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"
I'm dreamin' in the mornin'
I'm dreamin' all through the night
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's all right
Woo hoo hoa
I'm dreamin' in the evening
I'm dreamin' all through the day
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's okay
Woo hoo hoa
Daddy says I've gotta pay some bills
So I can learn to be responsible
Some day I'll have a family of my own
And they will need for me to be full grown
But I'm dreamin' in the mornin'
I'm dreamin' all through the night
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's all right
Woo hoo hoa
I'm dreamin' in the evening
I'm dreamin' all through the day
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's okay
Woo hoo hoa
Teacher says I gotta learn some facts
So I can make it in the Widener Stacks
These are days that will define my life
I shouldn't waste them on these friends of mine
But I
Gotta be a big boy
('Cos I really want a chance)
Woah!
Gotta pick up my toys
('Cos I really want a chance)
When I start to feel the feeling comin' over me
(I really want a chance)
I soon forget all about responsibility
(I really want a chance)
I walk around in a wide-awake daydream
(I really want a chance)
Things are better out here than they might seem
There are bluebirds
In the meadows
And the bees are flying around
And the goslings
At the river
At a loss so far from the ground
I am running (I am running)
Through the meadow (Through the meadow)
And the sun is (And the sun is)
Shining on me (Shining on me)
I am singing (I am singing)
My voice is ringing (My voice is ringing)
I can sing so loud (I can sing so loud)
And the angels (And the angels)
In the heavens (In the heavens)
They are wondering (They are wondering)
"Why am I so glad?" (Why am I so glad?)
"Why am I so glad?" (Why am I so glad?)
"Why am I so" (Why am I so)
"Why am I so" (Why am I so)
I am running (I am running)
Through the meadow (Through the meadow)
And the sun is (And the sun is)
Shining on me (Shining on me)
I am singing (I am singing)
My voice is ringing (My voice is ringing)
I can sing so loud (I can sing so loud)
And I'm dreamin' in the mornin'
I'm dreamin' all through the night
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's all right
Woo hoo hoa
I'm dreamin' in the evening
I'm dreamin' all through the day
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's okay
Woo hoo hoa
(Woo hoo) Hoa
(Woo hoo) Hoa
(Woo hoo) Hoa
(Woo hoo) Hoa
(Woo hoo) Woah
I don't want to get with your program
I don't want to get with your program
I don't want to get with your program
Take back the love!
I'm dreamin' all through the night
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's all right
Woo hoo hoa
I'm dreamin' in the evening
I'm dreamin' all through the day
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's okay
Woo hoo hoa
Daddy says I've gotta pay some bills
So I can learn to be responsible
Some day I'll have a family of my own
And they will need for me to be full grown
But I'm dreamin' in the mornin'
I'm dreamin' all through the night
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's all right
Woo hoo hoa
I'm dreamin' in the evening
I'm dreamin' all through the day
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's okay
Woo hoo hoa
Teacher says I gotta learn some facts
So I can make it in the Widener Stacks
These are days that will define my life
I shouldn't waste them on these friends of mine
But I
Gotta be a big boy
('Cos I really want a chance)
Woah!
Gotta pick up my toys
('Cos I really want a chance)
When I start to feel the feeling comin' over me
(I really want a chance)
I soon forget all about responsibility
(I really want a chance)
I walk around in a wide-awake daydream
(I really want a chance)
Things are better out here than they might seem
There are bluebirds
In the meadows
And the bees are flying around
And the goslings
At the river
At a loss so far from the ground
I am running (I am running)
Through the meadow (Through the meadow)
And the sun is (And the sun is)
Shining on me (Shining on me)
I am singing (I am singing)
My voice is ringing (My voice is ringing)
I can sing so loud (I can sing so loud)
And the angels (And the angels)
In the heavens (In the heavens)
They are wondering (They are wondering)
"Why am I so glad?" (Why am I so glad?)
"Why am I so glad?" (Why am I so glad?)
"Why am I so" (Why am I so)
"Why am I so" (Why am I so)
I am running (I am running)
Through the meadow (Through the meadow)
And the sun is (And the sun is)
Shining on me (Shining on me)
I am singing (I am singing)
My voice is ringing (My voice is ringing)
I can sing so loud (I can sing so loud)
And I'm dreamin' in the mornin'
I'm dreamin' all through the night
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's all right
Woo hoo hoa
I'm dreamin' in the evening
I'm dreamin' all through the day
And when I'm dreamin' I know that it's okay
Woo hoo hoa
(Woo hoo) Hoa
(Woo hoo) Hoa
(Woo hoo) Hoa
(Woo hoo) Hoa
(Woo hoo) Woah
I don't want to get with your program
I don't want to get with your program
I don't want to get with your program
Take back the love!
Lyrics submitted by whybother737
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