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"
You've tried to open your mouth but only shit would come out
I always wondered where you got it from
You haven't heard a damn word I've said,
You never believed in anything I did
I don't care what you're doing, do what you want to,
Look where it got you
You can't help yourself
I know you'll never change
You say you don't need anyone
And wouldn't have it any other way
Just try to open your eyes and try my life on for size
I always wondered who you're hiding from
You haven't heard a damn word I've said,
You never believed in anything I did
I don't care who you're doing, do who you want to,
Look what it got you
Well you can't help yourself
I know you'll never change
You say you don't need anyone
And wouldn't have it any other way
Oh you made a big mistake, and won't admit it
You say you don't need anyone
Oh you made a big mistake, so don't forget it
I know you'll never change
And wouldn't have it any other way
You can't help yourself
I know you'll never change
You say you don't need anyone
You say you don't need anyone
You say you don't need anyone
You've tried to open your mind and leave your last life behind
I always wondered what you're running from
Oh you made a big mistake, and won't admit it
You say you don't need anyone
Oh you made a big mistake, so don't forget it
I know you'll never change
And wouldn't have it any other way
You say you don't need anyone, anyway
You say you don't need anyone
And wouldn't have it any other way
You say you don't need anyone, anyway
You say you don't need anyone
And wouldn't have it any other way
I always wondered where you got it from
You haven't heard a damn word I've said,
You never believed in anything I did
I don't care what you're doing, do what you want to,
Look where it got you
You can't help yourself
I know you'll never change
You say you don't need anyone
And wouldn't have it any other way
Just try to open your eyes and try my life on for size
I always wondered who you're hiding from
You haven't heard a damn word I've said,
You never believed in anything I did
I don't care who you're doing, do who you want to,
Look what it got you
Well you can't help yourself
I know you'll never change
You say you don't need anyone
And wouldn't have it any other way
Oh you made a big mistake, and won't admit it
You say you don't need anyone
Oh you made a big mistake, so don't forget it
I know you'll never change
And wouldn't have it any other way
You can't help yourself
I know you'll never change
You say you don't need anyone
You say you don't need anyone
You say you don't need anyone
You've tried to open your mind and leave your last life behind
I always wondered what you're running from
Oh you made a big mistake, and won't admit it
You say you don't need anyone
Oh you made a big mistake, so don't forget it
I know you'll never change
And wouldn't have it any other way
You say you don't need anyone, anyway
You say you don't need anyone
And wouldn't have it any other way
You say you don't need anyone, anyway
You say you don't need anyone
And wouldn't have it any other way
Lyrics submitted by Batesmotel1091
Any Other Way Lyrics as written by Dean Henning Back David J. Brenner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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i agree with you man they are a great band and they write songs you can relate to