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"
Ill times rollin' lackin the flow
Ache in my throat and wisdom seems so lost,
And yet it's better in ways it's different,
I miss those oldschool meditations when relaxing
And getting visions was a given
With my eyes closed I propose a toast,
To myself to find the time to ask my Lord and galaxy
To point me in the right direction,
I got my foot in the door,
I gotta keep on writin' and stay planted to this world,
Before I can take off
Please come back to me
Please come back
I need to say goodbye to these old ways
Stagnant lifestyle's no longer in my way,
I gotta keep on movin',
So I pray,
And wait for a sign from my guides,
They help me proceed as I lay,
And dream of my future,
I miss those times
Come back to me
Please come back to me
Please come back to me
For real
Please come back
Tell me please
Ill times rollin' lackin the flow
Ache in my throat and wisdom seems so lost,
And yet it's better in ways it's different,
I miss those oldschool meditations when relaxing
And getting visions was a given
With my eyes closed I propose a toast,
To myself to find the time to ask my Lord and galaxy
To point me in the right direction,
Come back to me
Please come back
I need to say goodbye to these old ways
Stagnant lifestyle's no longer in my way,
I gotta keep on movin',
So I pray,
And wait for a sign from my guides,
They help me proceed as I lay,
And dream of my future,
I miss those times
So I pray,
And wait for a sign from my guides,
They help me proceed as I lay,
And dream of my future,
I miss those times
Come back to me
Please come back to me
Please come back to me
For real
Please come back
Tell me please
Ill times rollin' lackin the flow
Ache in my throat and wisdom seems so lost,
And yet it's better in ways it's different,
I miss those oldschool meditations when relaxing
And getting visions was a given
With my eyes closed I propose a toast,
To myself to find the time to ask my Lord and galaxy
To point me in the right direction
Ache in my throat and wisdom seems so lost,
And yet it's better in ways it's different,
I miss those oldschool meditations when relaxing
And getting visions was a given
With my eyes closed I propose a toast,
To myself to find the time to ask my Lord and galaxy
To point me in the right direction,
I got my foot in the door,
I gotta keep on writin' and stay planted to this world,
Before I can take off
Please come back to me
Please come back
I need to say goodbye to these old ways
Stagnant lifestyle's no longer in my way,
I gotta keep on movin',
So I pray,
And wait for a sign from my guides,
They help me proceed as I lay,
And dream of my future,
I miss those times
Come back to me
Please come back to me
Please come back to me
For real
Please come back
Tell me please
Ill times rollin' lackin the flow
Ache in my throat and wisdom seems so lost,
And yet it's better in ways it's different,
I miss those oldschool meditations when relaxing
And getting visions was a given
With my eyes closed I propose a toast,
To myself to find the time to ask my Lord and galaxy
To point me in the right direction,
Come back to me
Please come back
I need to say goodbye to these old ways
Stagnant lifestyle's no longer in my way,
I gotta keep on movin',
So I pray,
And wait for a sign from my guides,
They help me proceed as I lay,
And dream of my future,
I miss those times
So I pray,
And wait for a sign from my guides,
They help me proceed as I lay,
And dream of my future,
I miss those times
Come back to me
Please come back to me
Please come back to me
For real
Please come back
Tell me please
Ill times rollin' lackin the flow
Ache in my throat and wisdom seems so lost,
And yet it's better in ways it's different,
I miss those oldschool meditations when relaxing
And getting visions was a given
With my eyes closed I propose a toast,
To myself to find the time to ask my Lord and galaxy
To point me in the right direction
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about me losing touch with my spiritual side due to lack of time and focus which i'm still dealing with, about my lord and galaxy and the way i am desperate for they're help in this journey of life