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"
Before YouTube I walked through life
And now I frolic
YouTube's been like a father to me except
YouTube's not an alcoholic
Before YouTube I was just a skinny white kid that thought he was funnier and cooler than he actually was
And now...
Well not much has changed but I have a shitload of money
'Cause YouTube is a place for people to share their ideas
If by people you mean thirteen year-old girls, and by ideas you mean how they love the Jonas Brothers
I'm just kidding, but let's be honest, that's a hefty majority
And if you don't believe me, well then you must be a newb
So welcome to YouTube
You don't know what you're missing
Just try searching 'women kissing'
It's YouTube
It's what this countries been needing
A generation of kids who don't waste their time reading
Am I the only one who thinks that Lisa Nova's hot?
And Chris Crocker's not
No.... he's hotter
Most of the best YouTubers are either Asian or they're gay
So there's an untapped YouTube celebrity and his name is George Takei
And your favorite coat's got a doo-doo stain
I pray to God that that's 'Chocolate Rain'
And I find videos of babies laughing a bit intrusive
Because Barack Obama won the election because of YouTube
Wait did I say YouTube, I meant the black vote
And I think YouTube and Fred are so cool
And 'What the Buck' will be back in a Jiffy Lube
So welcome to YouTube
Welcome to YouTube
Hey, welcome to YouTube
I said listen and linger
Charlie the Unicorn bit my finger
It's YouTube
The impact is evident
Miss Teen South Carolina just ran for vice-president
Upload a video, you got nothing to lose
Except all of your friends
And the approval of your parents
Hi, my name is Mary and I'm nineteen years-old and I got drunk at a party and I think someone was video taping it but I don't want anyone to see it 'cause I showed half of my boob
Sorry Mary!
Welcome to YouTube
Say hello to YouTube
Say goodbye to your college scholarship
And if your video doesn't appeal to me
You gotta change the key...word
Welcome to YouTube
I said welcome to YouTube
And it'll keep on going
And it'll never stop, no
Until it's privatized
And now I frolic
YouTube's been like a father to me except
YouTube's not an alcoholic
Before YouTube I was just a skinny white kid that thought he was funnier and cooler than he actually was
And now...
Well not much has changed but I have a shitload of money
'Cause YouTube is a place for people to share their ideas
If by people you mean thirteen year-old girls, and by ideas you mean how they love the Jonas Brothers
I'm just kidding, but let's be honest, that's a hefty majority
And if you don't believe me, well then you must be a newb
So welcome to YouTube
You don't know what you're missing
Just try searching 'women kissing'
It's YouTube
It's what this countries been needing
A generation of kids who don't waste their time reading
Am I the only one who thinks that Lisa Nova's hot?
And Chris Crocker's not
No.... he's hotter
Most of the best YouTubers are either Asian or they're gay
So there's an untapped YouTube celebrity and his name is George Takei
And your favorite coat's got a doo-doo stain
I pray to God that that's 'Chocolate Rain'
And I find videos of babies laughing a bit intrusive
Because Barack Obama won the election because of YouTube
Wait did I say YouTube, I meant the black vote
And I think YouTube and Fred are so cool
And 'What the Buck' will be back in a Jiffy Lube
So welcome to YouTube
Welcome to YouTube
Hey, welcome to YouTube
I said listen and linger
Charlie the Unicorn bit my finger
It's YouTube
The impact is evident
Miss Teen South Carolina just ran for vice-president
Upload a video, you got nothing to lose
Except all of your friends
And the approval of your parents
Hi, my name is Mary and I'm nineteen years-old and I got drunk at a party and I think someone was video taping it but I don't want anyone to see it 'cause I showed half of my boob
Sorry Mary!
Welcome to YouTube
Say hello to YouTube
Say goodbye to your college scholarship
And if your video doesn't appeal to me
You gotta change the key...word
Welcome to YouTube
I said welcome to YouTube
And it'll keep on going
And it'll never stop, no
Until it's privatized
Lyrics submitted by caboose218
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