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"
Now I know that the end comes
You knew since the beginning
Didn't want to believe it s true
You are alone again, my soul will be with you
Why is the clock even running
If my world isn't turning
Hear your voice in the doorway wind
You are alone again I m only waiting
You tear into pieces my heart
Before you leave with no repentance
I cried to you, my tears turning into blood
I m ready to surrender
You say that I take it too hard
And all I ask is comprehension
Bring back to you a piece of my broken heart
I'm ready to surrender
I remember the moments
Life was short for the romance
Like a rose it will fade away
I'm leaving everything
No regrets, war is over
The return of a soldier
Put my hands on my bleeding heart
I'm leaving all behind
No longer waiting
You tear into pieces my heart
Before you leave with no repentance
I cried to you, my tears turning into blood
I m ready to surrender
You say that I take it too hard
And all I ask is comprehension
Bring back to you a piece of my broken heart
I m ready to surrender
I've waited for so long!
You knew since the beginning
Didn't want to believe it s true
You are alone again, my soul will be with you
Why is the clock even running
If my world isn't turning
Hear your voice in the doorway wind
You are alone again I m only waiting
You tear into pieces my heart
Before you leave with no repentance
I cried to you, my tears turning into blood
I m ready to surrender
You say that I take it too hard
And all I ask is comprehension
Bring back to you a piece of my broken heart
I'm ready to surrender
I remember the moments
Life was short for the romance
Like a rose it will fade away
I'm leaving everything
No regrets, war is over
The return of a soldier
Put my hands on my bleeding heart
I'm leaving all behind
No longer waiting
You tear into pieces my heart
Before you leave with no repentance
I cried to you, my tears turning into blood
I m ready to surrender
You say that I take it too hard
And all I ask is comprehension
Bring back to you a piece of my broken heart
I m ready to surrender
I've waited for so long!
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Taruto is mistaken, jessrox has the idea. I'll explain what I can:
"Now I know that the end comes You Knew since the beginning Didn't want to believe It's true You are alone again"
His relationship is over, perhaps she knew it wouldn't last forever, maybe she played or used him?
"Why's the clock even running If my world Isn't turning"
Very strong words. If you've had your heart broken, it really does feel like there's no point in living. You feel that life is over. Wonderful words here.
"Hear your voice In the doorway wind You are alone again I'm only Waiting"
He can't escape the emotions he's feeling. When you get your heart smashed or even if things just dont work out, you can still occasionally hear your lover's voice out of nowhere, or smell their perfume..no confusion with someone else, it's all a mental thing. I know, I've been through it all. But what he's waiting for, I'm not too sure..
"You tear into pieces my heart before you leave with no repentance I cried to you,my tears turn into blood I'm ready to surrender"
She broke is heart big time, and she didnt care at all. She didn't love him, but he loved her.
"You say That I take it too hard And all I ask Is comprehension Bring back to you A piece of my broken heart I'm ready to surrender"
Again, her coldness is expressed here. She says he takes it too hard, and all he wants is comprehension. He wants to know why she's broken his heart, because he doesnt know why.
"I remember the moments Life was short for the romance Like a rose It will fade away I'm leaving everything"
jessrox said, "Like a rose It will fade away - the memories will fade. Well yeah that was my belief anyway..". That's exactly it, the memories don't fade away, which means he isnt referring to the memories. He's referring to the romance, the feeling of those special intimate moments, the feeling that she loved him the way he loved her. But obviously she didnt, and that is what will fade away.
"No regrets,war is over The return of a soldier Put my hands on my Bleeding Heart I'm leaving all behind No longer waiting"
Here, jessrox is right. The soldiers and war is a metaphor. Used to describe the emotional "war" that rages inside of him probably. The whole song has a war theme to it though, which explains the "surrender". But this verse I don't quite understand either..
"I've waited for so long!"
I still don't understand what he's waiting for, and the surrender...is he going to kill himself? I'm not too sure. Make f it what you will I guess, I've done all i can. And yes this song kicks major balls.
@magoichisaika <br /> <br /> I think he's waiting for her to return to him. The surrender part is maybe the moment realising he won't win her back, so he gives her up.
@magoichisaika The ending seems like he just realized he can't wait no longer<br /> I'm leaving all behind -> everything they built, family, friends, etc<br /> No longer waiting; I've waited for so long -> waited for her to change her mind<br /> <br /> I don't feel like he killed himself in the ending