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 used to dress in black every night
I used to dress in black every night
But something happened to me
Something happened to me
And now... I dress in white
You used to get it wrong every night
You used to get it wrong every night
And there was nothing left to do
But pump high voltage into you
And now... you mostly get it right
And you were blinded for the moment
By my country and western star ship last night
You were tumbling and bumbling
Like a bird that's just had it's wings clipped...in flight
And the congregation of the player begins to sing
They were such delinquents joining the kill
Of the soft steaming shits demanding...
Gay bar part 2
Hey
I used to dress in black every night
Now I dress primarily in white
And I was under duress
removed my pants and my vest
...and now I'm undressed tonight
And you were silenced for the moment
By my peter paul and mary box set
...last night
You were tumbling and bumbling like a pugilist being pummeled
...in flight
And the leagues of evil temper began to sing
And the menacing ending caused you such fright
There's something very wrong with you
So let's stay in tonight
She was my dark angel every night
She was my dark angel every night
Something happened to her
Something happened to her
And now... she's white
I used to dress in black every night
But something happened to me
Something happened to me
And now... I dress in white
You used to get it wrong every night
You used to get it wrong every night
And there was nothing left to do
But pump high voltage into you
And now... you mostly get it right
And you were blinded for the moment
By my country and western star ship last night
You were tumbling and bumbling
Like a bird that's just had it's wings clipped...in flight
And the congregation of the player begins to sing
They were such delinquents joining the kill
Of the soft steaming shits demanding...
Gay bar part 2
Hey
I used to dress in black every night
Now I dress primarily in white
And I was under duress
removed my pants and my vest
...and now I'm undressed tonight
And you were silenced for the moment
By my peter paul and mary box set
...last night
You were tumbling and bumbling like a pugilist being pummeled
...in flight
And the leagues of evil temper began to sing
And the menacing ending caused you such fright
There's something very wrong with you
So let's stay in tonight
She was my dark angel every night
She was my dark angel every night
Something happened to her
Something happened to her
And now... she's white
Lyrics submitted by slade
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I used to dress in black every night I used to dress in black every night But something happened to me Something happened to me And now I dress in white You used to get it wrong every night You used to get it wrong every night And there was nothing left to do But pump high voltage into you And now You mostly get it right And you were blinded for a moment By my country and western starship Last night You were tumbling and bumbling Like a bird that just had its wings clipped During flight And then the congregation of the prayer begins to sing Ahh!!! They were sick deliquents joining the queue Of the soft steaming shits demanding Gay Bar part two! Hey! Solo! I used to dress in black every night Now I dress primarily in white And I was under duress Removed my pants and my vests And now I'm undressed tonight And you were silenced for a moment By my 'Peter, Paul and Mary' box set Last night You were crumbling and mumbling Like a pugilist being pummeled In fight And the names of evil temper begin to sing Ahh! And I've never seen anything cause you such fright There's something very wrong with you So let's stay in tonight Hey! She was my dark angel every night She was my dark angel every night Something happened to her Something happened to her And now she's white!