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"
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
There are some things that we can't control
Give it enough time and we will know
As the days roll, try and keep me close
I know my love for you is sure to grow
Just give it time, give it time
You are forgiven, please be mine
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
Things are getting dark, they've been scaring me
Now the moon is gone, and I can't see
Do you remember, when the sun was out
Light was all around, behind the tree
High up in the trees, you made a nest for me
We made loud love above the canopy
Will you wait for me underneath the sea?
Can you hold your breath until I'm free? (Until I'm free!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
Down the old road Past the dry well (Past the dry well)
There was one thing I could tell (I could tell!)
And we both knew That it wasn't true (Wasn't true!)
Only I knew It was you (It was you!)
All those hard nights, all those perfect days (All those perfect days!)
All my memories, fade away (Fade away!)
So tonight I'll just remember you (Just remember you!)
How I want to, like I do (Like I do!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
If you love me, don't go
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
There are some things that we can't control
Give it enough time and we will know
As the days roll, try and keep me close
I know my love for you is sure to grow
Just give it time, give it time
You are forgiven, please be mine
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
Things are getting dark, they've been scaring me
Now the moon is gone, and I can't see
Do you remember, when the sun was out
Light was all around, behind the tree
High up in the trees, you made a nest for me
We made loud love above the canopy
Will you wait for me underneath the sea?
Can you hold your breath until I'm free? (Until I'm free!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
Down the old road Past the dry well (Past the dry well)
There was one thing I could tell (I could tell!)
And we both knew That it wasn't true (Wasn't true!)
Only I knew It was you (It was you!)
All those hard nights, all those perfect days (All those perfect days!)
All my memories, fade away (Fade away!)
So tonight I'll just remember you (Just remember you!)
How I want to, like I do (Like I do!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go (Don't go!)
If you love me, don't you let me go
If you love me, don't go
Lyrics submitted by thewickedrobot
Loud Love Lyrics as written by Keith Michael Goodwin Daniel Eliezer Schwartz
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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