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"
Seen the best, Seen the worst,
Seen your face, And i've seen the curse,
I'm talking about you now.
Weather near, Weather far,
Just be happy with who you are,
It's only whats in your heart.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
So lifes unfair, You've got no where,
Look for your heart, There's nothing there,
Nothing There.
Stand by me, And i'll stand by you,
We'll make this happen, We'll make this true,
Make this true.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
Now you've been hit by this train,
And you'll never be the same,
And you Have'nt lost your hope.
Now you've been hit by this train,
And you'll never be the same,
And you Have'nt lost your hope,
No! Not this time.
It's what i'm looking for
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell...
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
It's what i'm looking, It's what i'm looking
Oh
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me down.
Wont break me down!
Seen your face, And i've seen the curse,
I'm talking about you now.
Weather near, Weather far,
Just be happy with who you are,
It's only whats in your heart.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
So lifes unfair, You've got no where,
Look for your heart, There's nothing there,
Nothing There.
Stand by me, And i'll stand by you,
We'll make this happen, We'll make this true,
Make this true.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
Now you've been hit by this train,
And you'll never be the same,
And you Have'nt lost your hope.
Now you've been hit by this train,
And you'll never be the same,
And you Have'nt lost your hope,
No! Not this time.
It's what i'm looking for
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell...
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me.
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
It's what i'm looking, It's what i'm looking
Oh
It's what i'm looking for (woah-oh-oh)
Don't know where this road will take me,
But it sure as hell won't break me down.
Wont break me down!
Lyrics submitted by Punker32
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This song is amazing...i think its basically saying take pride in who you are and stick with your friends and you will eventually figure life out how its meant to be for you. the whole youve been hit by this train part might mean like facing a massive obsticle in life like a death of someone close or something.
I guess like alot of orange songs...its also about not giving up hope.
Peace out holmes!