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"
Roll with it
Roll with it
Roll with it
You've got to roll with it
If you ever feel like no one cares
When you try your best but you get nowhere
Don't give in
'Cause the times will come again
When they criticize every move you make
And you've had as much as you're gonna take
Don't you worry
Soon enough things will change
Bridge
And when it seems as though
Nobody understands a man
(understands)
Don't let your head hang down
You want to just stick to the plan
[Chorus]
Roll with it
That's what you gotta do
Roll with it
Roll with it
You've got to roll with it
That's what you gotta do
Roll with it
Just roll, roll, roll with it
Roll with it
You've got to roll with it
Just roll with it
Everything will be fine
Just roll with it
It's gonna be alright
Just roll with it
Don't put yourself down
Just roll with it
If you just can't find someone to trust
When you give your heart but you don't get much
Don't you worry the time is gonna come
The world's a school
So much to learn
So learn it well
The world's a stage
So act the fool
No woman understands
You've got to
[Chorus]
Just roll with it
Just roll with it
Just roll with it
Everybody just roll with it
Just roll with it
Come on now
Just roll with it
That's what you gotta do
Just roll with it
Backstreet says
Roll with it
Come on y'all
Roll with it
All the fellas roll
Roll with it
All the ladies roll
Roll with it
Everybody roll
You've got to roll with it
Just roll
Roll with it
Just roll with it
You've got to roll with it
You've got to
You've got to
You've got to
Roll
Everybody
Anybody
Everybody roll with it
Everybody
Anybody
Everybody roll
Everybody roll
Everybody roll
Roll with it
Roll with it
You've got to roll with it
If you ever feel like no one cares
When you try your best but you get nowhere
Don't give in
'Cause the times will come again
When they criticize every move you make
And you've had as much as you're gonna take
Don't you worry
Soon enough things will change
Bridge
And when it seems as though
Nobody understands a man
(understands)
Don't let your head hang down
You want to just stick to the plan
[Chorus]
Roll with it
That's what you gotta do
Roll with it
Roll with it
You've got to roll with it
That's what you gotta do
Roll with it
Just roll, roll, roll with it
Roll with it
You've got to roll with it
Just roll with it
Everything will be fine
Just roll with it
It's gonna be alright
Just roll with it
Don't put yourself down
Just roll with it
If you just can't find someone to trust
When you give your heart but you don't get much
Don't you worry the time is gonna come
The world's a school
So much to learn
So learn it well
The world's a stage
So act the fool
No woman understands
You've got to
[Chorus]
Just roll with it
Just roll with it
Just roll with it
Everybody just roll with it
Just roll with it
Come on now
Just roll with it
That's what you gotta do
Just roll with it
Backstreet says
Roll with it
Come on y'all
Roll with it
All the fellas roll
Roll with it
All the ladies roll
Roll with it
Everybody roll
You've got to roll with it
Just roll
Roll with it
Just roll with it
You've got to roll with it
You've got to
You've got to
You've got to
Roll
Everybody
Anybody
Everybody roll with it
Everybody
Anybody
Everybody roll
Everybody roll
Everybody roll
Lyrics submitted by cutecreativeangel
Roll with It Lyrics as written by Veit U. Renn Jolyon W. Skinner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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