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"
Crucify me, nail my hands to a wooden cross
There is nothing above, there is nothing below
Heaven and Hell lives in all of us
And I have been cast astray
I am an ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
Lost in the abyss, drowned in the deep
No set of rules could salvage me
Only a shipwreck, only a ghost
Merely a graveyard of your former self
We just watched the waves crash over
I've been cast astray
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
(No one needs to know)
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
(No one needs to know)
I am an ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
Lost in the abyss, drowned in the deep
No set of rules could salvage me
Save yourself, save your breath
The tides too strong, you'll catch your death
So breathe for me, just breathe
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive
Lord have mercy and pray for the dead
And you say that you can save me
Don't hope to ever find me
I fear I'm too far gone
Pray for the dead
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive
Lord have mercy and pray for the dead
And you say that you can save me
Don't hope to ever find me
I fear I'm too far gone
Pray for the dead
Pray for the dead
Pray for the dead
Pray for the dead
Yeah
Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your full undivided attention?
There is something you all really need to know
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive
You say that you can save me
Don't hope to ever find me
I fear I'm too far gone
Pray for the dead
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive
Lord have mercy and pray for the dead
You say that you can save me
Don't hope to ever find me
I fear I'm too far gone
Pray for the dead
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
There is nothing above, there is nothing below
Heaven and Hell lives in all of us
And I have been cast astray
I am an ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
Lost in the abyss, drowned in the deep
No set of rules could salvage me
Only a shipwreck, only a ghost
Merely a graveyard of your former self
We just watched the waves crash over
I've been cast astray
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
(No one needs to know)
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
(No one needs to know)
I am an ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
Lost in the abyss, drowned in the deep
No set of rules could salvage me
Save yourself, save your breath
The tides too strong, you'll catch your death
So breathe for me, just breathe
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive
Lord have mercy and pray for the dead
And you say that you can save me
Don't hope to ever find me
I fear I'm too far gone
Pray for the dead
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive
Lord have mercy and pray for the dead
And you say that you can save me
Don't hope to ever find me
I fear I'm too far gone
Pray for the dead
Pray for the dead
Pray for the dead
Pray for the dead
Yeah
Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your full undivided attention?
There is something you all really need to know
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it
There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive
You say that you can save me
Don't hope to ever find me
I fear I'm too far gone
Pray for the dead
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive
Lord have mercy and pray for the dead
You say that you can save me
Don't hope to ever find me
I fear I'm too far gone
Pray for the dead
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea
There is a world inside of me
Lyrics submitted by Haunted Devil
Crucify Me Lyrics as written by Lee David Malia Jona Weinhofen
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Crucify me, nail my hands to a wooden cross There is nothing above, there is nothing below Heaven and Hell they just row the boat and I’ll be captain for me
I am an ocean, I am the sea there is a world inside of me
no set of rules could salvage me
we just watch the waves crash over
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret No one needs to know There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret No one needs to know
I am an ocean, I am the sea There is a world inside of me
no set of rules could salvage me Save yourself, save your breath
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive We’ll have mercy and pray for the dead are you saying that you can save me don’t hope to ever find me and I’ll say that you forgot. pray for the dead
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive We’ll have mercy and pray for the dead are you saying that you can save me don’t hope to ever find me and I’ll say that you forgot pray for the dead
Pray for the dead Pray for the dead Pray for the dead
Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your full undivided attention? There is something you all really need to know
There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret There is a Hell, believe me I've seen it There is a Heaven, let's keep it a secret
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive you say that you can save me don’t hope to ever find me and I’ll say that you forgot. Pray for the dead.
If we make it through the night, if we make it out alive We’ll have mercy and pray for the dead you say that you can save me don’t hope to ever find me and I’ll say that you forgot. Pray for the dead.
I am an ocean, I am the sea There is a world inside of me I am an ocean, I am the sea There is a world inside of me I am an ocean, I am the sea There is a world inside of me I am an ocean, I am the sea There is a world inside of me
I am the ocean, I am the sea There is a world inside of me I am the ocean, I am the sea There is a world inside of me I am the ocean, I am the sea There is a world inside of me I am the ocean, I am the sea There is a world inside of me
Here's what I've got... (basically the same thing but....)<br /> <br /> <br /> I am an ocean, I am the sea<br /> there is a world inside of me<br /> lost in the face(?), they hold the key<br /> no set of rules could salvage me<br /> _ shipwreck, no they don't<br /> ____ fend for ourselves<br /> we just watch the waves crash over<br /> ____ (as lost as you were here)<br /> <br /> <br /> I am an ocean, I am the sea<br /> There is a world inside of me<br /> lost in your face (?), under the key<br /> no set of rules could salvage me<br /> Save yourself, save your breath<br /> ___, we can't go back<br /> as I scream your name (?) ____ (not very sure here)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> but then again we could always wait for the official release :)
could wait for the release... but i've invested time in it already so i gotta figure it out.<br /> <br /> I am an ocean, I am the sea<br /> there is a world inside of me<br /> lost in the abyss, trapped and subdued<br /> no set of rules could salvage me<br /> don't need a shipwreck, no we don't<br /> failure to radio, fend for ourselves<br /> we just watch the waves crash over<br /> we all get cast to sea<br /> <br /> I am an ocean, I am the sea<br /> There is a world inside of me<br /> lost in the abyss, trapped and subdued<br /> no set of rules could salvage me<br /> Save yourself, save your breath<br /> we've come this far, we can't go back<br /> don't pray for me, just drown?