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"
When something in the deepest part of you
Is telling you the things you need to do
When something in the very heart of you
Is showing you the things you know are true
You can hear it now
Growing stronger now
Reaching out to grip the heart in you
And you know it's right
And you know that you need Him tonight
And you know you've been running away too long
And you know it's right
And you know that you owe Him your life
'Cause you know that He's given his life for you
Somewhere deep inside when you know it's right
There's just no other place for you to run
And when something inside your very soul and mind
Is begging you to do what must be done
You can hear it now
Growing stronger now
Reaching out to grip the heart in you
And you know it's right
And you know that you need Him tonight
And you know you've been running away too long
And you know it's right
And you know that you owe Him your life
'Cause you know that He's given his life for you
And you know you gotta give it up
You gotta give it all
And everything you are
'Cause everything you want
You know you'll find it all in Him, in Him
And you know it's right
And you know that you need Him tonight
And you know you've been running away too long
And you know it's right
And you know that you owe Him your life
'Cause you know that He's given his life for you
Is telling you the things you need to do
When something in the very heart of you
Is showing you the things you know are true
You can hear it now
Growing stronger now
Reaching out to grip the heart in you
And you know it's right
And you know that you need Him tonight
And you know you've been running away too long
And you know it's right
And you know that you owe Him your life
'Cause you know that He's given his life for you
Somewhere deep inside when you know it's right
There's just no other place for you to run
And when something inside your very soul and mind
Is begging you to do what must be done
You can hear it now
Growing stronger now
Reaching out to grip the heart in you
And you know it's right
And you know that you need Him tonight
And you know you've been running away too long
And you know it's right
And you know that you owe Him your life
'Cause you know that He's given his life for you
And you know you gotta give it up
You gotta give it all
And everything you are
'Cause everything you want
You know you'll find it all in Him, in Him
And you know it's right
And you know that you need Him tonight
And you know you've been running away too long
And you know it's right
And you know that you owe Him your life
'Cause you know that He's given his life for you
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