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"
He said, "Angel put that purple skirt on, you know it makes me hot"
He said, "Come on, come on, get on, get up, look like
You're enjoying my company",
Oh and he said, "You can't change the world,
You're another one of my fools
You were born to have my baby now
Don't cry my precious one, 'cause
I ain't got no sympathy for you"
And I am, I feel, like
I wanna bite his head off
Yeah that'd be fun
'Cause I sure got an appetite
I click my heels together three times
They sparked a little, but nothing happened
And the big bad wolf's still in my bed
I am, I feel
(I sometimes think that you forget) that
I am, I feel
I got to get away from here
I am, I feel
This girl's a person you know
I am, I feel
Oh he said, "Angel your halo ain't fitted that good for a little while now
You ain't got that certain glow that I get a kick out of"
(Like it bothered me)
I'm taking it on the chin, with a grin
But my feet are itchin' and itchin',
He says, "Don't cry my precious one
'Cause I ain't got no sympathy for you"
And I am, I feel, like
I wanna smash his face in
Yeah! That'd be fun
'Cause I sure got a fist for a fight
I click my heels together three times
They sparked a little, but nothing happened
And the big bad wolf's still in my bed
And I am, I feel
(I sometimes think that you forget) that
I am, I feel
I got to get away from here
I am, I feel
And this girl's a person you know
I am, I feel
Well it's had to get through it when you're knockin' on wood
And I got to thinkin' I was worth more than he put on my boots
I got a soul if you get down to the roots
I am, I feel
(I sometimes think that you forget) that
I am, I feel
I got to get away from here
I am, I feel
And this girl's a person you know
I am, I feel
I am, and I feel
I am, and I feel
I am, I feel
This girl's a person you know
I am, I feel
I am, I feel
(I sometimes think that you forget) that
I am, and I feel
I got to get away from here
I am, I feel
And this girl's a person you know
He said, "Come on, come on, get on, get up, look like
You're enjoying my company",
Oh and he said, "You can't change the world,
You're another one of my fools
You were born to have my baby now
Don't cry my precious one, 'cause
I ain't got no sympathy for you"
And I am, I feel, like
I wanna bite his head off
Yeah that'd be fun
'Cause I sure got an appetite
I click my heels together three times
They sparked a little, but nothing happened
And the big bad wolf's still in my bed
I am, I feel
(I sometimes think that you forget) that
I am, I feel
I got to get away from here
I am, I feel
This girl's a person you know
I am, I feel
Oh he said, "Angel your halo ain't fitted that good for a little while now
You ain't got that certain glow that I get a kick out of"
(Like it bothered me)
I'm taking it on the chin, with a grin
But my feet are itchin' and itchin',
He says, "Don't cry my precious one
'Cause I ain't got no sympathy for you"
And I am, I feel, like
I wanna smash his face in
Yeah! That'd be fun
'Cause I sure got a fist for a fight
I click my heels together three times
They sparked a little, but nothing happened
And the big bad wolf's still in my bed
And I am, I feel
(I sometimes think that you forget) that
I am, I feel
I got to get away from here
I am, I feel
And this girl's a person you know
I am, I feel
Well it's had to get through it when you're knockin' on wood
And I got to thinkin' I was worth more than he put on my boots
I got a soul if you get down to the roots
I am, I feel
(I sometimes think that you forget) that
I am, I feel
I got to get away from here
I am, I feel
And this girl's a person you know
I am, I feel
I am, and I feel
I am, and I feel
I am, I feel
This girl's a person you know
I am, I feel
I am, I feel
(I sometimes think that you forget) that
I am, and I feel
I got to get away from here
I am, I feel
And this girl's a person you know
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