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"
It just seems like another fake scene
With no real message and a ton of fake things
And I feel it inside that I live for my team
My team is my fans and I got a purpose to serve them
With songs about having fun and getting real
But I also write about being real, so they feel
Like somebody's listening and somebody cares
So listen when I say
And I can't wait to say whatever, and I can't wait to shed some light
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
And I can't wait to be whoever, and I can't wait to speak my mind
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
And I had a vision so livid
Dipped into a coma after selfish incisions
Cutting into my ego
Deep into my dreams, oh
Forgot the struggle, thought we were too hot
To work for something, change a couple lives
Stop thinking about the pace,
Try to focus on the climb
Re-written to open your eyes and shed some light
On us, not anyone else
So get the drama out your mind
And I can't wait to say whatever, and I can't wait to shed some light
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
And I can't wait to be whoever, and I can't wait to speak my mind
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
If they let you into heaven then I'd rather go to hell
You think you're buying your way to the top with all that bullshit that you sell
God's not naive like the fans you deceive. Even the devil was an angel what the fuck did he achieve?
How about you listen to your soul and forget fame
You could still have a fucking name
I took it too far
I know the truth hurts, but if you're scared
Bitch, go to church
And I can't wait to say whatever, and I can't wait to shed some light
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
And I can't wait to be whoever, and I can't wait to speak my mind
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
With no real message and a ton of fake things
And I feel it inside that I live for my team
My team is my fans and I got a purpose to serve them
With songs about having fun and getting real
But I also write about being real, so they feel
Like somebody's listening and somebody cares
So listen when I say
And I can't wait to say whatever, and I can't wait to shed some light
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
And I can't wait to be whoever, and I can't wait to speak my mind
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
And I had a vision so livid
Dipped into a coma after selfish incisions
Cutting into my ego
Deep into my dreams, oh
Forgot the struggle, thought we were too hot
To work for something, change a couple lives
Stop thinking about the pace,
Try to focus on the climb
Re-written to open your eyes and shed some light
On us, not anyone else
So get the drama out your mind
And I can't wait to say whatever, and I can't wait to shed some light
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
And I can't wait to be whoever, and I can't wait to speak my mind
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
If they let you into heaven then I'd rather go to hell
You think you're buying your way to the top with all that bullshit that you sell
God's not naive like the fans you deceive. Even the devil was an angel what the fuck did he achieve?
How about you listen to your soul and forget fame
You could still have a fucking name
I took it too far
I know the truth hurts, but if you're scared
Bitch, go to church
And I can't wait to say whatever, and I can't wait to shed some light
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
And I can't wait to be whoever, and I can't wait to speak my mind
On every little thing you've broken, and get on with my life
Lyrics submitted by YourCullingSong, edited by Leroy69
King of Amarillo Lyrics as written by Thomas Denney Derek Carter
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