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"
[THE ENDLESS SLEEP - Instrumental]
[WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO]
Darkness all around, a distant light appears.
It really seems to be so far from here.
This road in front of me is leading to nowhere.
I just can't see the end of this strange night.
This seems...all this seems so unbearable.
As I walk step by step, white is turning black.
My past is coming back here once again.
No matter how I tried to stop this crazy walk,
this road is taking me so far from home.
This seems...all this seems so unbearable.
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Who's there? Who's walking towards me?
Wait! I can barely see
shades of a familiar shape,
a familiar face!
Hey there! Who's there?
Can you hear my voice?
Now I recognize!
I know those bright smiles
this seems...all this seems so incredible.
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Yeah! It's me, boy!
I know I look so young.
In this place, we have the same age:
we could be brothers!
Yeah! It's me, boy!
What you see is real in this place.
Time has stopped its race
Son! You could be my brother!
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Father! Oh! Is it you, is it you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Dad! Tell me the truth!
Am I really dead?
Is my soul still alive?
Mom! Tell me the truth!
I need to know if this
is a dream come true...
help me!
[LEGACY]
Change! Everything's going to change!
Blame! Someone is going to blame me!
My soul is being called
A new meaning have been told
Pain is growing day by day
Faith is rising inside of me
Old secrets start to unfold
A new aim my soul has found
Son! Listen to your heartbeat
Spread to the world my legacy
Son! That's your real identity
Spread to the entire world my legacy
Crime is ruling night and day
Lies covering the real danger
I'll go through all the faults,
A new day for me is now born
Son! Listen to your heartbeat
Spread to the world my legacy
Son! That's your real identity
Spread to the entire world my legacy
Salvation of the entire world
is in your hands
You'll have to crucify your soul
It's up to you!
You'll have to spread my legacy!
Salvation of the entire world
It's all in your hands
You'll have to crucify your soul
It's up to you!
Son! Listen to your heartbeat
Spread to the world my legacy
Son! That's your real identity
Spread to the entire world my legacy
Spread my legacy
[I'M LEAVING THIS WORLD]
Laying in bed, for me they're mourning
I'm aware of being
still conscious of me but already dead
While I wander, I see my body
Lifeless, harmless
Crossing white hands so cold
Laying in bed in this strange morning
It's done, I'm gone
I won't come back no more!
What my life was, it will be no more
But tell me, my Lord
Will I exist for you?
I'm leaving this world
I'm going to be
the saviour of human race
Flying through dark shades, the scene is changing.
Your force is now carrying me far away
from this lake of tears
While I'm rising, everything falls down
Something tells me
the endless sleep begins
I'm leaving this world
I'm going to be
the saviour of human race
I'm leaving this world
Help me to find the right way
I feel so strange and weird
Blinded by your light, guided by the faith
Pain, blame are fading away
as I look in your eyes
Tell me what to do, I'm here for you
Trust me, I'll be
what you will want me to become!
I will be your right hand!
I will be your new son!
I will be what you want!
I'm leaving this world
I'm going to be
the saviour of human race
I'm leaving this world
Help me to find the right way
I feel so strange and weird
I feel so strange...
[TELL ME THE TRUTH]
(Dad?)
Tell me the truth
You know I need an answer
Tell me the truth
Once for all
Tell me the truth
I know there must be an answer
You've chosen me,
but tell me why?
I need you!
I just can't wait anymore
I need you!
Help me to unfold all my doubts
Tell me the truth
Why did you take my life away?
Tell me the truth
What's your aim?
I know it's love
I know it's all about love
You've chosen me
But tell me why?
I need you!
I just can't wait anymore
I need you!
Help me to unfold all my doubts
It's just for you
All the journeys I've done
It's just for you
The challenges that I've won
It's just for you
Mysteries that I have solved
It's just for you!
I beg you
My tired soul needs to be healed
I beg you
Oh please! Why don't you tell me?
Tell me the truth
You know I need an answer
Tell me the truth
Once for all
Tell me the truth
I know there must be an answer
You've chosen me,
but tell me why?
I beg you
My tired soul needs to be healed
I beg you
Oh please! Why don't you tell me?
[WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO]
Darkness all around, a distant light appears.
It really seems to be so far from here.
This road in front of me is leading to nowhere.
I just can't see the end of this strange night.
This seems...all this seems so unbearable.
As I walk step by step, white is turning black.
My past is coming back here once again.
No matter how I tried to stop this crazy walk,
this road is taking me so far from home.
This seems...all this seems so unbearable.
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Who's there? Who's walking towards me?
Wait! I can barely see
shades of a familiar shape,
a familiar face!
Hey there! Who's there?
Can you hear my voice?
Now I recognize!
I know those bright smiles
this seems...all this seems so incredible.
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Yeah! It's me, boy!
I know I look so young.
In this place, we have the same age:
we could be brothers!
Yeah! It's me, boy!
What you see is real in this place.
Time has stopped its race
Son! You could be my brother!
Father! Oh! Is it really you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Father! Oh! Is it you, is it you?
Mother! What am I supposed to do?
Dad! Tell me the truth!
Am I really dead?
Is my soul still alive?
Mom! Tell me the truth!
I need to know if this
is a dream come true...
help me!
[LEGACY]
Change! Everything's going to change!
Blame! Someone is going to blame me!
My soul is being called
A new meaning have been told
Pain is growing day by day
Faith is rising inside of me
Old secrets start to unfold
A new aim my soul has found
Son! Listen to your heartbeat
Spread to the world my legacy
Son! That's your real identity
Spread to the entire world my legacy
Crime is ruling night and day
Lies covering the real danger
I'll go through all the faults,
A new day for me is now born
Son! Listen to your heartbeat
Spread to the world my legacy
Son! That's your real identity
Spread to the entire world my legacy
Salvation of the entire world
is in your hands
You'll have to crucify your soul
It's up to you!
You'll have to spread my legacy!
Salvation of the entire world
It's all in your hands
You'll have to crucify your soul
It's up to you!
Son! Listen to your heartbeat
Spread to the world my legacy
Son! That's your real identity
Spread to the entire world my legacy
Spread my legacy
[I'M LEAVING THIS WORLD]
Laying in bed, for me they're mourning
I'm aware of being
still conscious of me but already dead
While I wander, I see my body
Lifeless, harmless
Crossing white hands so cold
Laying in bed in this strange morning
It's done, I'm gone
I won't come back no more!
What my life was, it will be no more
But tell me, my Lord
Will I exist for you?
I'm leaving this world
I'm going to be
the saviour of human race
Flying through dark shades, the scene is changing.
Your force is now carrying me far away
from this lake of tears
While I'm rising, everything falls down
Something tells me
the endless sleep begins
I'm leaving this world
I'm going to be
the saviour of human race
I'm leaving this world
Help me to find the right way
I feel so strange and weird
Blinded by your light, guided by the faith
Pain, blame are fading away
as I look in your eyes
Tell me what to do, I'm here for you
Trust me, I'll be
what you will want me to become!
I will be your right hand!
I will be your new son!
I will be what you want!
I'm leaving this world
I'm going to be
the saviour of human race
I'm leaving this world
Help me to find the right way
I feel so strange and weird
I feel so strange...
[TELL ME THE TRUTH]
(Dad?)
Tell me the truth
You know I need an answer
Tell me the truth
Once for all
Tell me the truth
I know there must be an answer
You've chosen me,
but tell me why?
I need you!
I just can't wait anymore
I need you!
Help me to unfold all my doubts
Tell me the truth
Why did you take my life away?
Tell me the truth
What's your aim?
I know it's love
I know it's all about love
You've chosen me
But tell me why?
I need you!
I just can't wait anymore
I need you!
Help me to unfold all my doubts
It's just for you
All the journeys I've done
It's just for you
The challenges that I've won
It's just for you
Mysteries that I have solved
It's just for you!
I beg you
My tired soul needs to be healed
I beg you
Oh please! Why don't you tell me?
Tell me the truth
You know I need an answer
Tell me the truth
Once for all
Tell me the truth
I know there must be an answer
You've chosen me,
but tell me why?
I beg you
My tired soul needs to be healed
I beg you
Oh please! Why don't you tell me?
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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