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"
So follow me
To the empty ocean
We can watch the city
Descend behind the skyline
On our backs
We float away
Now forget about the way you used to be
Tonight I fail
But I never wanted to let you drown without me
Tonight
We are the only ones to watch it fall apart
We slide into our place
Where I can watch you swim
Don't forget my hands still wrapped around your neck
We fall deeper into the ground
This night's never looked so hollow
I wanted to share this with you with you
I'll wait till it opens up again
Sit here until the water reaches our necks
Finally get to watch them wash away the lies
Tonight I fail
But I never wanted to let you drown without me, without me
Open your lungs
Follow me down
Open your lungs
Follow me down
I set this up
Keep swimming
Keep swimming
Oh God
I am emptier than you
To the empty ocean
We can watch the city
Descend behind the skyline
On our backs
We float away
Now forget about the way you used to be
Tonight I fail
But I never wanted to let you drown without me
Tonight
We are the only ones to watch it fall apart
We slide into our place
Where I can watch you swim
Don't forget my hands still wrapped around your neck
We fall deeper into the ground
This night's never looked so hollow
I wanted to share this with you with you
I'll wait till it opens up again
Sit here until the water reaches our necks
Finally get to watch them wash away the lies
Tonight I fail
But I never wanted to let you drown without me, without me
Open your lungs
Follow me down
Open your lungs
Follow me down
I set this up
Keep swimming
Keep swimming
Oh God
I am emptier than you
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Songs pretty straight forward once you know what you'r looking for.
"So follow me to the empty ocean We can watch the city descend behind the skylight On our backs we float away And forget about the way it used to be"
This part is Spencer telling someone that both of them will change for the better, whether it be quiting a drug or something of the sort.
"Tonight I fail But I never wanted to let you drown without me Tonight we are the only ones to watch it fall apart"
The person he was helping he basically said every time you do it I'm going to as well so that maybe the guilt will help them stop. No matter how long they went without doing whatever it is they slipped up and did it again and there the only ones who realize they have to start over.
"We slide into our place Where I can watch you swim Don't forget my hands still wrapped around your neck"
They get to the point where they're doing pretty well and have gone quite awhile without doing it. Spencer then reminds the other person hes always watching them and reminds them that he will do it again every time they do.
"We fall deeper into the ground This nights never looked so hollow I wanted to share this with you I'll wait till it opens up again Sit here till the water reaches our necks Finally get to watch them wash away my name"
They do it again and Spencer reflects and realizes how hard it is for them to stop but is pointless. He wanted to share God with this person so they could be stronger and stop as well but he decides to wait until they get to the point where there about to do it again. Once he shares God with them he can finally quit.
"Open your lungs Follow me down I set this off Keep swimming Oh God I am emptier than you"
Spencer is going to do it again and the other person says I'm going to do it with you. Spencer realizes this would ruin the other persons time without doing it and that its his fault for doing it in the first place not theres so he tells them not to do it and to keep strong. Then he prays to God and asks for help to quit because he alone doesn't have the strength.
This is just my interpretation of the song.
I got the complete opposite. <br /> To me it looked like Spencer was "killing God" inside him, and denying God.<br /> "Forget about the way it used to be."- Forget that he was a Christian.<br /> "Tonight I fail. But I never wanted to let you drown without me. Tonight we are the only ones to watch it fall apart" If Spencer goes through with denying God, he will have failed as a Christian. He lost to Satan, basically. Spencer is "killing God" which is a very personal decision, which is why no one else is there and why Spencer has to be with God to see him die. <br /> "Don't forget my hands around your neck"- It's like he's acknowledging God, but only to say he's done acknowledging God. <br /> "Finally get to watch them wash away my name" He gets to see the name of Christ being washed off of him by denying him.<br /> "Open your lungs<br /> Follow me down<br /> I set this off <br /> Keep swimming <br /> Oh God I am emptier than you" He is killing God, but knows that he is becoming empty, unsatisfied by doing it. He's not going to believe anymore, but not because of lack of effort.<br /> <br /> I sure hope your interpretation is the right one, because otherwise this is just depressing to listen to as a Christian.