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"
The water's rising up
The air is getting oh so thin
I struggle but I lie trapped under this crushing tide
My hands still shake with fear
The silence replaced all my tears
Time seems to pass me by
The doors are locked I say goodbye
Take us away, save us tonight
Close your eyes
Say goodbye
Save us tonight
Take us away
Caught in this wreckage with you
Hands tied at ten then tied at two
My scars won't ever heal when I am lying in this metal tomb
Caught in this wreckage with you
Hands tied at ten then tied at two
My scars won't ever heal when I am lying, dying next to you
The pictures in my head
c million things I should have said
I live with one regret
Pray to God he will hear my request
I close my eyes and then
The white light starts to filter in
I'll see you at the end
Waiting there with my best friend
Take us away, save us tonight
Close your eyes
Say goodbye
Save us tonight
Take us away
Caught in this wreckage with you
Hands tied at ten then tied at two
My scars won't ever heal when I am lying in this metal tomb
Caught in this wreckage with you
Hands tied at ten then tied at two
My scars won't ever heal when I am lying, dying next to you
My swollen heart explodes
Seeing you on your own
I fight with my last breath
Tear the cord that restrains my chest
I pulled the door ajar
Swam for safety leaving the car
I thought I got you clear
Pulled you out and found you some air
The sight of flashing lights tells me that I'm alive
The voices whisper that the girl she went and died tonight
I know my tears will rain
Until I'm with you once again
My love, my everything
My broken heart will never mend
cnd I know my tears will rain
Until I'm with you once again
My love, my everything
My broken heart will never end
The air is getting oh so thin
I struggle but I lie trapped under this crushing tide
My hands still shake with fear
The silence replaced all my tears
Time seems to pass me by
The doors are locked I say goodbye
Take us away, save us tonight
Close your eyes
Say goodbye
Save us tonight
Take us away
Caught in this wreckage with you
Hands tied at ten then tied at two
My scars won't ever heal when I am lying in this metal tomb
Caught in this wreckage with you
Hands tied at ten then tied at two
My scars won't ever heal when I am lying, dying next to you
The pictures in my head
c million things I should have said
I live with one regret
Pray to God he will hear my request
I close my eyes and then
The white light starts to filter in
I'll see you at the end
Waiting there with my best friend
Take us away, save us tonight
Close your eyes
Say goodbye
Save us tonight
Take us away
Caught in this wreckage with you
Hands tied at ten then tied at two
My scars won't ever heal when I am lying in this metal tomb
Caught in this wreckage with you
Hands tied at ten then tied at two
My scars won't ever heal when I am lying, dying next to you
My swollen heart explodes
Seeing you on your own
I fight with my last breath
Tear the cord that restrains my chest
I pulled the door ajar
Swam for safety leaving the car
I thought I got you clear
Pulled you out and found you some air
The sight of flashing lights tells me that I'm alive
The voices whisper that the girl she went and died tonight
I know my tears will rain
Until I'm with you once again
My love, my everything
My broken heart will never mend
cnd I know my tears will rain
Until I'm with you once again
My love, my everything
My broken heart will never end
Lyrics submitted by Brendonsoh
The Wreckage Lyrics as written by James Clark Ryan Gregory Baustert
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