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"
Oh
Ohh, whoa, ohh
I love to see you walk into the room
Body shining, lighting up the place
And when you talk, everybody stops
'Cause they know you know just what to say and
The way that you protect your friends
Baby, I respect you for that
And when you grow, you take everyone you love along
I love that shit
Don't fly me away
Don't need to buy a diamond key
To unlock my heart
You shelter my soul
You're my fire when I'm cold
I want you to know
You had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello)
You had me at, "Hello" (hello)
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
It was many years ago (ago)
Baby, when you (when you)
Stole my cool (stole my cool, my cool)
'Cause you had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
I get so excited when you travel with me
Baby, while I'm on my grind
And never would I ever let my hustle
Come between me and my family time and
You keep me humble out of this hype
'Cause you know there's more to life
And if I need you, you will be here
You will make the sacrifice
Don't fly me away
Don't need to buy a diamond key
To unlock my heart
You shelter my soul (ohh)
You're my fire when I'm cold (ohh)
Just want you to know
You had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello)
You had me at, "Hello" (hello)
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
It was many years ago (ago)
Baby, when you (when you)
Stole my cool (stole my cool, my cool)
'Cause you had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
Gotta feel you and be near you
You're the air that I breathe to survive
Gotta hold you, wanna show you
That without you my sun doesn't shine
(You don't have to try so hard for me to love you)
Boy, without you my life just ain't the same
(You don't have to try so hard for me to love you)
You had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello)
You had me at, "Hello" (hello)
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
It was many years ago (ago)
When you (when you)
Stole my cool (stole my cool, my cool)
'Cause you had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
It was many years ago
Baby, when you
Stole my cool
You had me at, "Hello"
Hello
Hello
Ohh, whoa, ohh
I love to see you walk into the room
Body shining, lighting up the place
And when you talk, everybody stops
'Cause they know you know just what to say and
The way that you protect your friends
Baby, I respect you for that
And when you grow, you take everyone you love along
I love that shit
Don't fly me away
Don't need to buy a diamond key
To unlock my heart
You shelter my soul
You're my fire when I'm cold
I want you to know
You had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello)
You had me at, "Hello" (hello)
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
It was many years ago (ago)
Baby, when you (when you)
Stole my cool (stole my cool, my cool)
'Cause you had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
I get so excited when you travel with me
Baby, while I'm on my grind
And never would I ever let my hustle
Come between me and my family time and
You keep me humble out of this hype
'Cause you know there's more to life
And if I need you, you will be here
You will make the sacrifice
Don't fly me away
Don't need to buy a diamond key
To unlock my heart
You shelter my soul (ohh)
You're my fire when I'm cold (ohh)
Just want you to know
You had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello)
You had me at, "Hello" (hello)
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
It was many years ago (ago)
Baby, when you (when you)
Stole my cool (stole my cool, my cool)
'Cause you had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
Gotta feel you and be near you
You're the air that I breathe to survive
Gotta hold you, wanna show you
That without you my sun doesn't shine
(You don't have to try so hard for me to love you)
Boy, without you my life just ain't the same
(You don't have to try so hard for me to love you)
You had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello)
You had me at, "Hello" (hello)
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
It was many years ago (ago)
When you (when you)
Stole my cool (stole my cool, my cool)
'Cause you had me at, "Hello"
(Hello) hello
(Hello) hello
(Hello, hello)
It was many years ago
Baby, when you
Stole my cool
You had me at, "Hello"
Hello
Hello
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Hello Lyrics as written by David Quinones Evan Kidd Bogart
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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it's so weird how everyone hates when she says hello and i love it, and get chills every time haha.