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 ran into your best friend today
Twelve nights since you ran away
I asked about you and she said, can't say, can't say
I'm feeling lonely and it seems to stay
It's been a while since I felt that way
Well, I can tell you there's no room to play this game
All I know is what I'm missing
What I'm missing is your kissing
Are you listening?
Don't go, don't go telling me you're all right
There's no room for getting uptight
Don't go saying that you're okay
When you're lonely
Baby, don't go telling me we're over
When you know you're my one and only lover
And I won't go saying that we're okay when we're
Lost without each other
'Cause we're lost without each other
'Cause we're lost without each other
I didn't mean to start the last big fight
You never should have hung up that night
All I want to do is make things right
Make it right
Listen, with all the choices that we chose to make
And all the promises we chose to break
We were busy making big mistakes yesterday
All I know is what I'm missing
What I'm missing is your kissing
Are you listening?
Don't go, don't go telling me you're all right
There's no room for getting uptight
Don't go saying that you're okay
When you're lonely
Baby, don't go telling me we're over
When you know you're my one and only lover
And I won't go saying that we're okay when we're
Lost without
I can tell you one thing
We're not better on our own
I'm tired of running from my feelings
Are you listening?
All I know is what I'm missing
What I'm missing is your kissing
Are you listening?
Don't go, don't go telling me you're all right
There's no room for getting uptight
Don't go saying that you're okay
When you're lonely
Baby, don't go telling me we're over
When you know you're my one and only lover
And I won't go saying that we're okay when we're
Lost without each other
Lost without each other
Twelve nights since you ran away
I asked about you and she said, can't say, can't say
I'm feeling lonely and it seems to stay
It's been a while since I felt that way
Well, I can tell you there's no room to play this game
All I know is what I'm missing
What I'm missing is your kissing
Are you listening?
Don't go, don't go telling me you're all right
There's no room for getting uptight
Don't go saying that you're okay
When you're lonely
Baby, don't go telling me we're over
When you know you're my one and only lover
And I won't go saying that we're okay when we're
Lost without each other
'Cause we're lost without each other
'Cause we're lost without each other
I didn't mean to start the last big fight
You never should have hung up that night
All I want to do is make things right
Make it right
Listen, with all the choices that we chose to make
And all the promises we chose to break
We were busy making big mistakes yesterday
All I know is what I'm missing
What I'm missing is your kissing
Are you listening?
Don't go, don't go telling me you're all right
There's no room for getting uptight
Don't go saying that you're okay
When you're lonely
Baby, don't go telling me we're over
When you know you're my one and only lover
And I won't go saying that we're okay when we're
Lost without
I can tell you one thing
We're not better on our own
I'm tired of running from my feelings
Are you listening?
All I know is what I'm missing
What I'm missing is your kissing
Are you listening?
Don't go, don't go telling me you're all right
There's no room for getting uptight
Don't go saying that you're okay
When you're lonely
Baby, don't go telling me we're over
When you know you're my one and only lover
And I won't go saying that we're okay when we're
Lost without each other
Lost without each other
Lyrics submitted by dreamthestars
Lost Without Each Other Lyrics as written by Isaac Hanson Gregg Alexander
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I can't believe no one has posted anything on this song. This is one of my favorite Hanson songs. They preformed this and the crowd went crazy, it was a great concert. Also you should watch the video, It very well but together. I wish this single had gained more popularity. cause when I play this song for my non Hanson friends, the get more respect as being great musicans.
I'm crazy about this song. If it doesn't make you pogo and/or harmonize you have no soul.
This song is awesome, Im not really into Hanson but when I heard this song, I was in love, its so catchy and has a great beat. PROPS TO HANSON !
Damn Hanson, seriously. This song always gets in my head but I do quite like this song. They are becoming more credible now that their 'Mmmbop' days are behind them. Saying that though, they still are very pop and annoy me sometimes.
lyrics great.. this is such an awesome song, the lyrics are sad and about wanting someone back, but it's so sort of upbeat it brings it all back, and me i'm fed up of sad soppy missing someone songs, this is just what i needed, and hanson are back! result!
the great thing about this song is that its not like one of those sappy sad and slow love songs its just kind of you cant deny what you are feeling the relationship is broken at the moment but it is really meant to be.
this song is such an addictive song. especially the chorus !! and its so realistic! like the whole 'ARE YOU LISTENING?' part. and i agree with butt_dance_x2 :D its not sappy but it sill conveys what you feel like when your relationship is breaking up^^ hanson has been getting better and better. i rekon the mv could have been like a mini movie rather than them just singing. cos then it would have been the BEST.
This is probably one of my top 5 favorite songs of all time, and right now The Transplants are playing on my cd player. That should let you know how good this song is.
This song is sooo positive =) i always start to fell beter when I hear Tays voice.. [sorrY for my engLish]
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