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"
My balance was gone, but so is the pain
Was waitin' around, but you never came
So I ran into Tony
He grabbed on my body
I told him I missed you
He told me he loved me
And hey, I liked the way he said my name
That's all he had to say
The damage is done, but so is the wait
And I tried not to run because it would be a mistake
But it would be a mistake if I just took my time
Because I'd be waiting around just to pay for your crimes
And hey, I know what it takes to be wrong but it feels all right to me
Even though I know you let me down
I don't know why I can't come around
And even though I know my mind is sound
Couldn't walk away from what I've found
Your honesty's good but too much is bad
And I've been trying to hold on to something I've never had
Because I've never had you just as I have you now
That you're afraid of losin' but you're not scared enough
Hey wait, you wipe that smile right off of your face
Because I don't know where it came from
Even if I know I won't be found
I will still be hiding underground
Even if I go outside I find
You've already left me far behind
Even when this song comes crashing down
I don't wanna hear another sound
No I don't wanna hear another sound
Was waitin' around, but you never came
So I ran into Tony
He grabbed on my body
I told him I missed you
He told me he loved me
And hey, I liked the way he said my name
That's all he had to say
The damage is done, but so is the wait
And I tried not to run because it would be a mistake
But it would be a mistake if I just took my time
Because I'd be waiting around just to pay for your crimes
And hey, I know what it takes to be wrong but it feels all right to me
Even though I know you let me down
I don't know why I can't come around
And even though I know my mind is sound
Couldn't walk away from what I've found
Your honesty's good but too much is bad
And I've been trying to hold on to something I've never had
Because I've never had you just as I have you now
That you're afraid of losin' but you're not scared enough
Hey wait, you wipe that smile right off of your face
Because I don't know where it came from
Even if I know I won't be found
I will still be hiding underground
Even if I go outside I find
You've already left me far behind
Even when this song comes crashing down
I don't wanna hear another sound
No I don't wanna hear another sound
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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