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"
Get up, get out, this is your wake-up call
We run this town and you can fight us all
We keep on coming back for more
And don't think you can hold us down
We'll tear this building down
Try to be careful what you say
Give it up, your tact is astounding
Find your place and leave us with some peace of mind
You do this every time
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
Get up, get out, who's gonna break your fall?
When we don't back down, they're gonna seem so small
We keep 'em runnin' for the door
Just when things will come back around
It's too late for them
They're heading straight for a meltdown
I'm not a part of your cliche
Give it up, your tact is astounding
Find your place and leave us with some peace of mind
You do this every time
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
Just think about, just think about everything
Be careful now, be careful what you say
Wide awake
This is the life we chose, this is the life I lead
They can never take this from me
This is the life we chose, this is the life I lead
They can never take this from me
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
So here's to another banner year
I hope you're happy with yourself
We run this town and you can fight us all
We keep on coming back for more
And don't think you can hold us down
We'll tear this building down
Try to be careful what you say
Give it up, your tact is astounding
Find your place and leave us with some peace of mind
You do this every time
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
Get up, get out, who's gonna break your fall?
When we don't back down, they're gonna seem so small
We keep 'em runnin' for the door
Just when things will come back around
It's too late for them
They're heading straight for a meltdown
I'm not a part of your cliche
Give it up, your tact is astounding
Find your place and leave us with some peace of mind
You do this every time
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
Just think about, just think about everything
Be careful now, be careful what you say
Wide awake
This is the life we chose, this is the life I lead
They can never take this from me
This is the life we chose, this is the life I lead
They can never take this from me
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
So here's to another banner year
We've crossed that thin line, don't try to hold us here
If for just this once you'd think of us
I hope you're happy with yourself
So here's to another banner year
I hope you're happy with yourself
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So here's to another better year