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"
You seem quite nice for a girl with good looks
And I'm the kinda fellow that'll make you feel better when your life gets shook
So give it a chance according to your plans
I bet I'm not number one on your list to kiss, but please understand
You seem quite shy, but you're oh so cute
And I'm the kind of girl that would love to be yours if you'd asked me to
So just take a chance, try to hold my hand
I swear I'd never let go
Just let me know if you'd be my man
I really want to come out and tell you
Oh darling, I love you so
If you'd ask me for my heart, there's no way that I'll say no
Oh darling, just take a chance please
So we can stay together 'til hell starts to freeze
You seem quite right for a boy like me
And I wanna know would you treat me well
Would you treat me like a queen
Cause I'd like to show you and make you see
That although we're different types
We were meant to be
I really want to come out and tell you
Oh darling, I love you so
If you'd ask me for my heart, there's no way that Ill say no
Oh darling, just take a chance please
So we can stay together till hell starts to freeze
So I gotta ask you
I can't be afraid
I gotta take a chance at love
So what do you say
Oh darling, I love you so
If you'd ask me for my heart, there's no way that Ill say no
Oh darling, just take a chance please
So we can stay together 'til hell starts to freeze
Oh darling, I love you so
If you'd ask me for my heart, there's no way that Ill say no
Oh darling, just take a chance please
So we can stay together 'til hell starts to freeze
And I'm the kinda fellow that'll make you feel better when your life gets shook
So give it a chance according to your plans
I bet I'm not number one on your list to kiss, but please understand
You seem quite shy, but you're oh so cute
And I'm the kind of girl that would love to be yours if you'd asked me to
So just take a chance, try to hold my hand
I swear I'd never let go
Just let me know if you'd be my man
I really want to come out and tell you
Oh darling, I love you so
If you'd ask me for my heart, there's no way that I'll say no
Oh darling, just take a chance please
So we can stay together 'til hell starts to freeze
You seem quite right for a boy like me
And I wanna know would you treat me well
Would you treat me like a queen
Cause I'd like to show you and make you see
That although we're different types
We were meant to be
I really want to come out and tell you
Oh darling, I love you so
If you'd ask me for my heart, there's no way that Ill say no
Oh darling, just take a chance please
So we can stay together till hell starts to freeze
So I gotta ask you
I can't be afraid
I gotta take a chance at love
So what do you say
Oh darling, I love you so
If you'd ask me for my heart, there's no way that Ill say no
Oh darling, just take a chance please
So we can stay together 'til hell starts to freeze
Oh darling, I love you so
If you'd ask me for my heart, there's no way that Ill say no
Oh darling, just take a chance please
So we can stay together 'til hell starts to freeze
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