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"
Dust it off, break it down
Get to what we're talking about
To what we're talking about
Don't try and hide it now
You can't keep working it out
You can't keep working it out
See how he's putting you down
I just can't be around
What you doing this for?
'Cause lightning is starting to fade off
Don't let it get away
Girl, you're worth so much more
Don't waste the pretty on him
Don't waste the pretty on pain
When it gets too much to take, don't give it away
Don't waste the pretty on life
Soon it's gonna fly on by
Whatever way you gotta say it
Don't waste the pretty, yeah
Sit back and breathe it in
Look at how lucky we are
Just look how lucky we are
This life I'm living in
Well, you've gotta follow your heart
So you know I'm never too far
Away from the pain in your eyes
I can see your disguise
But it's not too late
'Cause I know this pain can't be around
Don't be scared, work it out
There's no way to say ?
Don't waste the pretty on him
Don't waste the pretty on pain
When it gets too much to take, don't give it away
Don't waste the pretty on life
Soon it's gonna fly on by
Whatever way you gotta say it
Don't waste the pretty, yeah
And just in case you need what I need
Girl you're beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
And every boy will send you heartache
'Cause you're beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, yeah
Don't waste the pretty on him
Don't waste the pretty on pain
When it gets too much to take, don't give it away
Don't waste the pretty on life
Soon it's gonna fly on by
Whatever way you gotta say it
Don't waste the pretty, yeah
Get to what we're talking about
To what we're talking about
Don't try and hide it now
You can't keep working it out
You can't keep working it out
See how he's putting you down
I just can't be around
What you doing this for?
'Cause lightning is starting to fade off
Don't let it get away
Girl, you're worth so much more
Don't waste the pretty on him
Don't waste the pretty on pain
When it gets too much to take, don't give it away
Don't waste the pretty on life
Soon it's gonna fly on by
Whatever way you gotta say it
Don't waste the pretty, yeah
Sit back and breathe it in
Look at how lucky we are
Just look how lucky we are
This life I'm living in
Well, you've gotta follow your heart
So you know I'm never too far
Away from the pain in your eyes
I can see your disguise
But it's not too late
'Cause I know this pain can't be around
Don't be scared, work it out
There's no way to say ?
Don't waste the pretty on him
Don't waste the pretty on pain
When it gets too much to take, don't give it away
Don't waste the pretty on life
Soon it's gonna fly on by
Whatever way you gotta say it
Don't waste the pretty, yeah
And just in case you need what I need
Girl you're beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
And every boy will send you heartache
'Cause you're beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, yeah
Don't waste the pretty on him
Don't waste the pretty on pain
When it gets too much to take, don't give it away
Don't waste the pretty on life
Soon it's gonna fly on by
Whatever way you gotta say it
Don't waste the pretty, yeah
Lyrics submitted by onthefinishline
Don't Waste the Pretty Lyrics as written by Olivia Nervo Miriam Nervo
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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