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"
Let's go now, it's open season
Going through these life changes
Gotta keep my feet moving
I'm looking up at the sky
Gotta keep my eyes open
Gonna keep my mind racing
I keep on trying to fly
We almost died
Learning how to survive the fast life
You know they say that nothing lasts forever
You know they said we'd never stay together
It's a long way down, can't turn back now
Going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Let's go!
Yeah, we always try to stand up to the lies
We said we'll never give up 'til we die
And try to help our friends, we learn to live again
We'll never say it's over 'til the end
We almost died
Learning how to survive the fast life
You know they say that nothing lasts forever
You know they said we'd never stay together
It's a long way down, can't turn back now
Going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Don't you know that life changes?
You know that love changes
The pain, it rearranges
Best friends become strangers
Don't you know that life changes?
You know that love changes
The pain, it rearranges
Best friends become strangers
So you get up and shake it off
Smile at everyone you meet
Put your best foot forward, chip on your shoulder
It's like you can't be beat
It's like we can't be beat
Whoa, whoa, going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Whoa, whoa, going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
You know they say that nothing lasts forever
You know they said we'd never stay together
It's a long way down, can't turn back now
Going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Whoa, whoa, going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Whoa, whoa, going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Gotta keep my feet moving
I'm looking up at the sky
Gotta keep my eyes open
Gonna keep my mind racing
I keep on trying to fly
We almost died
Learning how to survive the fast life
You know they say that nothing lasts forever
You know they said we'd never stay together
It's a long way down, can't turn back now
Going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Let's go!
Yeah, we always try to stand up to the lies
We said we'll never give up 'til we die
And try to help our friends, we learn to live again
We'll never say it's over 'til the end
We almost died
Learning how to survive the fast life
You know they say that nothing lasts forever
You know they said we'd never stay together
It's a long way down, can't turn back now
Going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Don't you know that life changes?
You know that love changes
The pain, it rearranges
Best friends become strangers
Don't you know that life changes?
You know that love changes
The pain, it rearranges
Best friends become strangers
So you get up and shake it off
Smile at everyone you meet
Put your best foot forward, chip on your shoulder
It's like you can't be beat
It's like we can't be beat
Whoa, whoa, going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Whoa, whoa, going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
You know they say that nothing lasts forever
You know they said we'd never stay together
It's a long way down, can't turn back now
Going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Whoa, whoa, going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
Whoa, whoa, going through these life changes
Going through these life changes
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this is the most amazing song that htye have i think. i mean its sooooo cool! its like wat my life is like, i mean me n my EX b/f..yes EX (lol) had this as our song, and i listen to it still everyday cuz no matter wat ill lov em. i mean it makes me want to CHANGE tha things that i did...n tha things i messed up on, and then things can go back to tha way they were, its to bad tho cuz i know it cant. this song is about love at first sight, n i met him at a basketball game, n i knew when i saw him, i wanted to have him, it was a crowded room, i only saw him.....everytime i here this i want to cry! i hope it touches someone else like it touches me. ..