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"
Mhm
No, yeah
Ohh, oh
I woke up this morning with a smile on my face (ah-ooh)
And nobody's gonna bring me down today (ah-ooh)
Been feeling like nothing's been going my way lately
But I decided right here, right now
That my outlook's gonna change
That's why I'm gonna
Say goodbye to all the tears I've cried and
Every time somebody hurt my pride and
Feeling like they won't let me live life and
Take the time to look at what is mine
I see every blessing so clearly
I thank God for what I got from above
I believe they can take anything from me
But they can't succeed in taking my inner-peace from me
They can say all they wanna say about me
But I, I'm gonna carry on (carry on)
Keep on (keep on)
Singin' my song
(La, la, la, la-la) ayy
(La-la-la-la-la) yeah, yeah, yeah
(La, la, la, la, la)
I never wanna dwell on the pain again, ooh, no, no (ah-ooh)
There's no use in re-living how I hurt back then, oh, no, no c(ah-ooh)
Remembering too well the hell I felt when I was running out of faith, oh
Every step I'm 'bout to take, ooh, was towards a better day
'Cause I'm about to
Say farewell to every single lie and
All the fears I've held too long inside
Every time I felt I couldn't try
All the negativity inside
For too long I've been struggling, couldn't go on
But now I've found
I'm feeling strong and I'm moving on
I believe they can take anything from me (I believe)
But they can't succeed in taking my inner peace my inner peace, oh)
And they can say all they wanna say about me
But I, I'm gonna carry on (carry on)
I'ma keep on (keep on)
Singin' my song
(La, la, la, la-la)
(La-la-la-la-la)
(La, la, la, la, la) yeah, whoa-whoa, ooh
Every time I tried to be what they wanted from me
It never came naturally
So I ended up in misery (in misery)
Wasn't able to see (couldn't see)
All the good around me (around me)
Wasted so much energy on what they thought of me
Than simply just remembering to breathe
Ohh, oh whoa, oh yeah
I'm humanly unable to please
Everyone at the same time, so now I find
My peace of mind living one day at a time
In the end, I answer to one God
It comes down to one love
Until I get to Heaven above
I have made the decision, never to give in
'Til the day I die no matter what
I'm gonna carry on
I'ma keep on
Singing my song
(La, la, la, la-la)
(La-la-la-la-la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
Oh, whoa
I believe they can take anything from me (I believe)
But they can't succeed in taking my inner peace from me
They can do what they wanna, say what they wanna say, oh whoa
They can say what they wanna
But I'm gonna (I'm gonna)
Keep on (keep on), woo
I believe that they can take from me
But they can't take my inner peace
Ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say what they wanna say (wanna say)
I'm gonna sing my song
Whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Hey, I said
Hi, dawg (hi)
Hey, dawg, it's me Wassim (hi)
Is that it? (yes)
Are we done? (You're done)
Can we go home now? (Goodbye)
Diginose
Stop, it still hurts though
Please, thank you
I'm done (you're welcome)
No, yeah
Ohh, oh
I woke up this morning with a smile on my face (ah-ooh)
And nobody's gonna bring me down today (ah-ooh)
Been feeling like nothing's been going my way lately
But I decided right here, right now
That my outlook's gonna change
That's why I'm gonna
Say goodbye to all the tears I've cried and
Every time somebody hurt my pride and
Feeling like they won't let me live life and
Take the time to look at what is mine
I see every blessing so clearly
I thank God for what I got from above
I believe they can take anything from me
But they can't succeed in taking my inner-peace from me
They can say all they wanna say about me
But I, I'm gonna carry on (carry on)
Keep on (keep on)
Singin' my song
(La, la, la, la-la) ayy
(La-la-la-la-la) yeah, yeah, yeah
(La, la, la, la, la)
I never wanna dwell on the pain again, ooh, no, no (ah-ooh)
There's no use in re-living how I hurt back then, oh, no, no c(ah-ooh)
Remembering too well the hell I felt when I was running out of faith, oh
Every step I'm 'bout to take, ooh, was towards a better day
'Cause I'm about to
Say farewell to every single lie and
All the fears I've held too long inside
Every time I felt I couldn't try
All the negativity inside
For too long I've been struggling, couldn't go on
But now I've found
I'm feeling strong and I'm moving on
I believe they can take anything from me (I believe)
But they can't succeed in taking my inner peace my inner peace, oh)
And they can say all they wanna say about me
But I, I'm gonna carry on (carry on)
I'ma keep on (keep on)
Singin' my song
(La, la, la, la-la)
(La-la-la-la-la)
(La, la, la, la, la) yeah, whoa-whoa, ooh
Every time I tried to be what they wanted from me
It never came naturally
So I ended up in misery (in misery)
Wasn't able to see (couldn't see)
All the good around me (around me)
Wasted so much energy on what they thought of me
Than simply just remembering to breathe
Ohh, oh whoa, oh yeah
I'm humanly unable to please
Everyone at the same time, so now I find
My peace of mind living one day at a time
In the end, I answer to one God
It comes down to one love
Until I get to Heaven above
I have made the decision, never to give in
'Til the day I die no matter what
I'm gonna carry on
I'ma keep on
Singing my song
(La, la, la, la-la)
(La-la-la-la-la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
Oh, whoa
I believe they can take anything from me (I believe)
But they can't succeed in taking my inner peace from me
They can do what they wanna, say what they wanna say, oh whoa
They can say what they wanna
But I'm gonna (I'm gonna)
Keep on (keep on), woo
I believe that they can take from me
But they can't take my inner peace
Ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Say what they wanna say (wanna say)
I'm gonna sing my song
Whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Hey, I said
Hi, dawg (hi)
Hey, dawg, it's me Wassim (hi)
Is that it? (yes)
Are we done? (You're done)
Can we go home now? (Goodbye)
Diginose
Stop, it still hurts though
Please, thank you
I'm done (you're welcome)
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