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"
Lord of all creation
Of the water, earth and sky
The Heavens are Your Tabernacle
Glory to the Lord on high
God of wonders, beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy
Lord of Heaven and Earth
Lord of Heaven and Earth
So Early in the morning
I will celebrate the light
And as I stumble into darkness (I will call Your name by night)
I will call Your name by night
God of wonders, beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy
Lord of Heaven and Earth (Lord of Heaven and Earth)
Lord of Heaven and Earth (Lord of Heaven and Earth)
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Sing God of wonders
God of wonders, beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The pressure's low, reveal your heart to me
Father holy, holy (Oh God almighty)
The universe declares Your majesty (You are holy)
You are holy, holy (yes You are)
holy, holy, holy, holy
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Of the water, earth and sky
The Heavens are Your Tabernacle
Glory to the Lord on high
God of wonders, beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy
Lord of Heaven and Earth
Lord of Heaven and Earth
So Early in the morning
I will celebrate the light
And as I stumble into darkness (I will call Your name by night)
I will call Your name by night
God of wonders, beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy
Lord of Heaven and Earth (Lord of Heaven and Earth)
Lord of Heaven and Earth (Lord of Heaven and Earth)
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Sing God of wonders
God of wonders, beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The pressure's low, reveal your heart to me
Father holy, holy (Oh God almighty)
The universe declares Your majesty (You are holy)
You are holy, holy (yes You are)
holy, holy, holy, holy
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth
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Caedmon's Call wrote this song....not third day
One of my favourite worship songs ever! Third Day do it well
Just because Third Day sings it, doesn't mean they wrote it. Sheesh! It's a classic worship song, EVERYBODY sings it.
thats true, there are HEAPS of versions of this song sung by many different ppl, Rebecca St James, Third Day and Lincoln Brewster just to rattle some off the top of my head, either way great song and its ok to make mistakes :)
This is the first song I heard by Third Day... I went out and bought the CD with this on it and went to the concert they were having near where I live the month after! I am so hooked on them... they are now my favorite Christian rock/gospel band, and this is my second favorite song of theirs after "Carry my Cross" on their newest album, "Wherever You Are".
who cares who wrote it or who sings it. the message of the song should be more important. God is just amazing. He's beyond any wonders we've seen on Earth. He CREATED everything! The universe and all things in it. And this song just shows how in awe we as Christians are, or should be, of him.