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 thought of this is killing me, it's been on my mind .
Can't believe it's been right here after all this time .
And even though I love you I can't seem to find someone who cares the way you do
You know, I love the way we're always been nothing more than friends .
So why do I give every man the stand up .
Thought I was over this but once again I'm comparing you to him .
And I find that there's no you in him at matters
Boy even though you're my best friend
I can't help it whenever I compare you to him
It's like I always do this
With every single man
And I hate that I can't find someone who's worth my time
Just like my best friend .
And I know you hear me say this all the time
I don't do relationships cause I'm on my grind.
But see your part of this
Because I just can't find someone who knows me like you do
Always brought out the good in me
Don't know just what you see,
Whatever it is, no other guy has even tried .
Remember when you left one day and turned around to say "you're my best friend"
And right there you made me cry .
Even though you're my best friend
I can't help it whenever I compare you to him
It's like I always do this
With every single man
And I hate that I can't find someone who's worth my time
Just like my best friend .
I'm trying to let you know
A part of me just can't let this go
Never had a friend, one who understands
with you its so different.
I don't know what you did .
But I know whatever it is
I'm so thankful for you
I'm so grateful for you
Even though the things I told you ...
Can't believe it's been right here after all this time .
And even though I love you I can't seem to find someone who cares the way you do
You know, I love the way we're always been nothing more than friends .
So why do I give every man the stand up .
Thought I was over this but once again I'm comparing you to him .
And I find that there's no you in him at matters
Boy even though you're my best friend
I can't help it whenever I compare you to him
It's like I always do this
With every single man
And I hate that I can't find someone who's worth my time
Just like my best friend .
And I know you hear me say this all the time
I don't do relationships cause I'm on my grind.
But see your part of this
Because I just can't find someone who knows me like you do
Always brought out the good in me
Don't know just what you see,
Whatever it is, no other guy has even tried .
Remember when you left one day and turned around to say "you're my best friend"
And right there you made me cry .
Even though you're my best friend
I can't help it whenever I compare you to him
It's like I always do this
With every single man
And I hate that I can't find someone who's worth my time
Just like my best friend .
I'm trying to let you know
A part of me just can't let this go
Never had a friend, one who understands
with you its so different.
I don't know what you did .
But I know whatever it is
I'm so thankful for you
I'm so grateful for you
Even though the things I told you ...
Lyrics submitted by shadyyy, edited by JadeMarie0
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