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"
It's great to be a Nerd, It's great to be a Nerd,
The only light we ever see is from our monitor
We argue about comic books and Internet connections
The biggest highlight of the year is the Star Trek Convention
Our Town's not big enough to sign up any stars
But we once met a red shirt who was phased by a Borg
It's great to be a Nerd, It's great to be a Nerd,
We wear our Star Trek uniforms and talk like Captain Kirk
We have our own heroes, who we try to emulate,
I dream of one day being as sexy as Bill Gates
We hate watching sports cause were reading Carl Sagan
But we'd watch the Olympics if they played Dungeons and Dragons
I'm A hobbit
It's great to be a Nerd, It's great to be a Nerd,
We think Tolkien was a genius and Shakespeare was a turd
We rarely get a date, or get talked to by a girl
Unless they're having trouble with their Algebra homework
Were emotionally bereft and sexually frustrated
But we can download photographs of agent Scully naked
(Nerdish Laugh)
It's great to be a Nerd, It's great to be a Nerd,
We know the truth is out there but we'd have to leave our rooms
We are the nerds in your neighborhood
Polyesters a fashion statement
But theres more room on the beach for you
Cause were locked in our basement
It's great to be a Nerd, It's great to be a Nerd,
We like to wear colors that do not appear in nature
It's great to be a poorly dressed
Fashionless
Star Treking
Role Playing
90 Pound
When Wet Down
Pasty Skin
Pop Drinking
Underfed Genius
Yes, It's great to be a Nerd
The only light we ever see is from our monitor
We argue about comic books and Internet connections
The biggest highlight of the year is the Star Trek Convention
Our Town's not big enough to sign up any stars
But we once met a red shirt who was phased by a Borg
It's great to be a Nerd, It's great to be a Nerd,
We wear our Star Trek uniforms and talk like Captain Kirk
We have our own heroes, who we try to emulate,
I dream of one day being as sexy as Bill Gates
We hate watching sports cause were reading Carl Sagan
But we'd watch the Olympics if they played Dungeons and Dragons
I'm A hobbit
It's great to be a Nerd, It's great to be a Nerd,
We think Tolkien was a genius and Shakespeare was a turd
We rarely get a date, or get talked to by a girl
Unless they're having trouble with their Algebra homework
Were emotionally bereft and sexually frustrated
But we can download photographs of agent Scully naked
(Nerdish Laugh)
It's great to be a Nerd, It's great to be a Nerd,
We know the truth is out there but we'd have to leave our rooms
We are the nerds in your neighborhood
Polyesters a fashion statement
But theres more room on the beach for you
Cause were locked in our basement
It's great to be a Nerd, It's great to be a Nerd,
We like to wear colors that do not appear in nature
It's great to be a poorly dressed
Fashionless
Star Treking
Role Playing
90 Pound
When Wet Down
Pasty Skin
Pop Drinking
Underfed Genius
Yes, It's great to be a Nerd
Lyrics submitted by Rachey
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lmao! i love this song! i love4 the part about bill gates... hahaha