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"
[VERSE 1]
Mmnnm
yeah yeah yeah
Handshake
try to keep em steady
won't break
you been getting ready
Here we go
it's time to say goodbye (say goodbye)
Mmmm
You've got a lot up on your shoulders
Not quite sure just where you're going
But you know it's gone be quite a ride
You know with every twist, turn, crash and burn
that you're gonna reach the other side
[Chorus:]
You will do things you never dreamed of
You're gonna find a few new friends
Get to explore the worlds of wonder
Where the magic never ends
Time to go out and make your moment
Make a few memories on the way
Life is unfolding it's happening right before your eyes
On the road to paradise
Mmmm road to paradise
Oh yeah yeah
[VERSE 2]
Inside you feel the fire blazing
Outside you are so amazing
Take a breath and soak in all the sides
Mmmmmm
Danger and fear are gonna test you
Still you are coming to the rescue
Rain or shine you won't give up the fight
It doesn't matter how long how far
there are miracles along the way
[Chorus:]
You will do things you never dreamed of
You're gonna find a few new friends
Get to explore the worlds of wonder
Where the magic never ends
Time to go out and make your moment
Make a few memories on the way
Life is unfolding it's happening right before your eyes
On the road to paradise
[VERSE 3]
Might be surprised
by the strength you're gonna find
Inside your heart
[Chorus:]
You will do things you never dreamed of
You're gonna find a few new friends
Get to explore the worlds of wonder
Where the magic never ends
Time to go out and make your moment
Make a few memories on the way
Life is unfolding it's happening right before your eyes
On the road to paradise
On the road to paradise
Yeahhh
On the road to paradise
Mmnnm
yeah yeah yeah
Handshake
try to keep em steady
won't break
you been getting ready
Here we go
it's time to say goodbye (say goodbye)
Mmmm
You've got a lot up on your shoulders
Not quite sure just where you're going
But you know it's gone be quite a ride
You know with every twist, turn, crash and burn
that you're gonna reach the other side
[Chorus:]
You will do things you never dreamed of
You're gonna find a few new friends
Get to explore the worlds of wonder
Where the magic never ends
Time to go out and make your moment
Make a few memories on the way
Life is unfolding it's happening right before your eyes
On the road to paradise
Mmmm road to paradise
Oh yeah yeah
[VERSE 2]
Inside you feel the fire blazing
Outside you are so amazing
Take a breath and soak in all the sides
Mmmmmm
Danger and fear are gonna test you
Still you are coming to the rescue
Rain or shine you won't give up the fight
It doesn't matter how long how far
there are miracles along the way
[Chorus:]
You will do things you never dreamed of
You're gonna find a few new friends
Get to explore the worlds of wonder
Where the magic never ends
Time to go out and make your moment
Make a few memories on the way
Life is unfolding it's happening right before your eyes
On the road to paradise
[VERSE 3]
Might be surprised
by the strength you're gonna find
Inside your heart
[Chorus:]
You will do things you never dreamed of
You're gonna find a few new friends
Get to explore the worlds of wonder
Where the magic never ends
Time to go out and make your moment
Make a few memories on the way
Life is unfolding it's happening right before your eyes
On the road to paradise
On the road to paradise
Yeahhh
On the road to paradise
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