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"
Everybody wants an easy ride
On the merry-go-round that we call life
Take your drive on cruise control
Then you wait to find it's a winding road
I had my dreams in view
When the money ran out and the engine blew
Hung my tears out to dry
Then my dreams fell out of that clear blue sky
And I, I was walkin' the clouds
Feelin' so safe and sound
Then somethin' else knocks me down
Well, oh, that's the way it is (that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
That's the way it goes (that's the way it goes)
You gotta bend when the wind blows
You live, you learn, you crash and burn
It's hit or miss (that's the way)
And that's the way it is
One fine day, you wake up
Completely, hopelessly fallen in love
He's just what you're lookin' for
The only problem is that the man's not sure
Another guy'll give you everything
Only problem is you don't feel a thing
Well, I know from experience
Nothin's ever gonna make perfect sense
Oh, one day you get what you want
But it's not what you think
Then you get what you need
Well, oh, that's the way it is (that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
That's the way it goes (that's the way it goes)
You gotta bend when the wind blows
You live, you learn, you crash and burn
It's hit or miss (that's the way)
And that's the way it is
Yeah, they say your soul is growin'
But sometimes I feel like throwin' somethin'
And that's the way it is
You gotta roll with the punches
And that's the way it goes
You gotta bend when the wind blows
That's the way it is (that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
That's the way it goes (that's the way it goes)
You gotta bend when the wind blows
You live, you learn
You crash and burn
It's hit or miss, oh (that's the way it is)
And that's the way it is
That's the way it is (oh, that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
Yeah, that's the way it goes (that's the way it is)
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
That's the way it is (that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
Yeah, that's the way it goes (oh)
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa (you gotta bend when the wind blows)
That's the way it is (oh, that's the way it goes)
You gotta roll with the punches (that's the way it is)
Yeah, that's the way it goes (that's the way it goes)
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa (oh yeah)
That's the way it is
You gotta roll with the punches
On the merry-go-round that we call life
Take your drive on cruise control
Then you wait to find it's a winding road
I had my dreams in view
When the money ran out and the engine blew
Hung my tears out to dry
Then my dreams fell out of that clear blue sky
And I, I was walkin' the clouds
Feelin' so safe and sound
Then somethin' else knocks me down
Well, oh, that's the way it is (that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
That's the way it goes (that's the way it goes)
You gotta bend when the wind blows
You live, you learn, you crash and burn
It's hit or miss (that's the way)
And that's the way it is
One fine day, you wake up
Completely, hopelessly fallen in love
He's just what you're lookin' for
The only problem is that the man's not sure
Another guy'll give you everything
Only problem is you don't feel a thing
Well, I know from experience
Nothin's ever gonna make perfect sense
Oh, one day you get what you want
But it's not what you think
Then you get what you need
Well, oh, that's the way it is (that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
That's the way it goes (that's the way it goes)
You gotta bend when the wind blows
You live, you learn, you crash and burn
It's hit or miss (that's the way)
And that's the way it is
Yeah, they say your soul is growin'
But sometimes I feel like throwin' somethin'
And that's the way it is
You gotta roll with the punches
And that's the way it goes
You gotta bend when the wind blows
That's the way it is (that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
That's the way it goes (that's the way it goes)
You gotta bend when the wind blows
You live, you learn
You crash and burn
It's hit or miss, oh (that's the way it is)
And that's the way it is
That's the way it is (oh, that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
Yeah, that's the way it goes (that's the way it is)
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
That's the way it is (that's the way it is)
You gotta roll with the punches
Yeah, that's the way it goes (oh)
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa (you gotta bend when the wind blows)
That's the way it is (oh, that's the way it goes)
You gotta roll with the punches (that's the way it is)
Yeah, that's the way it goes (that's the way it goes)
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa (oh yeah)
That's the way it is
You gotta roll with the punches
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That's the Way Lyrics as written by Mary Holladay Lamar Annie Leslie Roboff
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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