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 can't believe
That when I breathe
That there's something good inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
So close to me
That memory
Of that one good thing inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
Yeah
If I went out the back door, nobody would stop me
But, where would I go?
'Cause I ain't ever had a real home
So, what do I know?
So, I could keep runnin', hide until they find me
But, what would that do?
If they could only know what I knew
What would it do?
I shoulda' seen the writin' on the wall
Instead, I'm left to fall
'Cause the longer I'm away,
I'll always stay the same
Lookin' back, when I thought I knew it all
Instead, I'm left to fall
Did I throw it all away?
I can't believe
That when I breathe
That there's something good inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
So close to me
That memory
Of that one good thing inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
Yeah
Don't you know, little boy, They'll lay you to waste, man
Little do they know, every song is a lifespan
Yeah, they've taken one, but I'm takin' my last chance
To hold all we know and let go with both hands
Though, don't you know that plots are made from concrete
Right through the stone, can you hear my heart beat?
Beats through my bones, like no memory left me
Not for a second or a minute when I dream
I wanna go home, like a home that I'll keep
You can dig six or sixty-six feet
We can live forever, still your misery missed me
Hold this song together with a bottle of whiskey
Look into the mirror, and the lines that time drew
Seen 'em painted white in the eyes that shine through
My heart beats heavy in an open chest
And, I wanna say goodbye, but there's nobody left
I can't believe
That when I breathe
That there's something good inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
So close to me
That memory
Of that one good thing inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
Yeah
I broke it all, and I put to the test
Put your hands in mine, and feel this emptiness
There's no beat in my chest
'Cause there's nothin' left
No, it ain't goodbye, it's a last caress
What's another dream?
You could hardly sleep
Can you believe bad things only happen to me?
God knows one day, you will finally see
That's scares will heal, but we're meant to bleed
Do you realize I would lie for you?
Please out my last breath, I would die for you
I know I'm no good, but my heart beats true
You know I'm gonna fight, though I must be scared to lose
You took me in, and I fucked it up again
And an empty promise, no, I won't pretend
'Cause in the end, we need someone to solve 'em
Nobody can fix me if I'm part of the problem
I can't believe
That when I breathe
That there's something good inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
So close to me
That memory
Of that one good thing inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
Yeah
That when I breathe
That there's something good inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
So close to me
That memory
Of that one good thing inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
Yeah
If I went out the back door, nobody would stop me
But, where would I go?
'Cause I ain't ever had a real home
So, what do I know?
So, I could keep runnin', hide until they find me
But, what would that do?
If they could only know what I knew
What would it do?
I shoulda' seen the writin' on the wall
Instead, I'm left to fall
'Cause the longer I'm away,
I'll always stay the same
Lookin' back, when I thought I knew it all
Instead, I'm left to fall
Did I throw it all away?
I can't believe
That when I breathe
That there's something good inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
So close to me
That memory
Of that one good thing inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
Yeah
Don't you know, little boy, They'll lay you to waste, man
Little do they know, every song is a lifespan
Yeah, they've taken one, but I'm takin' my last chance
To hold all we know and let go with both hands
Though, don't you know that plots are made from concrete
Right through the stone, can you hear my heart beat?
Beats through my bones, like no memory left me
Not for a second or a minute when I dream
I wanna go home, like a home that I'll keep
You can dig six or sixty-six feet
We can live forever, still your misery missed me
Hold this song together with a bottle of whiskey
Look into the mirror, and the lines that time drew
Seen 'em painted white in the eyes that shine through
My heart beats heavy in an open chest
And, I wanna say goodbye, but there's nobody left
I can't believe
That when I breathe
That there's something good inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
So close to me
That memory
Of that one good thing inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
Yeah
I broke it all, and I put to the test
Put your hands in mine, and feel this emptiness
There's no beat in my chest
'Cause there's nothin' left
No, it ain't goodbye, it's a last caress
What's another dream?
You could hardly sleep
Can you believe bad things only happen to me?
God knows one day, you will finally see
That's scares will heal, but we're meant to bleed
Do you realize I would lie for you?
Please out my last breath, I would die for you
I know I'm no good, but my heart beats true
You know I'm gonna fight, though I must be scared to lose
You took me in, and I fucked it up again
And an empty promise, no, I won't pretend
'Cause in the end, we need someone to solve 'em
Nobody can fix me if I'm part of the problem
I can't believe
That when I breathe
That there's something good inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
So close to me
That memory
Of that one good thing inside of me
Just one good thing inside of me
Yeah
Lyrics submitted by KizzyStix, edited by PanicPanda, MusicChica, mandy1080, FilosSophie, BDoG01, Painekiller12, DaKurlzz, normanm
Believe Lyrics as written by Daniel Murillo Jorel Decker
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, O/B/O DistroKid
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