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-ohoh-ohoh
oh-ohoh-ohohoh
oh-ohoh-ohoh
Am I givin enough, is it all it sould be
When the water gets rough, will you still swim with me?
So afraid to come close, I know that it may be too soon
It may be too much, for you to consume
Chorus:
And I want to know if I can live inside your world
And I want to know if I can give it to you girl
You know that I want to say it,
You know that I need to say it,
You know that I'd love to say it,
My love just goes on and on and on
I give you all that you need, there's no better place you could be
And I know that in time, you'll believe me
So please hold out your hand, and let's exchange these golden bands
Cause I want you in my life, I want you to be my wife
(chorus)
My girl, is so special
I want to give it all to you, loving you on and on
My girl, is so special
I want to give it all to you, loving you on and on
You know that I want to say it,
you know that I need to say it,
you know that I'd love to say it,
My love just goes on and on and on
(repeat 1)
My love just goes on and on and on
oh-ohoh-ohohoh
oh-ohoh-ohoh
Am I givin enough, is it all it sould be
When the water gets rough, will you still swim with me?
So afraid to come close, I know that it may be too soon
It may be too much, for you to consume
Chorus:
And I want to know if I can live inside your world
And I want to know if I can give it to you girl
You know that I want to say it,
You know that I need to say it,
You know that I'd love to say it,
My love just goes on and on and on
I give you all that you need, there's no better place you could be
And I know that in time, you'll believe me
So please hold out your hand, and let's exchange these golden bands
Cause I want you in my life, I want you to be my wife
(chorus)
My girl, is so special
I want to give it all to you, loving you on and on
My girl, is so special
I want to give it all to you, loving you on and on
You know that I want to say it,
you know that I need to say it,
you know that I'd love to say it,
My love just goes on and on and on
(repeat 1)
My love just goes on and on and on
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