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'm takin' my time,
I'm trying to leave the memories of you behind,
I'm gonna be fine,
As soon as I get your picture right out of my mind,
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
But every time I call you don't have time,
I guess I'll never get to call you mine,
For nothing at all,
I know there's a million reasons why I shouldn't call,
With nothing to say,
I could easily make this conversation last all day,
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
But every time I call you don't have time,
I guess I'll never get to call you mine,
Another lesson I didn't get to learn
Your my obsession
I've got nowhere to turn
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
But I guess I'll never get to call you mine
I'm trying to leave the memories of you behind,
I'm gonna be fine,
As soon as I get your picture right out of my mind,
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
But every time I call you don't have time,
I guess I'll never get to call you mine,
For nothing at all,
I know there's a million reasons why I shouldn't call,
With nothing to say,
I could easily make this conversation last all day,
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
But every time I call you don't have time,
I guess I'll never get to call you mine,
Another lesson I didn't get to learn
Your my obsession
I've got nowhere to turn
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
I want to feel the way you make me feel when I'm with you,
I want to be the only hand you need to hold on to,
But I guess I'll never get to call you mine
Lyrics submitted by strokergirl
When I'm With You Lyrics as written by Sebastien Lefebvre Arnold Lanni
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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holy shit this song is how i feel about this girl i like, she is always busy with school stuff, but i like her a bunch what makes it worse is she is dating someone else and i have to sit next to her in most of my classes its not bad but gets me sad oh well
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