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"
I breathe you in with smoke in the backyard lights
(Backyard light)
We used to laugh until we choked into the wasted nights
(Wasted nights)
It was the best time of my life, but now I sleep alone
(Sleep alone)
So darling, don't, don't wake me up, 'cause my thrill is gone
(Say I'm wrong)
In the sunset turning red behind the smoke
Forever and alone
Yeah!
You've gone and sewn me to this bed, the taste of you and me
(You and me)
Will never leave my lips again under the blinding rain
(Blinding rain)
I wanna hold your hand so tight I'm gonna break my wrist
(Break my wrist)
And when the vultures sing tonight I'm gonna join right in
I'll sing along, oh
'Cause I don't know any other song
I'll sing along
But I'm barely hanging on
No, I'm barely hanging on
By the time you're hearing this I'll already be gone
And now there's nothing to do but scream at the drunken moon
This isn't fair!
(No!)
Don't you try to blame this on me
(Ohhh)
My love for you was bulletproof but you're the one who shot me
And God damn it, I can barely say your name
So I'll try to write and fill the pen with blood from the sink
Woah oh, oh oh
But don't just say it, you should sing my name
Pretend that it's a song 'cause forever it's yours
And we can sing this on the way home
I'll sing along
(Oh)
'Cause I don't know any other song
(Oh oh)
I'll sing along
But I'm barely hanging on
No, I'm barely hanging on
By the time you're hearing this I'll already be gone
And now there's nothing to do but tear my voice apart
Nothing to do
And scream at the drunken moon
(Backyard light)
We used to laugh until we choked into the wasted nights
(Wasted nights)
It was the best time of my life, but now I sleep alone
(Sleep alone)
So darling, don't, don't wake me up, 'cause my thrill is gone
(Say I'm wrong)
In the sunset turning red behind the smoke
Forever and alone
Yeah!
You've gone and sewn me to this bed, the taste of you and me
(You and me)
Will never leave my lips again under the blinding rain
(Blinding rain)
I wanna hold your hand so tight I'm gonna break my wrist
(Break my wrist)
And when the vultures sing tonight I'm gonna join right in
I'll sing along, oh
'Cause I don't know any other song
I'll sing along
But I'm barely hanging on
No, I'm barely hanging on
By the time you're hearing this I'll already be gone
And now there's nothing to do but scream at the drunken moon
This isn't fair!
(No!)
Don't you try to blame this on me
(Ohhh)
My love for you was bulletproof but you're the one who shot me
And God damn it, I can barely say your name
So I'll try to write and fill the pen with blood from the sink
Woah oh, oh oh
But don't just say it, you should sing my name
Pretend that it's a song 'cause forever it's yours
And we can sing this on the way home
I'll sing along
(Oh)
'Cause I don't know any other song
(Oh oh)
I'll sing along
But I'm barely hanging on
No, I'm barely hanging on
By the time you're hearing this I'll already be gone
And now there's nothing to do but tear my voice apart
Nothing to do
And scream at the drunken moon
Lyrics submitted by JaySquared2, edited by CDWARS
Bulletproof Love Lyrics as written by Victor Fuentes Michael Fuentes
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correction for the lyrics from the album =)
I'll breathe you in with smoke in the backyard light. We used to laugh until we choked, into wasted nights It was the best time of my life, but now I sleep alone. So dont, don't, don't wake me up, 'cause my thrill is gone. say im wrong in the sunset turning red behind the smoke. Forever and alone. Yeah.
You've gone and sewn me to this bed, the taste of you and me will never leave my lips again, under the blinding rain. I wanna hold your hand so tight, I'm gonna break my wrists. And when the vultures sing tonight, I'm gonna join right in.
I'll sing along, oh. because I don't know any other song. I'll sing along, but I'm barely hanging on. No, I'm barely hanging on. By the time you're hearing this I'll already be gone. and now There's nothing to do but scream at the drunken moon
This isn't fair no don't you try to blame this on me. My love for you was bulletproof, but your the one who shot me. And god damn itt, I can barely say your name. So I'll try to write it and fill the pen with blood from the sink. Woah. Oh. But, don't just say it, you should sing my name. Pretend that it's a song because forever it's yours. And we can sing this on the way home.
I'll sing along, oh. 'Cause I don't know any other song. I'll sing along, but I'm barely hanging on. No, I'm barely hanging on. By the time you're hearing this I'll already be gone. But there's nothing to do, but tear my voice apart. There's nothing to do, but scream at the drunken moon.
I'll breathe you in with smoke in the backyard lights.<br /> We used to laugh until we choked, into the wasted nights
I am much happier with this song. lol<br /> MUCH closer to the actual lyrics here.<br /> That 2nd verse was DEAD on. Proud of that lol<br /> And very minimal errors everywhere else.<br /> Thank you, again.
lol no problem man