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"
Can the unspoken be replaced by tired words that have been kept inside so long?
Words that should have been honestly said a thousand seconds ago
Instead they lingered deep in the empty souls, trapped beneath the lies
And now we’re left in an uneasy space, avoiding any contact of the eyes
So tell me what happened to our promise of complete honesty
Did that only apply to one, whilst you had your own book of rules?
Because the hurting’s sunk deep into my heart, eating away at me
We may have parted, but you will never get rid of the stain of me
(Chorus)
Yeah I’m going to haunt you; I’ll be your guardian angel when I die
I’ll make sure you’re safe and that nothing will hurt you; all except I
Yeah I promise I’ll make you hurt, I’ll make your home hell without the flames
But you won’t get away as easy as the devil, ‘cause I’ll leave you feeling pain
(Yeah I want you to feel this pain)
Can the pain of lies from years just disappear with three tired words?
I’ve heard ‘I love you’ come from your mouth with another girl on your arm
Did you expect me to just fall at your feet, after years of the same excuse?
Well I’m sorry to disappoint you, but in this game, it’s you that’s come to lose
(‘Cause you’ll never get rid of the stain of me)
(Chorus)
I’ve stained you
I’ve stained your heart, soul, your lips, and kiss
I left my mark yeah do you see me in the mirror?
‘Cause I’ve stained you
Yeah I’m going to be with you forever
You’ll never get rid of the stain of me
(Chorus)
Words that should have been honestly said a thousand seconds ago
Instead they lingered deep in the empty souls, trapped beneath the lies
And now we’re left in an uneasy space, avoiding any contact of the eyes
So tell me what happened to our promise of complete honesty
Did that only apply to one, whilst you had your own book of rules?
Because the hurting’s sunk deep into my heart, eating away at me
We may have parted, but you will never get rid of the stain of me
(Chorus)
Yeah I’m going to haunt you; I’ll be your guardian angel when I die
I’ll make sure you’re safe and that nothing will hurt you; all except I
Yeah I promise I’ll make you hurt, I’ll make your home hell without the flames
But you won’t get away as easy as the devil, ‘cause I’ll leave you feeling pain
(Yeah I want you to feel this pain)
Can the pain of lies from years just disappear with three tired words?
I’ve heard ‘I love you’ come from your mouth with another girl on your arm
Did you expect me to just fall at your feet, after years of the same excuse?
Well I’m sorry to disappoint you, but in this game, it’s you that’s come to lose
(‘Cause you’ll never get rid of the stain of me)
(Chorus)
I’ve stained you
I’ve stained your heart, soul, your lips, and kiss
I left my mark yeah do you see me in the mirror?
‘Cause I’ve stained you
Yeah I’m going to be with you forever
You’ll never get rid of the stain of me
(Chorus)
Lyrics submitted by pretty-in-punk
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I love this!! Absolutely love it!! "Yeah I’m going to haunt you; I’ll be your guardian angel when I die I’ll make sure you’re safe and that nothing will hurt you; all except I "
That just rocks so much. I love the way you write.. cos everything is insightful and then you get something as powerful as that every so often. It's an amazing gift