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"
Like I said
Leave your baggage at the back door
I'm leaving you the way I think it should be
We're always pulling into places that we can't back out of
Starting fights we can't talk our way out of them
How does it feel to be on the receiving end of this one?
I'm half way there and it's all on me
This is what I get for wanting more
This is the way it has to be
Dancing on all these changes
So I walk around with this rope in my hand
So I'll tie it around and around
I'll tie me down
I'll fantasize of being manic
And leaving us behind
In your eyes you were the one that tried
Acceptance is what holds us here
And you my dear are the one I fear tonight
We'll try just one more time
This is the moment that we all live for
Are you ready?
I'm half way there and it's all on me
This is what I get for wanting more
This is the way it has to be
Dancing on all these changes
So I walk around with this rope in my hand
So I'll tie it around and around
I'll tie me down
You can't see past my waving hands
Just running away again
You think so loud it hurts my ears...
I want to know how to get through this
Without choking up
I can't feel you
You're so far from me
I'm half way there and it's all on me
Leave your baggage at the back door
I'm leaving you the way I think it should be
We're always pulling into places that we can't back out of
Starting fights we can't talk our way out of them
How does it feel to be on the receiving end of this one?
I'm half way there and it's all on me
This is what I get for wanting more
This is the way it has to be
Dancing on all these changes
So I walk around with this rope in my hand
So I'll tie it around and around
I'll tie me down
I'll fantasize of being manic
And leaving us behind
In your eyes you were the one that tried
Acceptance is what holds us here
And you my dear are the one I fear tonight
We'll try just one more time
This is the moment that we all live for
Are you ready?
I'm half way there and it's all on me
This is what I get for wanting more
This is the way it has to be
Dancing on all these changes
So I walk around with this rope in my hand
So I'll tie it around and around
I'll tie me down
You can't see past my waving hands
Just running away again
You think so loud it hurts my ears...
I want to know how to get through this
Without choking up
I can't feel you
You're so far from me
I'm half way there and it's all on me
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ok that first line isn't even close i didn't even bother to look at the rest of it.. I believe the first line in the song is something along the lines of
So lets not even try alright, something it up and throw it out the something.
im pretty sure this isnt 100% yet, but its just a great song so i posted what i thought could be right for now, ok well enjoy and take care.
oops I was reading wrong song lol sorry
lol nice job bliksta, its all good everyone makes mistakes.
haha. couldn't help but crack up there. never heard this song yet.. but i'm searching around. until then.
this is what i think the lyrics are
Like I said, "leave your baggage at the back door" But i'm leaving you the way I think it should be We're always pulling into spaces that we can't back out of Starting Fights, We can Talk our way out of this
How does it feel to be on the recieving end of this one? "of this one?"
I'm Half way there and its all on me This is what i get for wanting more For Wanting more
This is the Way its got to be Desolate, Alone, and Searching? So I'll walk around with this rope in my hand So i'll tie it around, and around and around I'll tie me down
I'll fanticize of leading many Leaving us Behind In your eyes, you were the one that tried
If seconds is what hold us here then you my dear are the one i fear tonight WE'll try this one more time
This is the moment that we all look for: Are You Ready? Are You Ready?
I'm Half way there and its all on me This is what i get for wanting more For Wanting more
This is the Way its got to be Desolate, Alone, and Searching? So I'll walk around with this rope in my hand So i'll tie it around, and around and around I'll tie me down
You Can't see past my waving hands Just Running Away Again You Cant See Past My Waving Hands... Goodbye
It Gets So Loud It Hurts My Ears
I Wanna Know How To Get Through This How To Get Through This Without Choking UP
I Cant Feel You Your So Far From Me I'm half way there its all on me (Singing) This is What You get for wanting more Far From Me (Screaming)
thats my best stab at it so change it if you think i'm more correct
Thanks Chadeous
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The only thing that's different is the chorus, but he's screaming "I don't care" and it sounds so intense. I suggest all of you give it a listen if you can get ahold of it.
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