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"
When you're riding the rails with those wide open eyes
Well, there's one old south paw you will always fight
And alone on a worn-out throne
Is the reigning queen of the question
Why we blind-footed toddlers ever started out
So don't get into it with me
If I goose-step
Across the kitchen floor
You know I still adore
All your mother's old-fashioned ways
I'm so impressed that you hear
My inventions, and that it matters more
Than what you saw with your eyes
Go along with the plan
Your head will still be there where you put it
Under the bed with the ice cream you could never find
And tonight you go to bed and dream
All the world to be what you want it
You got the girly draw now flaunt it
And keep them all checking their watches
When you're out tonight
So don't get into it with me
When I goose-step across the kitchen floor
You know I still adore
All your mother's old-fashioned ways
I'm so impressed that you hear
My inventions, and that it matters more
Than what you saw with your eyes, oh
Well, there's one old south paw you will always fight
And alone on a worn-out throne
Is the reigning queen of the question
Why we blind-footed toddlers ever started out
So don't get into it with me
If I goose-step
Across the kitchen floor
You know I still adore
All your mother's old-fashioned ways
I'm so impressed that you hear
My inventions, and that it matters more
Than what you saw with your eyes
Go along with the plan
Your head will still be there where you put it
Under the bed with the ice cream you could never find
And tonight you go to bed and dream
All the world to be what you want it
You got the girly draw now flaunt it
And keep them all checking their watches
When you're out tonight
So don't get into it with me
When I goose-step across the kitchen floor
You know I still adore
All your mother's old-fashioned ways
I'm so impressed that you hear
My inventions, and that it matters more
Than what you saw with your eyes, oh
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I have a different interpretation for these lyrics, though most of it is sheer speculation.
I think it's about a blooming romance (or deep friendship) between two kids or young teenagers. One of them had an accident when she was small, probably falling from a height, where she got seriously physically injured; ore else she was born with a medical condition; either way, she cannot walk properly (thus the "south paw", that is the leg she will always fight; but that could just refer to a generic physical handicap; riding the rails could refer to the elevators she has to use instead of doing the stairs, or to her wheelchair).She might even be stuck in bed, or in general her body won't allow many movements. In fact, she's not even able to reach under her bed, for the ice cream she lost in or around it. However, she still began this strong relation with the other kid (I'll assume it's a boy because that's the picture I have in my mind, but I'm not 100% sure), who plays and creates stories with her etc ("my inventions") in her house. Therefore, the boy knows her family well ("You know I still adore all your mother's old-fashioned ways") This way, the two progressively sink in a world of their own ("Your head will still be there where you put it, under the bed"; "And tonight you go to bed and dream"), where he can help her imagine that when she grows into a teenager she will be able to go out, be liked by guys and even worry her parents - which will be impossible, because of her condition. She is progressively falling in love with him (I don't know, that's just the feeling I get), partly because he can see beyond her physical limits and enjoy her company, making her a better person too ("I'm so impressed that you hear my inventions, and that it matters more than what you saw with your eyes"), whereas he has some doubts about her interest towards him ("Are your eyes changing hands?"). In fact, they have a few moments of coldness when, while playing a game about soldiers, he goosesteps across the room, reminding her of her condition. The only discordant notes about their relationship is therefore the fact