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"
We could write our names here in the mud
No one's around to see them
We could hang our shoes right here in a tree
No one's around to steal them
I could give you a star
You could give me one too
That way we'd be even
And I could sing this song way out of tune
And not care a bit about it
We could both wear cowboy hats
And pretend to speak Italian
Well I could eat some gum
And make my breath so minty fresh
To kiss you
Your breath will smell like wine
I like that a lot
Especially when I kiss you
And I could hit my funny bone really hard
And you could call me sweetheart
And who ever said there's nothing new under the sun
Never thought much about individuals
But he's dead anyways
So lets go down together
Down together
Down together
Together
Lets go down together
Down together
Down together
Together
We could all wear ripped up clothes
And pretend that we're Dead Hot Workshop
I could drive long long way
And not even have the gas to make it
We could chase our shadows around
Till we're both exhausted
I could forget the words just one more time
And hope that none of you notices
And who ever said there's nothing new under the sun
Never thought much about me
What's good for you is good for me
And what's bad for you is bad for me
What's good for you is good for me
And what's bad for you is bad for me
Cars break and people break down and other things break down too
So lets go down together
Down together
Down together
Together
Lets go down together
Down together
Down together
Together
No one's around to see them
We could hang our shoes right here in a tree
No one's around to steal them
I could give you a star
You could give me one too
That way we'd be even
And I could sing this song way out of tune
And not care a bit about it
We could both wear cowboy hats
And pretend to speak Italian
Well I could eat some gum
And make my breath so minty fresh
To kiss you
Your breath will smell like wine
I like that a lot
Especially when I kiss you
And I could hit my funny bone really hard
And you could call me sweetheart
And who ever said there's nothing new under the sun
Never thought much about individuals
But he's dead anyways
So lets go down together
Down together
Down together
Together
Lets go down together
Down together
Down together
Together
We could all wear ripped up clothes
And pretend that we're Dead Hot Workshop
I could drive long long way
And not even have the gas to make it
We could chase our shadows around
Till we're both exhausted
I could forget the words just one more time
And hope that none of you notices
And who ever said there's nothing new under the sun
Never thought much about me
What's good for you is good for me
And what's bad for you is bad for me
What's good for you is good for me
And what's bad for you is bad for me
Cars break and people break down and other things break down too
So lets go down together
Down together
Down together
Together
Lets go down together
Down together
Down together
Together
Lyrics submitted by rabidpenguin
Down Together Lyrics as written by Brian Blush Arthur "buddy" Edwards
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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