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"
it's not about saying yes or no
it's not about stop or go
it's more about what is within
and how you get there in your mental scene..
and how you keep it as part of your truth
never to stop work trying to choose
some kinds of decisions
some kind of disguard
well i feel not conscious about others reports
and do you believe
don't you forget
how you conceived your thoughts of regret
it's not about being right or wrong
it's not about being weak or strong..
you're standing in the doorway
you look at me outside
you're thinkin you're alone tonight
to leave now or move on
you say yes
you say no
we're waitin but just can't go..
do you trust
do you deceive
a song meanings constantly
constantly part of you're innocent
how do you spell what's within
and if you do so
do you always know
that the best things sometimes stop, sometimes go
but the person there standing should ever be you
and that someone else pretending to do so
pretending to know what is right, what's wrong
how to act or when to go on
what to like or what to hate
do you know yourself
you're thinking it's sane
no proofs no signs no trust
you listen you think you leave
your foremind is your personal thief
disgusting, annoying and still going on
no changes in thoughts of or ever that's
to leave to guide your personal needs
the definite words ain't there to defeat
still going on acting as if you belong
to an unseen figure that tells you to go on
you're standing in the doorway
you look at me outside
you're thinkin you alone tonight
to leave now or move on
you say yes
you say no
we're waitin but just can't go..
you're watching forever
you're stand here and ever
you're falling alone tonight
your name is the senseless
completely defenseless
you're staying alone tonight
you're watching forever
you're stand here and ever
you're falling alone tonight
it's not about stop or go
it's more about what is within
and how you get there in your mental scene..
and how you keep it as part of your truth
never to stop work trying to choose
some kinds of decisions
some kind of disguard
well i feel not conscious about others reports
and do you believe
don't you forget
how you conceived your thoughts of regret
it's not about being right or wrong
it's not about being weak or strong..
you're standing in the doorway
you look at me outside
you're thinkin you're alone tonight
to leave now or move on
you say yes
you say no
we're waitin but just can't go..
do you trust
do you deceive
a song meanings constantly
constantly part of you're innocent
how do you spell what's within
and if you do so
do you always know
that the best things sometimes stop, sometimes go
but the person there standing should ever be you
and that someone else pretending to do so
pretending to know what is right, what's wrong
how to act or when to go on
what to like or what to hate
do you know yourself
you're thinking it's sane
no proofs no signs no trust
you listen you think you leave
your foremind is your personal thief
disgusting, annoying and still going on
no changes in thoughts of or ever that's
to leave to guide your personal needs
the definite words ain't there to defeat
still going on acting as if you belong
to an unseen figure that tells you to go on
you're standing in the doorway
you look at me outside
you're thinkin you alone tonight
to leave now or move on
you say yes
you say no
we're waitin but just can't go..
you're watching forever
you're stand here and ever
you're falling alone tonight
your name is the senseless
completely defenseless
you're staying alone tonight
you're watching forever
you're stand here and ever
you're falling alone tonight
Lyrics submitted by c h i e w
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it's not about saying yes or no it's not about stop or go it's more about what is within and how you get there in your mental scene.. and how you keep it as part of your truth never to stop work trying to choose some kinds of decisions some kind of disguard well i feel not conscious about others reports and do you believe don't you forget how you conceived your thoughts of regret it's not about being right or wrong it's not about being weak or strong..
you're standing in the doorway you look at me outside you're thinkin you're alone tonight to leave now or move on you say yes you say no we're waitin but just can't go..
do you trust do you deceive a song meanings constantly constantly part of your inner scene how do you spell what's within and if you do so do you always know that the best things sometimes stop, sometimes go but the person there standing should ever be you and that someone else pretending to do so pretending to know what is right, what's wrong how to act or when to go on what to like or what to hate do you know yourself you're thinking it's sane
no proofs no signs no trust you listen you think you leave your foremind is your personal thief disgusting, annoying and still going on no changes in thoughts of or ever that's strong to leave to guide your personal needs the definite words ain't there to defeat still going on acting as if you belong to an unseen figure that tells you to go on
you're standing in the doorway you look at me outside you're thinkin you're alone to know to leave now or move on you say yes you say no we're waitin but just can't go..
you're watching forever you're stand here and ever you're falling, you long to know your name is the senseless completely defenseless you're staying alone tonight
you're watching forever you're stand here and ever you're falling alone tonight