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"
he's picking up daises that you left in your front yard
the postman delivered but your words were still too far
you know he wanted it he really really wanted it, oh so bad
but he always wants what he knows that he can't have, woah
and i'm not writing this love song for two
and i never admitted what anyone might think to do no, no
i'm not writing this love song for two
and i'm not writing this love song for you
no, no, no, no, no, woah.
my sweet umbrella your fella has eyes for me
its not like you knew it you blew it it's plain to see
you know he wanted it he really really wanted it, oh so bad
but they always wan what they know that they can't have
and i'm not writing this love song for two
and i never admitted what anyone might think to do no, no
i'm not writing this love song for two
and i'm not writing this love song for you
no, no, no, no, no, woah.
you know she wanted it
she really really wanted it
you know he wanted it
he really really wanted it
you know she wanted it
she really really wanted it
you know they wanted it
they really really wanted it
and i'm not writing this love song for two
and i never admitted what anyone might think to do no, no
i'm not writing this love song for two
and i'm not writing this love song for you
no, no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah.
cause i'm not writing this love song for you.
the postman delivered but your words were still too far
you know he wanted it he really really wanted it, oh so bad
but he always wants what he knows that he can't have, woah
and i'm not writing this love song for two
and i never admitted what anyone might think to do no, no
i'm not writing this love song for two
and i'm not writing this love song for you
no, no, no, no, no, woah.
my sweet umbrella your fella has eyes for me
its not like you knew it you blew it it's plain to see
you know he wanted it he really really wanted it, oh so bad
but they always wan what they know that they can't have
and i'm not writing this love song for two
and i never admitted what anyone might think to do no, no
i'm not writing this love song for two
and i'm not writing this love song for you
no, no, no, no, no, woah.
you know she wanted it
she really really wanted it
you know he wanted it
he really really wanted it
you know she wanted it
she really really wanted it
you know they wanted it
they really really wanted it
and i'm not writing this love song for two
and i never admitted what anyone might think to do no, no
i'm not writing this love song for two
and i'm not writing this love song for you
no, no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah.
cause i'm not writing this love song for you.
Lyrics submitted by lynniecakes
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hehehe i heard this song in American Eagle!
Anyway, i'm thinking the music video explains most of the song: An indecisive guy blindly chasing after girls -- "he always wants what he knows that he can't have."