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"
Your words are more powerful than nature
You are stronger than the sea
And Your voice resounds like thunder
Yet Your Spirit nurtures me
You are wise enough to direct me, God
And You are holy enough to keep me
You are mighty enough to protect me, yeah
You are the light that I might see
What a mighty God we serve
Awesome ruler, God our protector
A mighty God we serve
Gentle redeemer, mighty is He
Your hand is full of mercy
And Your strength lifts every weight
Your words sip all throughout eternity
And Your loves cancels every hate, yeah
You are wise enough to direct me, oh God
You are holy enough to keep me
You are mighty enough to protect me, yes
You are the light that I might see
What a mighty God we serve
Awesome ruler, God our protector
A mighty God we serve
Gentle redeemer, mighty is He
What a mighty God we serve
Awesome ruler, God our protector
A mighty God we serve
Gentle redeemer, mighty is He
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
As long as God is with me
I know that I'm already victorious
His power has set me free
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Say He's stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
And He's mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty
And He's wiser, wiser, wiser, wiser
And He's loving, loving, forgiving, forgiving
He's stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
Stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
Stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
Stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
Mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty
Mighty, mighty, mighty
You are stronger than the sea
And Your voice resounds like thunder
Yet Your Spirit nurtures me
You are wise enough to direct me, God
And You are holy enough to keep me
You are mighty enough to protect me, yeah
You are the light that I might see
What a mighty God we serve
Awesome ruler, God our protector
A mighty God we serve
Gentle redeemer, mighty is He
Your hand is full of mercy
And Your strength lifts every weight
Your words sip all throughout eternity
And Your loves cancels every hate, yeah
You are wise enough to direct me, oh God
You are holy enough to keep me
You are mighty enough to protect me, yes
You are the light that I might see
What a mighty God we serve
Awesome ruler, God our protector
A mighty God we serve
Gentle redeemer, mighty is He
What a mighty God we serve
Awesome ruler, God our protector
A mighty God we serve
Gentle redeemer, mighty is He
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
As long as God is with me
I know that I'm already victorious
His power has set me free
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God is He
Say He's stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
And He's mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty
And He's wiser, wiser, wiser, wiser
And He's loving, loving, forgiving, forgiving
He's stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
Stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
Stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
Stronger, stronger, stronger, stronger
Mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty
Mighty, mighty, mighty
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Mighty God Lyrics as written by Kim L. Jones Dewitt Clinton Iii Jones
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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