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"
Wakin' up, feeling rough
Totally stressed
Every day it's a dead time
Step by step
Hit a wall, took a fall
To a new depth
Count to ten, focusin'
Take a deep breath
In a world that is close to breakin'
I thought that you were my friend
In a world that is full of hatin'
And I'm about to descend
I just smile and pretend
I'm a million miles away from it all
And let it go right over my head
Let 'em chase and the winner take all
And let it go right over my head
Over my head, yeah
Over my head, ooh
Over my head
Everywhere, everyone
Questioning me
Are you ill? Are you well?
Do you like being free?
Didn't know you were close to breaking
So you thought it should end
Left it all for a new location
So you could start up again
So keep smilin' till then
Right now, I want some peace of mind
So let it go right over my head
Just want to give myself a little more time
And every single word that you said
Went over my head, yeah
Over my head, ooh
Over my head
Little girl, I was so mistaken
Thought that you were my friend
In a world that is full of hatin'
I'm about to descend
Didn't know you were close to breakin'
So you thought it should end
Left it all for a new location
So you could start up again
So keep smilin' till then
I'm a million miles away from it all
And let it go right over my head
Let 'em chase and the winner take all
And let it go right over my head
Right now, I want some peace of mind
So let it go right over my head
Just want to give myself a little more time
And every single word that you said
Went over my head, yeah
Over my head, ooh
Over my head
Close the door, let me please
Get to my bed
I wanna take stock, see my life
In perspective
Tomorrow, I'll be back in the race, till then
Live and let live
So let all the anger pass me by
Over my head, ooh
Over my head, ooh
Over my head
Totally stressed
Every day it's a dead time
Step by step
Hit a wall, took a fall
To a new depth
Count to ten, focusin'
Take a deep breath
In a world that is close to breakin'
I thought that you were my friend
In a world that is full of hatin'
And I'm about to descend
I just smile and pretend
I'm a million miles away from it all
And let it go right over my head
Let 'em chase and the winner take all
And let it go right over my head
Over my head, yeah
Over my head, ooh
Over my head
Everywhere, everyone
Questioning me
Are you ill? Are you well?
Do you like being free?
Didn't know you were close to breaking
So you thought it should end
Left it all for a new location
So you could start up again
So keep smilin' till then
Right now, I want some peace of mind
So let it go right over my head
Just want to give myself a little more time
And every single word that you said
Went over my head, yeah
Over my head, ooh
Over my head
Little girl, I was so mistaken
Thought that you were my friend
In a world that is full of hatin'
I'm about to descend
Didn't know you were close to breakin'
So you thought it should end
Left it all for a new location
So you could start up again
So keep smilin' till then
I'm a million miles away from it all
And let it go right over my head
Let 'em chase and the winner take all
And let it go right over my head
Right now, I want some peace of mind
So let it go right over my head
Just want to give myself a little more time
And every single word that you said
Went over my head, yeah
Over my head, ooh
Over my head
Close the door, let me please
Get to my bed
I wanna take stock, see my life
In perspective
Tomorrow, I'll be back in the race, till then
Live and let live
So let all the anger pass me by
Over my head, ooh
Over my head, ooh
Over my head
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