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"
(may not be exact)
Oh
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Yeah
Am I coming through?
Am I coming through?
Is it sweet and pure and true?
Devil came by this morning,
Said he had something to show me,
I was looking like I'd never seen a face before,
Here we go now lets slide in through the open door.
Pictures and things that I've done before,
Circling around me I'm here on the floor,
I'm dreaming this and I'm dreaming that,
Regretting nothing think about that.
[Chorus]
I see waves break and form on my horizons,
Yeah I'm shining,
I'm seeing waves break and form on my horizons,
Lord I'm shining,
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
You know I always lost my mind,
I can't explain where I've been,
You know I always lost my mind,
I can't explain where I've been,
You know I almost lost my my mind,
I couldn't explain what I've seen.
I have been down my (unintelligible),
To find that the images are fading away.
I see waves break and form on my horizons,
Yeah I'm shining,
I'm seeing waves break and form on my horizons,
Lord I'm shining,
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
You know I always lost my mind,
I can't explain where I've been,
You know I almost lost my my mind,
I couldn't explain the things I've seen.
But now I think I see the light
But now I think I see the light
Lend me a hand,
Lend me your hand,
Lend me a hand,
Lend me your hand,
Lend me your hand.
I see waves break and form on my horizons,
Yeah I'm shining,
I'm seeing waves break and form on my horizons,
Lord I'm shining,
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
You know I always lost my mind,
But now I'm home and I'm free,
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Oh ma ma ma ma ma ma man
[Repeat: x12]
You'd better go to bed now
My heart is so damn free,
My heart is so damn free,
You know I always lost my mind,
But now I'm home and I'm free
[Repeat: x10]
Did I pass the acid test?
Oh ma ma ma ma ma ma man
Oh
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Yeah
Am I coming through?
Am I coming through?
Is it sweet and pure and true?
Devil came by this morning,
Said he had something to show me,
I was looking like I'd never seen a face before,
Here we go now lets slide in through the open door.
Pictures and things that I've done before,
Circling around me I'm here on the floor,
I'm dreaming this and I'm dreaming that,
Regretting nothing think about that.
[Chorus]
I see waves break and form on my horizons,
Yeah I'm shining,
I'm seeing waves break and form on my horizons,
Lord I'm shining,
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
You know I always lost my mind,
I can't explain where I've been,
You know I always lost my mind,
I can't explain where I've been,
You know I almost lost my my mind,
I couldn't explain what I've seen.
I have been down my (unintelligible),
To find that the images are fading away.
I see waves break and form on my horizons,
Yeah I'm shining,
I'm seeing waves break and form on my horizons,
Lord I'm shining,
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
You know I always lost my mind,
I can't explain where I've been,
You know I almost lost my my mind,
I couldn't explain the things I've seen.
But now I think I see the light
But now I think I see the light
Lend me a hand,
Lend me your hand,
Lend me a hand,
Lend me your hand,
Lend me your hand.
I see waves break and form on my horizons,
Yeah I'm shining,
I'm seeing waves break and form on my horizons,
Lord I'm shining,
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
Oh are you hearing me, like I'm hearing you
You know I always lost my mind,
But now I'm home and I'm free,
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Did I pass the acid test?
Oh ma ma ma ma ma ma man
[Repeat: x12]
You'd better go to bed now
My heart is so damn free,
My heart is so damn free,
You know I always lost my mind,
But now I'm home and I'm free
[Repeat: x10]
Did I pass the acid test?
Oh ma ma ma ma ma ma man
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the bit at the end 'did i pass the acid test?' is him asking if he has done ok.
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This song is great ! Cant stop listenning it ! I hear : "... did i pass the acid test did i pass yes it says .." OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Cankerfr
whats up with the ????... I thought those lines were the easiest to listen to...
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