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 in envy of addicts,
you're obsessed with stars.
Dont, dont you sound so excited,
showing me your vanity.
Whisper it once, just a little bit.
C'mon whisper it twice,
I cant stand to see the spotlight shine one more night.
Its killing me to see you.
Just tie the rope and kick the chair. Just leave me hanging there,
gasping for air yeah,
dont mind me three feet from the ceiling.
And i think i know why you never get to close.
It's cause youre too scared to.
When im with you theres no point in breathing.
You'd rather watch me drown,
then see your hands get wet.
You took the plot from stage to screen,
and turned it to an epic scene.
So whisper it once, tell me again.
C'mon whisper it twice,
I cant stand to see my whole life flah before my eyes.
When im with you theres no point in breathing.
No point in breathing
Just tie the rope and kick the chair. Just leave me hanging there,
gasping for air yeah,
dont mind me three feet from the ceiling.
And i think i know why you never get to close.
It's cause youre too scared to.
When im with you theres no point in breathing.
So, so you run away for no apparent reason,
cause you and i are changing with the seasons.
Don't give me an answer as to why youre leaving.
The tables are full but nobodys been dealing,
so fold your hand
C'mon and fold your hand
Just tie the rope and kick the chair. Just leave me hanging there,
gasping for air yeah,
dont mind me three feet from the ceiling.
And i think i know why you never get to close.
It's cause youre too scared to.
When im with you theres no point in breathing.
you're obsessed with stars.
Dont, dont you sound so excited,
showing me your vanity.
Whisper it once, just a little bit.
C'mon whisper it twice,
I cant stand to see the spotlight shine one more night.
Its killing me to see you.
Just tie the rope and kick the chair. Just leave me hanging there,
gasping for air yeah,
dont mind me three feet from the ceiling.
And i think i know why you never get to close.
It's cause youre too scared to.
When im with you theres no point in breathing.
You'd rather watch me drown,
then see your hands get wet.
You took the plot from stage to screen,
and turned it to an epic scene.
So whisper it once, tell me again.
C'mon whisper it twice,
I cant stand to see my whole life flah before my eyes.
When im with you theres no point in breathing.
No point in breathing
Just tie the rope and kick the chair. Just leave me hanging there,
gasping for air yeah,
dont mind me three feet from the ceiling.
And i think i know why you never get to close.
It's cause youre too scared to.
When im with you theres no point in breathing.
So, so you run away for no apparent reason,
cause you and i are changing with the seasons.
Don't give me an answer as to why youre leaving.
The tables are full but nobodys been dealing,
so fold your hand
C'mon and fold your hand
Just tie the rope and kick the chair. Just leave me hanging there,
gasping for air yeah,
dont mind me three feet from the ceiling.
And i think i know why you never get to close.
It's cause youre too scared to.
When im with you theres no point in breathing.
Lyrics submitted by jessay
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I'm in envy of addicts, you're obsessed with stars. Dont, dont you sound so excited, showing me your vanity. Whisper it once, just a little bit. C'mon whisper it twice, I cant stand to see the spotlight shine one more night. Its killing me to see you.
^To me this part is setting the stage for what he's going to say...he wishes she would just commit and not be so dreamy (obsessed with stars). He begins the "stage" analogy--almost as if this girl is the lead actress in a play. This is kind of saying that all the drama surrounds her, or that she likes to cause drama when there isn't any. It's "killing him" to see her on stage, etc.
The chorus is just talking about every time he's with her--that he feels like he's being hung, that when he's with her he might as well forget about breathing because she's just going to hang him again anyway.
"You'd rather watch me drown, then see your hands get wet. You took the plot from stage to screen, and turned it to an epic scene. So whisper it once, tell me again. C'mon whisper it twice, I cant stand to see my whole life flah before my eyes. When im with you theres no point in breathing. No point in breathing"
This part begins by showing how she wouldn't do anything to save the relationship--it might "get her hands wet" as he puts it. Then he brings back the stage analogy--she is starting more drama by bringing it from "stage to screen...epic scene" and he's getting sick of the way she makes things bigger than they are. So, so you run away for no apparent reason, cause you and i are changing with the seasons. Don't give me an answer as to why youre leaving. The tables are full but nobodys been dealing, so fold your hand C'mon and fold your hand
This part just shows how she runs away, almost because she enjoys the "drama" of it, or whatever, and he says "Nothing's going on, nobody's dealing, give up" etc.
At least that's my take on it :]