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"
Say it
Explain yourself, go on
Just hang yourself
No one takes pride for pain
Save your game
No one believes you anyway
Save it
You know you've been shut down
Your shit's been figured out
And all your ways belong to fate
I can't believe you had me
No one around to show me
But I should have known
Now I can't go back, if only
You were the animal
I held the reins and you pulled
Living on hope
Keeping your eyes closed
But I was the animal
And you held the reins while I pulled
Living on hope
You kept my eyes closed
Say it
Defend yourself, go on
We're listening, what's wrong?
Did I hit the spot, piss you off
Make you a fool in front of everyone?
Take it
It's time, admit your faults
It's your turn feeling small
To aggravate, the pain awaits
And this time there is
No one around to show you
But you should have known
Now you can't go back, if only
You were the animal
I held the reins and you pulled
Living on hope
Keeping your eyes closed
But I was the animal
And you held the reins while I pulled
Living on hope
You kept my eyes closed
Eyes closed'
Say it
Explain yourself, go on
Just hang yourself
No one takes pride for pain
Save your game,
No one believes you anyway
No one around to show me
But I should have known
Now I can't go back, if only
You were the animal
I held the reins and you pulled
Living on hope
Keeping your eyes closed
But I was the animal
And you held the reins while I pulled
Living on hope
You kept my eyes closed
Explain yourself, go on
Just hang yourself
No one takes pride for pain
Save your game
No one believes you anyway
Save it
You know you've been shut down
Your shit's been figured out
And all your ways belong to fate
I can't believe you had me
No one around to show me
But I should have known
Now I can't go back, if only
You were the animal
I held the reins and you pulled
Living on hope
Keeping your eyes closed
But I was the animal
And you held the reins while I pulled
Living on hope
You kept my eyes closed
Say it
Defend yourself, go on
We're listening, what's wrong?
Did I hit the spot, piss you off
Make you a fool in front of everyone?
Take it
It's time, admit your faults
It's your turn feeling small
To aggravate, the pain awaits
And this time there is
No one around to show you
But you should have known
Now you can't go back, if only
You were the animal
I held the reins and you pulled
Living on hope
Keeping your eyes closed
But I was the animal
And you held the reins while I pulled
Living on hope
You kept my eyes closed
Eyes closed'
Say it
Explain yourself, go on
Just hang yourself
No one takes pride for pain
Save your game,
No one believes you anyway
No one around to show me
But I should have known
Now I can't go back, if only
You were the animal
I held the reins and you pulled
Living on hope
Keeping your eyes closed
But I was the animal
And you held the reins while I pulled
Living on hope
You kept my eyes closed
Lyrics submitted by shatterzero666
Say It Lyrics as written by Joseph Daniel Lauzon Daniel Wayne Chandler
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I dont know why no ones commented this song, It's one of my favorite song by them. I think its about breaking away from someone, because you realized they controled you. and when you finaly show them their wrongs you know your right and you want them to look like a fool trying to cover up their mistakes. thats my opinion. kinda harsh though lol Peace