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"
I'm tired
From exploring you
I'm sorry
You've had some scary days
I'm lucky
They had me on a leash
Exposing, sometimes you frighten me
And it's too bad
You're so sad
I wish you could have had what I had
I'm loathing
Most of your history
Hesitation
But then you siphon me, yeah
Your potential
Well I'll indulge in that
Violent timing
Explains the aftermath
And it's too bad
You're so sad
I wish you could have had what I had
And it's so sad, it's too bad
Maybe I can make you feel better
Oh maybe I'm supposed to make you feel better
I want to comfort you
I want to comfort you
I want to comfort you
Unlike you I had it easy
You're dark blue
Stained from previous days
And you're so sad
It's too bad
I wish you could have had what I had
And it's too bad you're so sad
Maybe I can make you feel better
I'm sorry
I'm sorry
I want to comfort you
I want to comfort you oh oh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
You're dark blue, yeah yeah
From exploring you
I'm sorry
You've had some scary days
I'm lucky
They had me on a leash
Exposing, sometimes you frighten me
And it's too bad
You're so sad
I wish you could have had what I had
I'm loathing
Most of your history
Hesitation
But then you siphon me, yeah
Your potential
Well I'll indulge in that
Violent timing
Explains the aftermath
And it's too bad
You're so sad
I wish you could have had what I had
And it's so sad, it's too bad
Maybe I can make you feel better
Oh maybe I'm supposed to make you feel better
I want to comfort you
I want to comfort you
I want to comfort you
Unlike you I had it easy
You're dark blue
Stained from previous days
And you're so sad
It's too bad
I wish you could have had what I had
And it's too bad you're so sad
Maybe I can make you feel better
I'm sorry
I'm sorry
I want to comfort you
I want to comfort you oh oh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
You're dark blue, yeah yeah
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Wow, I really never saw this song the way other people see it. I had such a clear interpretation of it, so it's interesting to see all these perspectives.
That being said, I strongly feel it's not about a friendship. It's about a relationship. It's about growing apart from your lover, but still WANTING to be in love with them, but realizing that the love is gone. She said "It's too bad you're so sad, I wish you could have had what I had.." This, to me, means that Gwen was happy in the relationship. She wishes that her lover saw their relationship SHE sees it; blissful, happy. But he could only see the bad, was complicated ("You've had some scary days" -- meaning this person battled some scary thoughts about Gwen, their relationship, etc.) and so forth. That's why Gwen apologizes at the end. The last line "I'm Sorry" is.... I mean... no words. A truly beautiful way to end the song. She wants her lover to know that she's sorry, and she hopes that they know it's not her fault that the love disappeared.
Sorry if that makes no sense. It makes too much sense to me. I can't see this song any other way. But everyone has their unique interpretation which gives the song a personal meaning to them.
I agree with you, and it makes perfect sence, that's what I think of it. "wish you could of had what I had" I think with that she means that she experienced and very happy real lively relationship before and that he hasn't , so basically he wont be able to see it how she sees it. and "your dark blue, stained from previous days" is that he was damaged and he was stained from it , so how I take it is that due to his damage that he cant let go."Hesitation, but then you siphon me" this basically means due to the bad experience from previous days he now hesitats with someone new and/or better than what he had be for and its "siphons" her meaning he drains her, which leads to her being "I'm tired from exploring you." the song is a story about a relationship she wished had worked out but he wore her out, and she couldn't do anything to help fix him so all she can offer would be comfort. sounds like a rebound.<br /> <br /> I can relate to this song, cause I'm going through this now with my bf.