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"
Tonight, I felt stronger, inside of your ways,
It takes a lot to get home, but its OK when the light is always on
I just want you to understand, theirs no need to keep waiting.
Another day in another hand, it could be so different.
A letter to me, your wasting time,
You know you could be, yeah you could shine
But tonight you'll get it right,
You will make a difference
Tonight, tonight, tonight,
Feels so good,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
If I could see through, even so far away
Its all you need too, make it through another day.
Surprise, scream your heart out,
Inside you will hand down,
Today it all seems too strong
If only you would try you'd move on
I just want you to understand, theirs no need to keep waiting.
Another day in another hand, it could be so different.
A letter to me, your wasting time,
You know you could be, yeah you could shine
But tonight you'll get it right,
You will make a difference
Tonight, tonight, tonight,
Feels so good,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
If I could see through, even so far away
Its all you need too, make it through another day.
Tonight, tonight, tonight,
Feels so good,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
If I could see through, even so far away
Its all you need too, make it through another day
It takes a lot to get home, but its OK when the light is always on
I just want you to understand, theirs no need to keep waiting.
Another day in another hand, it could be so different.
A letter to me, your wasting time,
You know you could be, yeah you could shine
But tonight you'll get it right,
You will make a difference
Tonight, tonight, tonight,
Feels so good,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
If I could see through, even so far away
Its all you need too, make it through another day.
Surprise, scream your heart out,
Inside you will hand down,
Today it all seems too strong
If only you would try you'd move on
I just want you to understand, theirs no need to keep waiting.
Another day in another hand, it could be so different.
A letter to me, your wasting time,
You know you could be, yeah you could shine
But tonight you'll get it right,
You will make a difference
Tonight, tonight, tonight,
Feels so good,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
If I could see through, even so far away
Its all you need too, make it through another day.
Tonight, tonight, tonight,
Feels so good,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
If I could see through, even so far away
Its all you need too, make it through another day
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