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 wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
Make that money, fake that bunny, ache my tummy
On the fence, all the time
Paint junk honey, your face so sunny, ain't that funny?
All my friends always lie to me
I know they're thinking
You're too mean, I don't like you, fuck you anyway
You make me wanna scream at the top of my lungs
It hurts but I won't fight you
You suck anyway
You make me wanna die, right when I
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might end up being me
Keep on dreaming, don't stop breathing, fight those demons
And sell your soul, not your whole self, oh
If they see it when you're sleeping, make them leave it
I can't even see if it's all there anymore, so
You're too mean, I don't like you, fuck you anyway
You make me wanna scream at the top of my lungs
It hurts but I won't fight you
You suck anyway
You make me wanna die, right when I
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might end up being me
Being me can only mean
Feeling scared to breathe
If you leave me then I'll be afraid of everything
That makes me anxious, gives me patience, calms me down
Lets me face this, let me sleep, and when I wake up
Let me be
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might end up being me
I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
Make that money, fake that bunny, ache my tummy
On the fence, all the time
Paint junk honey, your face so sunny, ain't that funny?
All my friends always lie to me
I know they're thinking
You're too mean, I don't like you, fuck you anyway
You make me wanna scream at the top of my lungs
It hurts but I won't fight you
You suck anyway
You make me wanna die, right when I
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might end up being me
Keep on dreaming, don't stop breathing, fight those demons
And sell your soul, not your whole self, oh
If they see it when you're sleeping, make them leave it
I can't even see if it's all there anymore, so
You're too mean, I don't like you, fuck you anyway
You make me wanna scream at the top of my lungs
It hurts but I won't fight you
You suck anyway
You make me wanna die, right when I
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might end up being me
Being me can only mean
Feeling scared to breathe
If you leave me then I'll be afraid of everything
That makes me anxious, gives me patience, calms me down
Lets me face this, let me sleep, and when I wake up
Let me be
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid somebody else might end up being me
Lyrics submitted by koalabri, edited by Ornin, SekhmetKSC
Afraid Lyrics as written by Zachary Abels Jeremy Freedman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Oh, and when I read this, I get the strongest chills and a feeling that my lungs are contracting whilst my stomach is in pain because of their cruelty. Reminds me of "How" by the same band.
You’re too mean, I don’t like you, fuck you anyway You make me wanna scream at the top of my lungs It hurts but I won’t fight you You suck anyway You make me wanna die, right when I
You’re too mean, I don’t like you, fuck you anyway You make me wanna scream at the top of my lungs It hurts but I won’t fight you You suck anyway You make me wanna die, right when I
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