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"
There is no light in sight
Only a tunnel of pain
Only your legs will carry you
Carry you to the end!
Live your life for yourself
Or live for the struggle at best
Just don't let it strangle you
Just don't let it strangle you!
And after all this
No one will carry you home
And without a thought
You let your guard fall to the ground
Thought you were the king
But now it's gone
Taste the air as you pull it in your lungs
Try to savior it for one more song
The thick of the battle
A metaphor for this life
You never see it hit you
Until it smashes you in the face!
You try as best as you can
And I knock you down again
Just don't let it strangle you
Just don't let it strangle you!
And after all this
No one will carry you home
And without a thought
You let your guard fall to the ground
Thought you were the king
But now it's gone
Taste the air as you pull it in your lungs
Try to savior it for one more song
Get up!
Get up now
Get up right now!
I scream to myself
Get up!
Get up now
Get up right now!
I scream at myself
And after all this
No one will carry you home
And without a thought
You let your guard fall to the ground
Thought you were the king
But now it's gone
Taste the air as you pull it in your lungs
Try to savior it for one more song
Only a tunnel of pain
Only your legs will carry you
Carry you to the end!
Live your life for yourself
Or live for the struggle at best
Just don't let it strangle you
Just don't let it strangle you!
And after all this
No one will carry you home
And without a thought
You let your guard fall to the ground
Thought you were the king
But now it's gone
Taste the air as you pull it in your lungs
Try to savior it for one more song
The thick of the battle
A metaphor for this life
You never see it hit you
Until it smashes you in the face!
You try as best as you can
And I knock you down again
Just don't let it strangle you
Just don't let it strangle you!
And after all this
No one will carry you home
And without a thought
You let your guard fall to the ground
Thought you were the king
But now it's gone
Taste the air as you pull it in your lungs
Try to savior it for one more song
Get up!
Get up now
Get up right now!
I scream to myself
Get up!
Get up now
Get up right now!
I scream at myself
And after all this
No one will carry you home
And without a thought
You let your guard fall to the ground
Thought you were the king
But now it's gone
Taste the air as you pull it in your lungs
Try to savior it for one more song
Lyrics submitted by aristuma21
You Were the King, Now You're Unconscious Lyrics as written by Porter Marc Mcknight Daniel Dan Jacobs
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
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here are more correct lyrics:
There is no light in sight Only a tunnel of pain Only your legs will carry you Carry you to the end
Live your full for yourself Or live for the struggle at best Just don't let it strangle you Just don't let it strangle you
And after all this No one will carry you home And without a thought You let your guard fall to the ground Thought you were the king But now it's gone Taste the air as you pull it in your lungs Try to savour it for one more song
The thief of the battle A metaphor for this life You never see it hit you Until it smashes you in the face
You try as best you can And life knocks you down again Just don't let it strangle you Just don't let it strangle you
And after all this No one will carry you home And without a thought You let your guard fall to the ground Thought you were the king But now it's gone Taste the air as you pull it in your lungs Try to savour it for one more song
Get up Get up now Get up right now I scream to myself
Get up Get up now Get up right now I scream to myself
And after all this No one will carry you home And without a thought You let your guard fall to the ground Thought you were the king But now it's gone Taste the air as you pull it in your lungs Try to savour it for one more song Try to savour it for one more song