lie to you
And since we're being honest
I feel I should tell you
I've been filling up the empty space
Between you and I
Between you and I
She could never compare to you
Between you and I
I still keep your pictures underneath my bed
Where she gives herself to me
Where I give myself to you
Maybe it's all for the best
But I just don't see any good in this, no
Maybe we'll find something better
But the lovers that leave us
Will always hold the place, yes, yeah
Maybe it's all for the best
But I just don't see any good in this, no
Maybe we'll find something better
But the lovers that leave us
Will always hold the place
Yeah, the lovers that leave us
Will always hold the place
If I said I was sorry?
The question wasn't meant to hurt
It was just my fear of losing you
And now you're filling
All the space that surrounds you
I'll soon be tucked away
Underneath your bed
Where you gave yourself to me
Where I gave myself to you
Maybe it's all for the best
But I just don't see any good in this, no
Maybe we'll find something better
But the lovers that leave us
Will always hold the place
And maybe it was wrong of me
To think I could keep you
And maybe it's the last few drinks
Taking over my mouth and all I've been thinking
I want you to know
That I am fine here without you
But I can't bring myself
To lie to you
And since we're being honest
I feel I should tell you
I've been filling up the empty space
Between you and I
Between you and I
She could never compare to you
Between you and I
I still keep your pictures underneath my bed
Where she gives herself to me
Where I give myself to you
Maybe it's all for the best
But I just don't see any good in this, no
Maybe we'll find something better
But the lovers that leave us
Will always hold the place, yes, yeah
Maybe it's all for the best
But I just don't see any good in this, no
Maybe we'll find something better
But the lovers that leave us
Will always hold the place
Yeah, the lovers that leave us
Will always hold the place
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I seriously love this song. I downloaded it years ago and it came up on shuffle on my iTunes and now I can't stop listening to it.
To me:
Would you believe me If I said I was sorry? The question wasn't meant to hurt, it was just my fear of losing you. And now you're filling all the space that surrounds you. I'll soon be tucked away underneath your bed... Where you gave yourself to me, where I gave myself to you.
To me, he's clearly said something that completely upset her and for whatever reason their relationship ended. Now she's "filling all the space that surrounds her" (Probably told him she wasn't interested in even being friends anymore and just wanted space), with other people and relationships. He then realizes that if he isn't already, he'll soon just be a tucked away memory of what used to be while she begins an intimate relationship elsewhere.
Maybe it's all for the best. But I just don't see any good in this, no. Maybe we'll find something better... But the lovers that leave us will always hold the place.
To me, he's beginning to think that maybe it ended because it was meant to. Then he keeps telling himself that he just can't imagine how it was meant to end. He thinks that maybe they'll each find better people for them, but that their memory to each other will always hold its own permanent place in each of their separate lives.
And maybe it was wrong of me to think I could keep you. And maybe it's the last few drinks taking over my mouth, And all I've been thinking. I want you to know that I am fine here without you. But I can't bring myself to lie to you.
He begins to realize that maybe it was completely foolish and selfish of him to believe that he could keep such a great person for the rest of his life. He knows he's been drinking, and believes that may be the cause of all of his feelings. But he wants to remind the girl that he is fine without her. Although he knows reminding her of that would simply be a lie.
And since we're being honest, I feel I should tell you, I've been filling up the empty space between you and I. Between you and I, She could never compare to you. Between you and I, I still keep your pictures underneath my bed. Where she gives herself to me, Where I gave myself to you.
So he wants her to know that he too has filled his time with things and relationships, too. But he wants her to also know that his relationship does not compare to his past relationship with her. Also that he keeps "her picture" (his memories with her), "underneath his bed", (close to him).. Where they both gave themselves away to each other.
Maybe it's all for the best. But I just don't see any good in this, no. Maybe we'll find something better... But the lovers that leave us will always hold the place.
Again, he questions the different lives they lead and wonders if they made the right decision. Either way, he explains that he will always love her and have a special place for her in his heart, regardless of how many people they both fill their space with.
Heartbreaking and hits completely home for me. What a beautiful, well-written, and sung song. :(