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"
You were a hard faced kid
That was new on the block
And a lone life force
That nobody could stop
You had a mind of black and gold
And every shade in between
You were a paper back boy
With a slate so clean
So come on
So come on
You were my heart shaped queen
On your way to school
You were a paper back girl
Back before it was cool
You were a bird shot down
With you feathers all red
With your face turned up
And your arms outstreched
Now come on
Now come on
That was new on the block
And a lone life force
That nobody could stop
You had a mind of black and gold
And every shade in between
You were a paper back boy
With a slate so clean
So come on
So come on
You were my heart shaped queen
On your way to school
You were a paper back girl
Back before it was cool
You were a bird shot down
With you feathers all red
With your face turned up
And your arms outstreched
Now come on
Now come on
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
This might be completely wrong, but i thought i'd give it a shot. this is just how i interpret this song.
You were a hard faced kid - tough, frowning; unhappy. That was new on the block - new kid. And a lone life force That nobody could stop - ^ lonely, no friends.
You had a mind of black and gold And every shade in between - ^ like the saying 'seeing things in black and white. You were a paper back boy - my thoughts is like you liked paper back books, no electronics. you're old fashioned, basically. With a slate so clean - good kid. don't get into trouble. innocence.
So come on So come on
You were my heart shaped queen - you were the queen of school; popular. queen of love, all the guys want you. On your way to school - you're on your way to where you rule You were a paper back girl Back before it was cool - ^ you were old fashioned before it was cool to be.
You were a bird shot down - you were a dreamer, but all your dreams were shot down. With your feathers all red - feathers are red, as in they're red with blood. or the dreams you have. they're spilling out of you. With your face turned up And your arms outstreched - ^ you wish to be a bird again, a dreamer. you look to the sky and hold your arms out wishing you could fly.
Now come on Now come on
Just my thoughts, they might be completely wrong. After all nobody really knows what a song is about except the writer himself. xx