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 knew, she knew
We both knew
That someday all of this would end
I tried to help
But all I seem to do is hurt
Not only her, but myself
And someday,
I'll be on the road again
And someday, ah ha
I'll meet you at the top, my friend
Don't cry, don't cry...
Although I know it's hard to comprehend
Don't cry, don't cry...
I'll hold your hand if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
Close your eyes
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
And take a big, deep breath
It feels so empty
Without my hand entwined with yours
I don't know where to go
Cause I'm all alone
Ain't got nobody on my side
Can't come around here no more
And someday,
I'll be on the road again
And someday,
I'll meet you at the top, my friend
Don't cry, don't cry...
Although I know it's hard to comprehend
Don't cry, don't cry...
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
Close your eyes
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
Take a big, deep breath
When it all comes down, I'll be there
There is nothing for you to fear
When it all comes down, you'll know
You never have to stand alone
I know you're feeling afraid, girl
I know you're feeling alone
But when you feel you can't make it on your own
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
Close your eyes
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
And take a big, deep breath
We both knew
That someday all of this would end
I tried to help
But all I seem to do is hurt
Not only her, but myself
And someday,
I'll be on the road again
And someday, ah ha
I'll meet you at the top, my friend
Don't cry, don't cry...
Although I know it's hard to comprehend
Don't cry, don't cry...
I'll hold your hand if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
Close your eyes
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
And take a big, deep breath
It feels so empty
Without my hand entwined with yours
I don't know where to go
Cause I'm all alone
Ain't got nobody on my side
Can't come around here no more
And someday,
I'll be on the road again
And someday,
I'll meet you at the top, my friend
Don't cry, don't cry...
Although I know it's hard to comprehend
Don't cry, don't cry...
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
Close your eyes
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
Take a big, deep breath
When it all comes down, I'll be there
There is nothing for you to fear
When it all comes down, you'll know
You never have to stand alone
I know you're feeling afraid, girl
I know you're feeling alone
But when you feel you can't make it on your own
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
Close your eyes
I'll hold your hand, if you'll hold mine
When it all comes down
And take a big, deep breath
Lyrics submitted by sayonara790, edited by iholdher
When It All Comes Down Lyrics as written by Bonnie Leigh Mckee
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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