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"
My, my cold hearted child, tell me how you feel
Just a blade in the grass, a spoke unto the wheel
My, my cold hearted child, tell me where it's all gone
All the luster of your bones, those arms that held you strong
Oh, I been worryin' that my time is a little unclear
I been worryin' that I'm losing the one's I hold dear
I been worryin' that we all live our lives in the confines of fear
My, my cold hearted child, tell me how you feel
Just a grain in the morning air, dark shadow on the hill
My, my cold hearted child, tell me where it all falls (tell me where all falls)
All this apathy you feel will make a fool of us all
Oh, I been worryin' (I been worryin'), that my time is a little unclear
I been worryin' (I been worryin'), that I'm losing the one's I hold dear
I been worryin' (I been worryin'), that we all live our lives in the confines of fear
Oh, I will become what I deserve
Oh, I will become what I deserve
Oh, I will become what I deserve
Oh, I will become what I deserve
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
(I will become what I deserve)
I've been worryin' my time is a little unclear
(I will become what I deserve)
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
That my time here's a little unclear
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
That I'm losing the ones I hold dear
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
That we all, live our lives, in the confines of fear
Just a blade in the grass, a spoke unto the wheel
My, my cold hearted child, tell me where it's all gone
All the luster of your bones, those arms that held you strong
Oh, I been worryin' that my time is a little unclear
I been worryin' that I'm losing the one's I hold dear
I been worryin' that we all live our lives in the confines of fear
My, my cold hearted child, tell me how you feel
Just a grain in the morning air, dark shadow on the hill
My, my cold hearted child, tell me where it all falls (tell me where all falls)
All this apathy you feel will make a fool of us all
Oh, I been worryin' (I been worryin'), that my time is a little unclear
I been worryin' (I been worryin'), that I'm losing the one's I hold dear
I been worryin' (I been worryin'), that we all live our lives in the confines of fear
Oh, I will become what I deserve
Oh, I will become what I deserve
Oh, I will become what I deserve
Oh, I will become what I deserve
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
(I will become what I deserve)
I've been worryin' my time is a little unclear
(I will become what I deserve)
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
That my time here's a little unclear
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
That I'm losing the ones I hold dear
I've been worryin', I've been worryin'
That we all, live our lives, in the confines of fear
Lyrics submitted by Dasgupta, edited by M4TTY, therewillbefireworks, jalapenoonastick, ztjk, rtrt, niteflite01, xxBrokenSmilexx, andthenandthen, Contaminator
The Fear Lyrics as written by Chris Bond Benjamin John Howard
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I like fredsk877's interpretation but when I heard the song I thought it would express something different.
Isn't it possible he meant:
"I've been worryin' that we all live our lives in the confines of fear" completely different? It also could mean he is afraid that some day nobody will be able to feel or articulate fear. That we all will be "cold hearted" as the child which is well used as a synonym for all people.
"this apathy" describes the only "feeling" we will show. So we will not only lose ourselves but also "the ones I hold dear".
Besides I think the last refrain is very important for the meaning of this song:
"I've been worrying, my time is a little unclear I've been worrying, I'm losing the ones I hold dear I've been worrying, we all live our lives in the confines of fear"
He shows it really happened. And with the paradox we aren't up to feel fear but the Narrator's fear came true.
(Sorry for my bad English, I hope somebody will understand what I mean.)