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"
So you lost your trust
And you never should have
And you never should have
But don't break your back
If you ever see this
But don't answer that
In a bulletproof vest
With the windows all closed
I'll be doing my best
I'll see you soon
In a telescope lens
And when all you want is friends
I'll see you soon
So they came for you
They came snapping at your heels
They come snapping at your heels
But don't break your back
If you ever hear this
But don't answer that
In a bulletproof vest
With the windows all closed
I'll be doing my best
I'll see you soon
In a telescope lens
And when all you want is friends
I'll see you soon
I'll see you soon
I know, you lost your trust
I know, you lost your trust
I Know, don't lose your trust
I know, you lost your trust
And you never should have
And you never should have
But don't break your back
If you ever see this
But don't answer that
In a bulletproof vest
With the windows all closed
I'll be doing my best
I'll see you soon
In a telescope lens
And when all you want is friends
I'll see you soon
So they came for you
They came snapping at your heels
They come snapping at your heels
But don't break your back
If you ever hear this
But don't answer that
In a bulletproof vest
With the windows all closed
I'll be doing my best
I'll see you soon
In a telescope lens
And when all you want is friends
I'll see you soon
I'll see you soon
I know, you lost your trust
I know, you lost your trust
I Know, don't lose your trust
I know, you lost your trust
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A heartfelt and melancholy regret expressed to one's unfaithful lover. Makes me cry, a lot - as I sent it to my boyfriend after breaking up with him because he cheated on me. For me, the lyrics and the tone - very sad, fit perfectly.
So you lost your trust, And you never should have, no you never should have,
She lost faith in the relationship, in him, and was unfaithful. He maintains she never should have...as his love should never have been questioned by her, she made a mistake
But dont break your back, If you ever see this,
Don't break your back bending over backwards apologizing if you ever understand this - 'see' this
Dont answer that.
This is a preemptive "Don't answer that"! As in - he doesn't want to fight anymore
In a bullet proof vest, With the windows all closed, I'll be doing my best, I'll see you soon,
He will need a lot of armour to protect himself, but would be willing to don it to see her. When he does, he will do his best not to remain strong, and not break down in front of her. He will need his armour both because he is vulnerable to the pain of seeing her, and perhaps because she is still wrathful, hence the bulletproof vest
In a telescope lens,
In other words, he may resort to observing her from a safe distance, just for the opportunity to see her
And when all you want is friends,
When all she wants is to be friends and they've finally let their romance go
Ill see you soon.
He longs very much to see her, is perhaps trying to convince himself he'll see her soon because he's anxious, but I think more likely telling her to be patient while he heals
So they came for you,
Here, I suspect her other lovers are those who came for her
They came snapping at your heels, They come snapping at you heels,
As though her male lovers were actually evil dogs chasing/tempting her, that she had little choice to submit too them, or at least justified herself to him by saying this
But dont break your back, If you ever see this,
Again, don't break your back bending over backwards to make amends if you ever understand this - that you ruined the relationship for men that were not worth it
Dont answer that.
Again, the resigned - "Don't answer that", because he doesn't want to fight anymore
In a bullet proof vest, With the windows all closed, Ill be doing my best, Ill see you soon, In a telescope lens, And when all you want is friends, Ill see you soon,
Here there is actually a long note heard, that sounds very much like a mournful and pained crying, which really brings home that this song is about abject heartbreak
Ill see you soon. I know you lost your trust, I know you lost your trust, Dont lose your trust, I know you lost your trust
I wish I would have seen your response first as I just finished typing out almost the exact same thing! Anyone who has ever cheated and regretted it, or been cheated on, knows that this song is about that, word for word.