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"
{This goes out to all of those that were lost in Virginia
Parents, families, friends, we light a candle
And let you know that Virginia will rise again}
I know you're feeling pain right now
And you don't wanna talk right now
I know you're going through something
And you don't wanna be bothered right now
Not gonna lie and say I understand
I just wanna be here for you if I can
To hold your hand and be by your side
And together we will get through these times
And we will cry together
And we'll fight this together
And we'll be strong together
Stand together, pray together
Rise up, when you feel you can't go on
Rise up, when all of your hope is gone
Rise up, when you're weak and you can't be strong
Rise up
Rise up, and when the tears start to fall
Rise up, and you feel you've given it your all
Rise up, when your back is up against the wall
Rise, rise up
Now I know the burdens that you've had
And you don't think nobody cares
A storm comes out of nowhere
And you're feeling like it just ain't fair
Not here to preach about the private side, no
'Cause I understand and now is not the time
See I just wanna help you make it right
Walk with you, holding the candle light
And we will cry together
And we'll fight this together
And we'll be strong together
Stand together, pray together
Rise up, when you feel you can't go on
Rise up, when all of your hope is gone
Rise up, when you're weak and you can't be strong
Rise up
Rise up, and when the tears start to fall
Rise up, and you feel you've given it your all
Rise up, when your back is up against the wall
Rise
You see struggle, struggle has
No color, no color
In the midst of crisis
You are my sister and I'm your brother
And side by side we'll face this thing
Standing tall, you and me
Rise up, rise
Rise up, rise
Rise up, rise
(Hey we gon' rise)
Rise up
(Heads up to to the sky)
Rise up, rise
(When all hope is gone)
Rise up, rise
(We'll stand tall and believe)
Rise up, rise
(And we gotta know tomorrow will come)
Rise
(And we will have a victory)
Rise up, rise
(Hey, rise up)
Rise up, rise
(Hey)
Rise up, rise
(In the middle, in the middle of your storm when you)
Rise
(When you think you, when you think you cannot make it, rise up)
Rise up, rise
(God bless you Virginia)
Rise up, rise
(Our hearts go out to you and your families)
Rise up, rise
Rise up
Rise up
Parents, families, friends, we light a candle
And let you know that Virginia will rise again}
I know you're feeling pain right now
And you don't wanna talk right now
I know you're going through something
And you don't wanna be bothered right now
Not gonna lie and say I understand
I just wanna be here for you if I can
To hold your hand and be by your side
And together we will get through these times
And we will cry together
And we'll fight this together
And we'll be strong together
Stand together, pray together
Rise up, when you feel you can't go on
Rise up, when all of your hope is gone
Rise up, when you're weak and you can't be strong
Rise up
Rise up, and when the tears start to fall
Rise up, and you feel you've given it your all
Rise up, when your back is up against the wall
Rise, rise up
Now I know the burdens that you've had
And you don't think nobody cares
A storm comes out of nowhere
And you're feeling like it just ain't fair
Not here to preach about the private side, no
'Cause I understand and now is not the time
See I just wanna help you make it right
Walk with you, holding the candle light
And we will cry together
And we'll fight this together
And we'll be strong together
Stand together, pray together
Rise up, when you feel you can't go on
Rise up, when all of your hope is gone
Rise up, when you're weak and you can't be strong
Rise up
Rise up, and when the tears start to fall
Rise up, and you feel you've given it your all
Rise up, when your back is up against the wall
Rise
You see struggle, struggle has
No color, no color
In the midst of crisis
You are my sister and I'm your brother
And side by side we'll face this thing
Standing tall, you and me
Rise up, rise
Rise up, rise
Rise up, rise
(Hey we gon' rise)
Rise up
(Heads up to to the sky)
Rise up, rise
(When all hope is gone)
Rise up, rise
(We'll stand tall and believe)
Rise up, rise
(And we gotta know tomorrow will come)
Rise
(And we will have a victory)
Rise up, rise
(Hey, rise up)
Rise up, rise
(Hey)
Rise up, rise
(In the middle, in the middle of your storm when you)
Rise
(When you think you, when you think you cannot make it, rise up)
Rise up, rise
(God bless you Virginia)
Rise up, rise
(Our hearts go out to you and your families)
Rise up, rise
Rise up
Rise up
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Rise Up Lyrics as written by Robert S. Kelly
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