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 alone and bide my time
Keep my head real high
No comin' back
Fell off the track with nothin' but a sigh
Started getting stronger, living longer for a while
Dodgin' caps now I'm gettin' back
To the top of the pile
Slowed down, spun my ass around
And I came out for the bell
One, two, three
With lightning speed and my opponent fell
Off the street now it's all complete
I thought the trip was through
But I'm missin', didn't listen cause
I'm nothing without you
Nothing without you. Nothing without you
Nothing without you
Born and bred to put ideas in your head
Baby steps are what's keepin' ya spoon-fed
Can't stop to think when your left to wonder
What dope is holdin' the end of the rope
that keeps you under
Pullin' you down and rippin' you down
Cause you're losing your grip, losing your grip
Can't see the ground as you turn around
There's a hit in the pipe
And you know that you slipped
Back in the saddle again
Now all my friends have the ends to buy Benz
Your girl's in my lap, in three seconds flat
All you can do is pretend
Not alone, now I got a home
Turned things upside down
One, two, three with lightning speed
I brought you to the ground
Off the street now it's all complete
You thought the trip was free
But don't be surprised, when you realize
That you're nothing' without me
Nothing without me, Nothing without me
Nothing without me
Keep my head real high
No comin' back
Fell off the track with nothin' but a sigh
Started getting stronger, living longer for a while
Dodgin' caps now I'm gettin' back
To the top of the pile
Slowed down, spun my ass around
And I came out for the bell
One, two, three
With lightning speed and my opponent fell
Off the street now it's all complete
I thought the trip was through
But I'm missin', didn't listen cause
I'm nothing without you
Nothing without you. Nothing without you
Nothing without you
Born and bred to put ideas in your head
Baby steps are what's keepin' ya spoon-fed
Can't stop to think when your left to wonder
What dope is holdin' the end of the rope
that keeps you under
Pullin' you down and rippin' you down
Cause you're losing your grip, losing your grip
Can't see the ground as you turn around
There's a hit in the pipe
And you know that you slipped
Back in the saddle again
Now all my friends have the ends to buy Benz
Your girl's in my lap, in three seconds flat
All you can do is pretend
Not alone, now I got a home
Turned things upside down
One, two, three with lightning speed
I brought you to the ground
Off the street now it's all complete
You thought the trip was free
But don't be surprised, when you realize
That you're nothing' without me
Nothing without me, Nothing without me
Nothing without me
Lyrics submitted by MooWasHere
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