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"
Home
do I call it anymore?
A few days to see what's passed
My old room feels a little smaller
have I ever really left?
Same old faces, dead end places
had to make a break run free
My conscience won't leave each rock alone
bound to find a casualty
It's all coming back to me
Ships set sail to far off places
Tides have turned
the time has blown apart
Ties are broken, words unspoken
Seasons of sorrow
I never thought that time could heal the pain
Alone
down these weathered city streets
to the springtime of my life
Like a first day of school
Pictures from the mind's archives
Hiding places, cold embraces
have to make the break run free
The music is mine alone to face
Virtue is my remedy
It's all coming back to me
This time I know I can face it
'Cause I have grown
harmony within my reach
Mind is open, voice outspoken
Seasons of sorrow
No more fear, time can heal the pain
Better tomorrow
No more tears, dawn after the rain
Hidden from the world to see
The bridge is burned, the map outdated
I'll set a course, trade asylum for the sea
Mind is open, voice outspoken
do I call it anymore?
A few days to see what's passed
My old room feels a little smaller
have I ever really left?
Same old faces, dead end places
had to make a break run free
My conscience won't leave each rock alone
bound to find a casualty
It's all coming back to me
Ships set sail to far off places
Tides have turned
the time has blown apart
Ties are broken, words unspoken
Seasons of sorrow
I never thought that time could heal the pain
Alone
down these weathered city streets
to the springtime of my life
Like a first day of school
Pictures from the mind's archives
Hiding places, cold embraces
have to make the break run free
The music is mine alone to face
Virtue is my remedy
It's all coming back to me
This time I know I can face it
'Cause I have grown
harmony within my reach
Mind is open, voice outspoken
Seasons of sorrow
No more fear, time can heal the pain
Better tomorrow
No more tears, dawn after the rain
Hidden from the world to see
The bridge is burned, the map outdated
I'll set a course, trade asylum for the sea
Mind is open, voice outspoken
Lyrics submitted by Lateralus518
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
Too many bands with this same name, this is the Anomaly with Sean Malone & Sean Reinert. Good stuff, though I'm willing to bet that people who listen to this without knowing who was involved with this project, they probably wouldn't expect this. It's kind of.. mellow yet there's the standard things (at least for Malone) like the fretless bass and the chapman stick. The musicianship is great.