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've been around and I'm just wishing on a star
I've traveled a long way but I've never been this far
I've seen the world with my eyes never did I know
But I'm gonna find a way no matter what they say
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I believe
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I will find
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, all the happiness
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy of the world
I've been around and I'm just wishing on a star
I've traveled a long way but I've never been this far
I've seen the world with my eyes never did I know
I'm gonna find a way no matter what they say
There are times when I just wanna lay down on the ground
And never rise again no matter what's been found
But then I realize I have to carry on
I try to move along to the rivers full of joy
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I believe
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I will find
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, all the happiness
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, of the world
So many people pass me by without a sign
I try to catch them but I don't know if it's right
As far as I can see I still got much to learn
I have to find a way no matter what they say
It's time to wake up now 'cause much is still undone
I made up my mind and nothing gets me down
And I won't stop this time until I'm really through
I have to move along to the rivers full of joy
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I believe
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I will find
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, all the happiness
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, of the world
In the rivers of joy
Rivers oh rivers of joy, oh
To the rivers full of joy
And now when I know myself
I see it all so clear
There's nothing more to fear yeah, yeah
You can find joy and happiness
No matter what storm you come across
So hear me when I say you're here to stay
Hold on tight and I'll be right
You can find joy and happiness
No matter what storm just happiness
You just take a look deep down in the rivers of joy
In the rivers of joy, joy, the rivers of joy
In the rivers of joy, joy
In the rivers of joy, joy (hey)
In the rivers of joy, joy
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah
In the rivers of joy
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy (all the happiness)
Hallelujah joy (of the world)
In the rivers of joy
I've traveled a long way but I've never been this far
I've seen the world with my eyes never did I know
But I'm gonna find a way no matter what they say
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I believe
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I will find
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, all the happiness
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy of the world
I've been around and I'm just wishing on a star
I've traveled a long way but I've never been this far
I've seen the world with my eyes never did I know
I'm gonna find a way no matter what they say
There are times when I just wanna lay down on the ground
And never rise again no matter what's been found
But then I realize I have to carry on
I try to move along to the rivers full of joy
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I believe
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I will find
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, all the happiness
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, of the world
So many people pass me by without a sign
I try to catch them but I don't know if it's right
As far as I can see I still got much to learn
I have to find a way no matter what they say
It's time to wake up now 'cause much is still undone
I made up my mind and nothing gets me down
And I won't stop this time until I'm really through
I have to move along to the rivers full of joy
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I believe
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, I will find
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, all the happiness
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy, of the world
In the rivers of joy
Rivers oh rivers of joy, oh
To the rivers full of joy
And now when I know myself
I see it all so clear
There's nothing more to fear yeah, yeah
You can find joy and happiness
No matter what storm you come across
So hear me when I say you're here to stay
Hold on tight and I'll be right
You can find joy and happiness
No matter what storm just happiness
You just take a look deep down in the rivers of joy
In the rivers of joy, joy, the rivers of joy
In the rivers of joy, joy
In the rivers of joy, joy (hey)
In the rivers of joy, joy
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah
In the rivers of joy
In the rivers of joy, hallelujah, joy (all the happiness)
Hallelujah joy (of the world)
In the rivers of joy
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