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"
When I was a kid
I filled bottles with messages of hope
Now we kept clutching broken glass
Cause all my questions have been answered by a flood
Even those I never asked
All the storms that I've seen
Are countless reasons not to believe
But I know, that as long as there will be rain
There will be clear skies after
Every dance in the sky
I stood arms raised in imitation
Watch you dance and fly
And now I'm open to you
Just pass me by
But I keep reaching till I get whats mine
All the storms, that I've seen
Are countless reasons not to believe
But I know, that as long as there will be rain
There will be clear skies after
No matter how far I go
Far I go
I want you by my side
Together we'll see this through
There's silence in our lives
All the storms, that I've seen
Are countless reasons not to believe
But I know, that as long as there will be rain
There will be clear skies after
There will be rain
And there will be clear skies after
There will be rain
And there will be clear skies after
I filled bottles with messages of hope
Now we kept clutching broken glass
Cause all my questions have been answered by a flood
Even those I never asked
All the storms that I've seen
Are countless reasons not to believe
But I know, that as long as there will be rain
There will be clear skies after
Every dance in the sky
I stood arms raised in imitation
Watch you dance and fly
And now I'm open to you
Just pass me by
But I keep reaching till I get whats mine
All the storms, that I've seen
Are countless reasons not to believe
But I know, that as long as there will be rain
There will be clear skies after
No matter how far I go
Far I go
I want you by my side
Together we'll see this through
There's silence in our lives
All the storms, that I've seen
Are countless reasons not to believe
But I know, that as long as there will be rain
There will be clear skies after
There will be rain
And there will be clear skies after
There will be rain
And there will be clear skies after
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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When I was a kid I filled bottles with messages of hope Now weak I'm clutching broken glass Cause all my questions have been answered by the floods Even those I never asked
All the storms that I've seen Are countless reasons not to believe But I know, that as long as there will be rain There will be clear skies after
Every day up to the sky I stood arms raised in imitation Watchin' birds in flight And now I'm older youth has passed me by But I'll keep reaching 'til I get what's mine
All the storms, that I've seen Are countless reasons not to believe But I know, that as long as there will be rain There will be clear skies after
No matter how far I go (Far I go) I know that you are by my side (By my side) Together we'll see this through (See this through) As long as I am still alive
All the storms, that I've seen Are countless reasons not to believe But I know, that as long as there will be rain There will be clear skies after
There will be rain There will be clear skies after There will be rain There will be clear skies after
Best song ever :)
When I was a kid I filled bottles with messages of hope Now we kept clutching broken glass 'Cause all my questions have been answered by the flood Even those i never asked
All the storms that I've seen Are countless reasons not to believe But I know, that as long as there will be rain There will be clear skies after
Every dance in the sky I stood arms raised in immitation Watch you dance and fly And now I'm older Youth has pass me by But I keep reaching till I get whats mine
All the storms, that I've seen Are countless reasons not to believe But i know, that as long as there will be rain There will be clear skies after
No matter how far I go Far i go I want you by my side Together we'll see this through There's silence in our lives
All the storms, that I've seen Are countless reasons not to believe But i know, that as long as there will be rain There will be clear skies after
There will be rain And there will be clear skies after There will be rain And there will be clear skies after