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"
i haven't changed,
i remember the first time i saw and how you made me feel,
when i heard your laugh and saw your face i knew my heart you'd steal,
sitting next to you at the football game as my heart started to pound,
i was so scared,
all i could do was stare at the ground,
(look what you've done to me, i know how i feel and I'm so happy),
dialed six of your numbers,
but i couldn't press the last,
i wanted to talk to you, but instead i hung up so fast,
still remember that day when you first walked my way,
i was so nervous i stuttered not knowing what to say,
still want you ,
still love you,
need you to know,
i haven't changed,
as time goes by we talk more and more everyday,
my feelings start to change but yours stay the same way,
I'm there for you more then he will ever be,
i drop hints how i feel to scared to let you fully see,
how i have fallen for you,
how your all i think about ,
its time to let you know my feelings its time right now,
if i don't ill regret if, for the rest of my life,
so its time to open your ears and heart,
and let you know you are my life,
memories in my head,
those late nights lying in my bed,
i tickle you til you almost pee,
i wonder what does she see in me,
(i love you),
now you see the way i do,
you feel how i feel,
friends feelings changed,
i found love thats real,
i remember that night so clearly,
that night before you left,
our fingers were locked together,
i was holding you tight as you slept,
as we lay there with each other,
wishing this night would never end,
as tears dropped,
i say good night to my best friend
i remember the first time i saw and how you made me feel,
when i heard your laugh and saw your face i knew my heart you'd steal,
sitting next to you at the football game as my heart started to pound,
i was so scared,
all i could do was stare at the ground,
(look what you've done to me, i know how i feel and I'm so happy),
dialed six of your numbers,
but i couldn't press the last,
i wanted to talk to you, but instead i hung up so fast,
still remember that day when you first walked my way,
i was so nervous i stuttered not knowing what to say,
still want you ,
still love you,
need you to know,
i haven't changed,
as time goes by we talk more and more everyday,
my feelings start to change but yours stay the same way,
I'm there for you more then he will ever be,
i drop hints how i feel to scared to let you fully see,
how i have fallen for you,
how your all i think about ,
its time to let you know my feelings its time right now,
if i don't ill regret if, for the rest of my life,
so its time to open your ears and heart,
and let you know you are my life,
memories in my head,
those late nights lying in my bed,
i tickle you til you almost pee,
i wonder what does she see in me,
(i love you),
now you see the way i do,
you feel how i feel,
friends feelings changed,
i found love thats real,
i remember that night so clearly,
that night before you left,
our fingers were locked together,
i was holding you tight as you slept,
as we lay there with each other,
wishing this night would never end,
as tears dropped,
i say good night to my best friend
Lyrics submitted by emostar
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