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"
Its something you always think about. Can he really be gone? Can I just be dreaming? What a nightmare. Why can't I wake up? Have you ever felt like a piece of you is gone forever? How can I continue to go on? When you cry, my eyes. They collapse. I tell myself he's not really gone. But it's hard to hug a ghost. What a nightmare. Why can't I wake up? Have you ever felt like a piece of you is gone forever? How can I continue to go on? When you cry, my eyes. They collapse. Don't leave me...Don't leave me...Don't leave me…I'll never forget the times we shared, the love we'll always have. Please don't ever forget me, you know; you'll always be a piece of me.
Lyrics submitted by hopelessromantic
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this song is about the lead singers [dave stahl] dad who passed away in november. alongwinter.com everything is screamed except the part where it says 'when you cry, my eyes. they collapse'. thats what my boyfriend [owen staszewski] sings. everyone should buy their new cd 'im so bad with goodbyes'. its really good. you can order it off their website. a long winter: alongwinter.com
yes, everyone please buy this album.. you really wont regret spending 10 dollars on it..
This song is just....wow.
A Long Winter is SUCH an amazing band, i baught Im So Bad With Goodbyes and this CD absolutely blew me away, this band has ALOT of talent, make sure you pick up a copy of their cd, or at least download some of their songs on their Mp3.com page, Its Really good shit!
God people...it's generic metalcore. Quit acting like it's the most goundbreaking music ever.