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"
Lord, I lift my hands
I extend myself to You
With Your arms stretched out wide
You pay the price, You bled and died
Lord, I lift my hands
I extend myself to You, thank you Jesus
With Your arms stretched out wide
You paid the price, You bled and died
Lord, I lift my voice
And I praise Your holy name
With Your life You saved my soul
And with Your power You made me whole
Hey now, Lord, here I stand
I give my life back to You
You've been so good
That it's the least that I could do
Now everybody that loves God
Give Him thanks, give Him glory, give Him praise
He deserves it, He's worthy that's the least we can do
For all of the wonderful things that He's done for us
Come on and help us praise Him
Lord, here I stand
I give my life back to You
You've been so good
That it's the least that I could do
Here I am, Jesus, take my hands
My mind, my body and soul
I give You my hands, Lord
Hey, use them in Your vinyard, yeah
I give You my feet Lord
Help me to walk in Your holy ways
Please take all of me, Lord
Take all of me, all of me Jesus
Not just a part, but all of me
Please take all of me, Lord
Thank You Jesus, take control
I give You my heart, Lord
Help me to love like You love
I give You my soul, Lord
You know it all belongs to You, yeah
Please take control, Lord
Take control of my walk
Control of my thoughts
Please take control, Lord
It's not because of anything that I have
Not for fortune or fame, Lord
But I praise You because of who You are
Your grace and Your mercy, yeah
Because of Your love, Jesus
You've been so good
You've been so good
You've been better to me
Than I could have been to myself
You've been so good
You've made a way out of no way
You've been so good that it's the least
That I could do
I extend myself to You
With Your arms stretched out wide
You pay the price, You bled and died
Lord, I lift my hands
I extend myself to You, thank you Jesus
With Your arms stretched out wide
You paid the price, You bled and died
Lord, I lift my voice
And I praise Your holy name
With Your life You saved my soul
And with Your power You made me whole
Hey now, Lord, here I stand
I give my life back to You
You've been so good
That it's the least that I could do
Now everybody that loves God
Give Him thanks, give Him glory, give Him praise
He deserves it, He's worthy that's the least we can do
For all of the wonderful things that He's done for us
Come on and help us praise Him
Lord, here I stand
I give my life back to You
You've been so good
That it's the least that I could do
Here I am, Jesus, take my hands
My mind, my body and soul
I give You my hands, Lord
Hey, use them in Your vinyard, yeah
I give You my feet Lord
Help me to walk in Your holy ways
Please take all of me, Lord
Take all of me, all of me Jesus
Not just a part, but all of me
Please take all of me, Lord
Thank You Jesus, take control
I give You my heart, Lord
Help me to love like You love
I give You my soul, Lord
You know it all belongs to You, yeah
Please take control, Lord
Take control of my walk
Control of my thoughts
Please take control, Lord
It's not because of anything that I have
Not for fortune or fame, Lord
But I praise You because of who You are
Your grace and Your mercy, yeah
Because of Your love, Jesus
You've been so good
You've been so good
You've been better to me
Than I could have been to myself
You've been so good
You've made a way out of no way
You've been so good that it's the least
That I could do
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The Least I Can Do Lyrics as written by Smokie Norful Logan Reynolds
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