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"
Just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
Your heart is not in it, baby
You're kissin' me, but your lips are cold
Your heart is not in it, baby
Your eyes are closed, but you're not here with me
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
I can feel your love
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love
I can feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love
I can feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
Just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Your heart is not in it, baby
You're trying hard, but you're not foolin' me
Your heart is not in it, baby
A different person is lying here with me
Goin' through the motions
You're just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
I can feel your love
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, babe
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love
I can feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
I can feel your love
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
I can feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
Feel your love, baby
Flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
Goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
Your heart is not in it, baby
You're kissin' me, but your lips are cold
Your heart is not in it, baby
Your eyes are closed, but you're not here with me
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
I can feel your love
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love
I can feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love
I can feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
Just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Your heart is not in it, baby
You're trying hard, but you're not foolin' me
Your heart is not in it, baby
A different person is lying here with me
Goin' through the motions
You're just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
I can feel your love
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, babe
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love
I can feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
Goin' through the motions
Just goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
Goin' through the motions
I can feel your love
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
I can feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
Feel your love, baby
Flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
I can feel your love, baby
Feel it flowing away, flowing away, flowing away, flowing away
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