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"
Out of work, I'm out of school
Guess, things ain't looking so bright
I got holes in the knees of my Levi jeans
But the rest of me is dynamite
On the radio, the guy says come on
It's so hip, hip, hip to be square
When the world hits ya hard right here in the face
What do I know, I don't care
I get this feeling
That I'm about to win it all
(And I'll take it all)
I'm so excited
All this here writin' on the wall
(And I love it all)
I'll take my money
And I'll buy myself a car
I'll grab my girlfriend
And I'll drive her to the stars
Well, that might not be my heaven
But it's close enough to call it
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
Late on one day as the sun went down
I was just about to do the same
I heard a knock on the door
Couple girls walked in
Said, ?Baby don't we know your name??
Well, we sweated all night
And we partied all day
And we did it all over again
When they left I discovered
They were workin' undercover
Hard livin'
Pays off again
I get this feeling
That I'm about to win it all
(And I'll take it all)
I'm so excited
All this here writin' on the wall
(And I love it all)
I'll take my money
And I'll buy myself a car
I'll get my girlfriend
And I'll drive her to the stars
Well, that might not be my heaven
But it's close enough to call it
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
I'll take my money
And I'll buy myself a car
I'll get my girlfriend
And I'll drive her to the stars
Well, that might not be your heaven
But it's close enough to call it
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
Guess, things ain't looking so bright
I got holes in the knees of my Levi jeans
But the rest of me is dynamite
On the radio, the guy says come on
It's so hip, hip, hip to be square
When the world hits ya hard right here in the face
What do I know, I don't care
I get this feeling
That I'm about to win it all
(And I'll take it all)
I'm so excited
All this here writin' on the wall
(And I love it all)
I'll take my money
And I'll buy myself a car
I'll grab my girlfriend
And I'll drive her to the stars
Well, that might not be my heaven
But it's close enough to call it
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
Late on one day as the sun went down
I was just about to do the same
I heard a knock on the door
Couple girls walked in
Said, ?Baby don't we know your name??
Well, we sweated all night
And we partied all day
And we did it all over again
When they left I discovered
They were workin' undercover
Hard livin'
Pays off again
I get this feeling
That I'm about to win it all
(And I'll take it all)
I'm so excited
All this here writin' on the wall
(And I love it all)
I'll take my money
And I'll buy myself a car
I'll get my girlfriend
And I'll drive her to the stars
Well, that might not be my heaven
But it's close enough to call it
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
I'll take my money
And I'll buy myself a car
I'll get my girlfriend
And I'll drive her to the stars
Well, that might not be your heaven
But it's close enough to call it
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big life
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