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"
AND NO MATTER HOW MANY THINGS I HAVE
NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE ME YOUR WAY
NO MATTER WHAT LOVE INVADES MY SPACE
ONE THINGS FOR SURE
YOU WON’T BE REPLACED
OH OH OH OH SINGING
IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY EYES
I GUESS I GOTTA MAKE THE SUN CRY
IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY EYES
I GUESS I GOTTA MAKE THE SUN CRY
IT HURTS ME JUST TO SEE YOUR NAME
AND THAT TATTOO RUNS RIGHT THROUGH MY VEINS
MY SISTER MISSES YOU THE SAME
AND IT HURTS ME CUZ I KNOW SHE JUST CAN’T SAY IT
AND WHAT I WOULD GIVE TO SEE YOUR FACE YEA
WHERE EVER YOU ARE I PRAY YOUR SAFE YEA
FORGIVE ME FOR MY SELFISH WAYS YEA
FOR I KNOW THAT YOU’RE BETTER OFF THESE DAYS YEA
BABY I MISS YOU EVERY TIME IT RAINS
AND NO MATTER HOW BRIGHT THE SUN MAY SHINE
IT NEVER DRIES AWAY THE PAIN
SINGING OH OH OH OH
SINGING OH OH OH OH
AND YOU’RE WRITTEN ALL OVER ME
SO MUCH SO I CAN’T BELIEVE
YOUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE A SIGHT TO SEE
EVERY DAY THERE MORE OF YOU AND LESS OF ME
AND WHAT A CLICHÉ I KNOW YOU’RE HERE
NO FEAR I KNOW YOU’RE NEAR
AND NO MATTER HOW MANNY THINGS I HAVE
NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE ME YOUR WAY
AND NO MATTER WHAT LOVE INVADES MY SPACE
ONE THINGS FOR SURE
YOU WON’T BE REPLACED
BABY I MISS YOU EVERY TIME IT RAINS
AND NO MATTER HOW BRIGHT THE SUN MAY SHINE
IT WILL NERVER DRY AWAY THIS PAIN
AND I’M SINGING OH OH OH OH
AND I’M SINGING OH OH OH OH
IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY EYES
I GUESS I GOTTA MAKE THE SUN CRY
IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY EYES
SHIT I GUESS I GOTTA MAKE THE SUN CRY
OH YEA OH YEA……….
OH YEA OH YEA……….
OH YEA OH YEA……….
MOMMA I MISS YOU EVERY TIME IT RAINS
NO MATTER HOW BRIGHT THE SUN MAY SHINE
IT WILL NEVER DRY AWAY THIS PAIN
AND I’M SINGING OH
AND I’M SINGING OH OH OH OH
AND I’M SINGING OH
AND I’M SINGING OH OH OH
NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE ME YOUR WAY
NO MATTER WHAT LOVE INVADES MY SPACE
ONE THINGS FOR SURE
YOU WON’T BE REPLACED
OH OH OH OH SINGING
IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY EYES
I GUESS I GOTTA MAKE THE SUN CRY
IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY EYES
I GUESS I GOTTA MAKE THE SUN CRY
IT HURTS ME JUST TO SEE YOUR NAME
AND THAT TATTOO RUNS RIGHT THROUGH MY VEINS
MY SISTER MISSES YOU THE SAME
AND IT HURTS ME CUZ I KNOW SHE JUST CAN’T SAY IT
AND WHAT I WOULD GIVE TO SEE YOUR FACE YEA
WHERE EVER YOU ARE I PRAY YOUR SAFE YEA
FORGIVE ME FOR MY SELFISH WAYS YEA
FOR I KNOW THAT YOU’RE BETTER OFF THESE DAYS YEA
BABY I MISS YOU EVERY TIME IT RAINS
AND NO MATTER HOW BRIGHT THE SUN MAY SHINE
IT NEVER DRIES AWAY THE PAIN
SINGING OH OH OH OH
SINGING OH OH OH OH
AND YOU’RE WRITTEN ALL OVER ME
SO MUCH SO I CAN’T BELIEVE
YOUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE A SIGHT TO SEE
EVERY DAY THERE MORE OF YOU AND LESS OF ME
AND WHAT A CLICHÉ I KNOW YOU’RE HERE
NO FEAR I KNOW YOU’RE NEAR
AND NO MATTER HOW MANNY THINGS I HAVE
NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE ME YOUR WAY
AND NO MATTER WHAT LOVE INVADES MY SPACE
ONE THINGS FOR SURE
YOU WON’T BE REPLACED
BABY I MISS YOU EVERY TIME IT RAINS
AND NO MATTER HOW BRIGHT THE SUN MAY SHINE
IT WILL NERVER DRY AWAY THIS PAIN
AND I’M SINGING OH OH OH OH
AND I’M SINGING OH OH OH OH
IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY EYES
I GUESS I GOTTA MAKE THE SUN CRY
IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY EYES
SHIT I GUESS I GOTTA MAKE THE SUN CRY
OH YEA OH YEA……….
OH YEA OH YEA……….
OH YEA OH YEA……….
MOMMA I MISS YOU EVERY TIME IT RAINS
NO MATTER HOW BRIGHT THE SUN MAY SHINE
IT WILL NEVER DRY AWAY THIS PAIN
AND I’M SINGING OH
AND I’M SINGING OH OH OH OH
AND I’M SINGING OH
AND I’M SINGING OH OH OH
Lyrics submitted by Coow
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