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"
“Come on, Rachel. What’s taking you so long?”
“All right, I’m coming!”
“Hurry up!”
“I can’t seem to get these skates laced up.”
“Wow, this is crazy!”
[I. Blades of Denial]
The frigid wind chills us to the bone
as our blades cut the ice
The lake is unforgiving in its quest
Her depths lure and entice
We’re in our own perfect little world
Desires on the move
Dreaming of green grass and lazy days
Blinding passion sets the mood
We are seduced and then betrayed
by our own encumbrance
We’re in constant jeopardy
while exposed to the elements
With the twinkling of an eye,
our bliss turns to peril
I became one with the ice
The lake she beckoned me
Danger comes when things go awry
Then you fade and ask why, why, why…
[II. Nex Per Res: Instrumental]
[III. Breath of Life]
The light in the tunnel fades
as her voice draws me back
I hear her cries but cannot speak
My body’s numb, my senses weak
As I begin to drift away, I feel her lips touching mine
My eyes are open but I am blind
My spirit slams my body from above
as I begin to twist and shove
My angel saved my life
Brought me back from death in time
I’ve been given one more chance
to see my love, I won’t forget
I was seduced and then betrayed
by my own inconsequence
I’ve survived my own uncertainty
and I’m back from moments stolen
Been to a place that few have seen
Who was the voice in the light?
Why was I there? What did it mean?
Resurrected by a breath of life
“All right, I’m coming!”
“Hurry up!”
“I can’t seem to get these skates laced up.”
“Wow, this is crazy!”
[I. Blades of Denial]
The frigid wind chills us to the bone
as our blades cut the ice
The lake is unforgiving in its quest
Her depths lure and entice
We’re in our own perfect little world
Desires on the move
Dreaming of green grass and lazy days
Blinding passion sets the mood
We are seduced and then betrayed
by our own encumbrance
We’re in constant jeopardy
while exposed to the elements
With the twinkling of an eye,
our bliss turns to peril
I became one with the ice
The lake she beckoned me
Danger comes when things go awry
Then you fade and ask why, why, why…
[II. Nex Per Res: Instrumental]
[III. Breath of Life]
The light in the tunnel fades
as her voice draws me back
I hear her cries but cannot speak
My body’s numb, my senses weak
As I begin to drift away, I feel her lips touching mine
My eyes are open but I am blind
My spirit slams my body from above
as I begin to twist and shove
My angel saved my life
Brought me back from death in time
I’ve been given one more chance
to see my love, I won’t forget
I was seduced and then betrayed
by my own inconsequence
I’ve survived my own uncertainty
and I’m back from moments stolen
Been to a place that few have seen
Who was the voice in the light?
Why was I there? What did it mean?
Resurrected by a breath of life
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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