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"
Oh I wish that life was like a gameshow,
I could use my smarts and my intelligence.
Oh my folks would be so very proud of me,
if I won them a years supply of Captain Crunch.
Oh I wish that life was more like Card Sharks,
all you'd have to do is pick the right card.
But I hope that life is not like Jeopardy,
just because Jeopardy's a little too hard.
If I don't win the Sony television, or a stereo,
a case of Rice-A-Roni will last me for a year or so.
You too can be a winner,
even though you are only a beginner.
Being lucky is a given,
when you're rolling with Merv Griffin.
Life's a wheel and you spin it.
Not how you play but, but how you win it.
Life's a stage and we are the players.
Joker, joker, double slayer.
Oh I think it's time I had a break now,
everyday's the same you know I'm feeling stuck.
If the Wheel of Fortune will not let me play,
I could always try my hand at Press Your Luck.
I never knew that life could be so easy,
I can be the boss of my own company.
It is only five half-hour shifts every week,
cash and prizes make for me a great salary.
Pat Sajak is a saviour, he always has a vowel for sale.
If I could pick the mayor, I'd vote for Wink Martendale.
Life's a wheel and you spin it.
Not how you play but, but how you win it.
Everyday I slave a stupid job,
when I could be winning on a gameshow.
Never worry, don't fret now.
Win yourself a new Corvette now.
Be a star on television,
if you make the right decision.
Life's a wheel and you spin it.
Not how you play but, but how you win it.
Life's a stage and we are the players.
Joker, joker, double slayer.
I could use my smarts and my intelligence.
Oh my folks would be so very proud of me,
if I won them a years supply of Captain Crunch.
Oh I wish that life was more like Card Sharks,
all you'd have to do is pick the right card.
But I hope that life is not like Jeopardy,
just because Jeopardy's a little too hard.
If I don't win the Sony television, or a stereo,
a case of Rice-A-Roni will last me for a year or so.
You too can be a winner,
even though you are only a beginner.
Being lucky is a given,
when you're rolling with Merv Griffin.
Life's a wheel and you spin it.
Not how you play but, but how you win it.
Life's a stage and we are the players.
Joker, joker, double slayer.
Oh I think it's time I had a break now,
everyday's the same you know I'm feeling stuck.
If the Wheel of Fortune will not let me play,
I could always try my hand at Press Your Luck.
I never knew that life could be so easy,
I can be the boss of my own company.
It is only five half-hour shifts every week,
cash and prizes make for me a great salary.
Pat Sajak is a saviour, he always has a vowel for sale.
If I could pick the mayor, I'd vote for Wink Martendale.
Life's a wheel and you spin it.
Not how you play but, but how you win it.
Everyday I slave a stupid job,
when I could be winning on a gameshow.
Never worry, don't fret now.
Win yourself a new Corvette now.
Be a star on television,
if you make the right decision.
Life's a wheel and you spin it.
Not how you play but, but how you win it.
Life's a stage and we are the players.
Joker, joker, double slayer.
Lyrics submitted by vinny
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