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 looking for an original sin.
One with a twist and a bit of a spin.
I've done all of the old ones.
Till they've all been done in.
Now I'm just looking
Then I'm gone with the wind
Endlessly searching for an original sin.
You can dance forever.
You got a fire in your feet.
But will it ever be enough?
You know it'll never be enough.
You can fly and never land.
And never need to sleep.
But will it ever be enough?
You know it'll never be enough.
Not enough to make the nightmares go away.
Not enough to make the tears run dry.
Not enough to live a little better everyday.
Everything that they taught us.
Was nothing but lies.
Everything thing they brought us.
Was nothing but bribes.
But it'll all be over now
All I wanted was a piece of the night.
I never got an equal share.
When the stars are out of sight.
And the moon is down
The natives are so restless tonight.
I've been looking for an original sin.
One with a twist and a bit of a spin.
I've done all of the old ones.
Till they've all been done in.
Now I'm just looking
Then I'm gone with the wind
Endlessly searching for an original sin.
You can lose yourself in pleasure.
Till your body's going numb.
But will it ever be enough?
You know it'll never be enough.
You can always take whatever.
You conceivably could want.
But will it ever be enough?
You know it'll never be enough.
Not enough to make the nightmares go away.
Not enough to make the tears run dry.
Not enough to live a little better everyday.
Everything that they taught us.
Was nothing but lies.
Everything thing they brought us.
Was nothing but bribes.
But the lies are over now
All I wanted was a piece of the night.
It neve rhad to get so dark.
When the stars are out of sight
And the moon is down
The natives are so restless tonight.
I've been looking for an original sin.
One with a twist and a bit of a spin.
I've done all of the old ones.
Till they've all been done in.
Now I'm just looking
For an original sin.
I've been looking for the ultimate crime.
Infinite victims, infinitesimal time
And I'm so guilty for no reson or rhyme.
So now I'm just looking.
And killing some time
Endlessly searching for the ultimate crime.
I've been looking for an original sin.
One with a twist and a bit of a spin.
I've done all of the old ones.
Till they've all been done in.
Now I'm just looking
Then I'm gone with the wind
Endlessly searching for an original sin.
I'm applying for a license to thrill.
Going out on the edge
Moving in for the kill.
They'll be hell to pay someday.
So put it all on the bill.
Cause we'll always be paying!
And paying until
We're beyond expiration.
With a license to thrill.
One with a twist and a bit of a spin.
I've done all of the old ones.
Till they've all been done in.
Now I'm just looking
Then I'm gone with the wind
Endlessly searching for an original sin.
You can dance forever.
You got a fire in your feet.
But will it ever be enough?
You know it'll never be enough.
You can fly and never land.
And never need to sleep.
But will it ever be enough?
You know it'll never be enough.
Not enough to make the nightmares go away.
Not enough to make the tears run dry.
Not enough to live a little better everyday.
Everything that they taught us.
Was nothing but lies.
Everything thing they brought us.
Was nothing but bribes.
But it'll all be over now
All I wanted was a piece of the night.
I never got an equal share.
When the stars are out of sight.
And the moon is down
The natives are so restless tonight.
I've been looking for an original sin.
One with a twist and a bit of a spin.
I've done all of the old ones.
Till they've all been done in.
Now I'm just looking
Then I'm gone with the wind
Endlessly searching for an original sin.
You can lose yourself in pleasure.
Till your body's going numb.
But will it ever be enough?
You know it'll never be enough.
You can always take whatever.
You conceivably could want.
But will it ever be enough?
You know it'll never be enough.
Not enough to make the nightmares go away.
Not enough to make the tears run dry.
Not enough to live a little better everyday.
Everything that they taught us.
Was nothing but lies.
Everything thing they brought us.
Was nothing but bribes.
But the lies are over now
All I wanted was a piece of the night.
It neve rhad to get so dark.
When the stars are out of sight
And the moon is down
The natives are so restless tonight.
I've been looking for an original sin.
One with a twist and a bit of a spin.
I've done all of the old ones.
Till they've all been done in.
Now I'm just looking
For an original sin.
I've been looking for the ultimate crime.
Infinite victims, infinitesimal time
And I'm so guilty for no reson or rhyme.
So now I'm just looking.
And killing some time
Endlessly searching for the ultimate crime.
I've been looking for an original sin.
One with a twist and a bit of a spin.
I've done all of the old ones.
Till they've all been done in.
Now I'm just looking
Then I'm gone with the wind
Endlessly searching for an original sin.
I'm applying for a license to thrill.
Going out on the edge
Moving in for the kill.
They'll be hell to pay someday.
So put it all on the bill.
Cause we'll always be paying!
And paying until
We're beyond expiration.
With a license to thrill.
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Original Sin Lyrics as written by Jim Steinman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Meaning no matter how much they expel their anger on others, no matter how much sins / crimes they commit. The pain will be forever present, and youll only be looking for a bigger sin to commit, until you realise youve commited every sin possible and the pain is still there.
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