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"
All I wanna do is just explain
Why that we feel the way we do
What a joy to share with you
For me to live is Christ, to die is gain
If anymore I need to say
The list goes on and on all day
I'll cherish that moment for life
And I know it might sound crazy
It's alright, take a seat, hold tight
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
I'm so addicted, yeah
You see, He's taken my heart
And showed me the right way
No doubt about it
Doubt it, no doubt
See, I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
I didn't know why then
I found it was addictive love, yeah
Now that we've evened up the score
Hey, what do you mean there's so much more
I need to tell why we adore
The reason why I smile when I, when I wake up
And also the reason why I dream
Reason why I dream
My love, my joy, my everything
And I'll cherish that moment for life
And I know it might sound crazy
It's alright, take a seat, hold tight
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
I'm so addicted, yeah
You see, He's taken my heart
Taken my heart, y'all
And showed me the right way
There's no doubt about it, no
Doubt it, no doubt
I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
I didn't know why then
You see I found it was addictive love
So much love
He's given to me everything I longed for
Everything I need
That means I'm never alone, so glad
And everything I've dreamed and much more
So much more
And I'll cherish that moment for life
For the rest of my life, yeah, yeah
And I know it might sound crazy but, no
I'm not crazy
I've never known anyone to love me quite the way you do
And I tell you
It's hopeless, I've finally noticed that
I'm just forever addicted, forever
Forever in love,
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
Hold tight
You see, He's taken my heart
And showed me the right way
Showed me the way
There's no doubt about it
Show me the right way
See, I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
Higher
I didn't know why then
I didn't know why, I didn't know I was addicted
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
Hey, yes, I am
You see, He's taken my heart
My heart
And showed me the right way
Showed me the way
There's no doubt about it
Doubt it, no doubt
See, I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
A little bit higher
I didn't know why then
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
I'm so addicted, yeah
You see, He's taken my heart
Taken my heart, y'all
And showed me the right way
Showed me the way
There's no doubt about it
Doubt it, no doubt
See, I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
I didn't know why then
Why that we feel the way we do
What a joy to share with you
For me to live is Christ, to die is gain
If anymore I need to say
The list goes on and on all day
I'll cherish that moment for life
And I know it might sound crazy
It's alright, take a seat, hold tight
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
I'm so addicted, yeah
You see, He's taken my heart
And showed me the right way
No doubt about it
Doubt it, no doubt
See, I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
I didn't know why then
I found it was addictive love, yeah
Now that we've evened up the score
Hey, what do you mean there's so much more
I need to tell why we adore
The reason why I smile when I, when I wake up
And also the reason why I dream
Reason why I dream
My love, my joy, my everything
And I'll cherish that moment for life
And I know it might sound crazy
It's alright, take a seat, hold tight
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
I'm so addicted, yeah
You see, He's taken my heart
Taken my heart, y'all
And showed me the right way
There's no doubt about it, no
Doubt it, no doubt
I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
I didn't know why then
You see I found it was addictive love
So much love
He's given to me everything I longed for
Everything I need
That means I'm never alone, so glad
And everything I've dreamed and much more
So much more
And I'll cherish that moment for life
For the rest of my life, yeah, yeah
And I know it might sound crazy but, no
I'm not crazy
I've never known anyone to love me quite the way you do
And I tell you
It's hopeless, I've finally noticed that
I'm just forever addicted, forever
Forever in love,
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
Hold tight
You see, He's taken my heart
And showed me the right way
Showed me the way
There's no doubt about it
Show me the right way
See, I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
Higher
I didn't know why then
I didn't know why, I didn't know I was addicted
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
Hey, yes, I am
You see, He's taken my heart
My heart
And showed me the right way
Showed me the way
There's no doubt about it
Doubt it, no doubt
See, I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
A little bit higher
I didn't know why then
Time to admit
Time we should admit it
I'm so addicted, yeah
You see, He's taken my heart
Taken my heart, y'all
And showed me the right way
Showed me the way
There's no doubt about it
Doubt it, no doubt
See, I'm lost without it, yeah
You see this love takes me higher
I didn't know why then
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Addictive Love Lyrics as written by Benjamin Winans Keith Thomas
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