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"
I have always been the type to think before I speak
I have always been the type to look before I leap
And like a bolt out of the blue
I was struck and there was you
For a moment I believed that I could let go
You lift me up into the sky
Feels like I could fly
I'm never gonna die
And I almost made it but not quite
Now you're flyin' out of sight
And you know I can't come with you
Cause I'll always be scared of heights
I didn't think I'd meet someone who'd make me change my ways
Never thought I'd find someone who'd brighten up my days
Someone who'd make me forget
My hands were tied, my wings were clipped
Someone who'd make me believe that I could let go
You lift me up into the sky
Feels like I could fly
I'm never gonna die
And I almost made it but not quite
You're flyin' out of sight
And you know I can't come with you
I'll always be scared of heights
Scared of heights
I wish I never knew how great it feels up in the air
Wish I never got to feel the wind blow through my hair
Well in my dreams you'll always be
Flyin' high along with me
In my dreams I'll always feel that I can let go
You lift me up into the sky
Feels like I can fly
I'm never gonna die
And I almost made it but not quite
Now you're flyin' out of sight
And I know I can't come with you
Cause I'll always be scared of heights
Cause I'll always be scared of heights
I have always been the type to look before I leap
And like a bolt out of the blue
I was struck and there was you
For a moment I believed that I could let go
You lift me up into the sky
Feels like I could fly
I'm never gonna die
And I almost made it but not quite
Now you're flyin' out of sight
And you know I can't come with you
Cause I'll always be scared of heights
I didn't think I'd meet someone who'd make me change my ways
Never thought I'd find someone who'd brighten up my days
Someone who'd make me forget
My hands were tied, my wings were clipped
Someone who'd make me believe that I could let go
You lift me up into the sky
Feels like I could fly
I'm never gonna die
And I almost made it but not quite
You're flyin' out of sight
And you know I can't come with you
I'll always be scared of heights
Scared of heights
I wish I never knew how great it feels up in the air
Wish I never got to feel the wind blow through my hair
Well in my dreams you'll always be
Flyin' high along with me
In my dreams I'll always feel that I can let go
You lift me up into the sky
Feels like I can fly
I'm never gonna die
And I almost made it but not quite
Now you're flyin' out of sight
And I know I can't come with you
Cause I'll always be scared of heights
Cause I'll always be scared of heights
Lyrics submitted by Amistoso
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When I first heard this song it made me cry because I felt every lyric relate to me. So he begins by saying he has always been practical, but out of the blue, here's this person that makes him let go of his normal self. The chorus goes to say that this person makes him feel like he can fly and is never gonna die. He is almost with this person entirely, but now that person is flying out of sight, living their own life without him just fine, and he can't be with him/her. (most likely a her in his case) The second verse says he never thought he'd meet someone who'd change him like that. The bridge near the end, or third verse, says that he wished he never knew how amazing and free this person made him feel, because now they've flown out of sight, and he will never be with that person.
@Chloe Curlier maybe they'll come back, you never know.
@oasisness Maybe, maybe not. he's dating the perfect girl, so who knows?
Love this song...I feel somewhat like I can relate to it, too. First of Morten’s solo discography that I heard, and I loved it! I will never regret finding his solo work.