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"
So you're leaving in the morning
On the early train
Oh, I could say everything's alright
And I could pretend and say good bye
Got your ticket
Got your suitcase
Got your leaving smile
Oh, I could say that's the way it goes
And I could pretend and you won't know
That I was lying
'Cause I can't stop loving you
No, I can't stop loving you
No, I won't stop loving you
Why should i?
We took a taxi to the station
Not a word was said
And I saw you walk across the road
For maybe the last time, I don't know
Feeling humble
I heard a rumble
On the railway track
And when I hear the whistle blow
I'll walk away and you won't know
That I'll be crying
'Cause I can't stop loving you
No, I can't stop loving you
No, I won't stop loving you
Why should i?
(Even try) I'll always be here by your side
(Why, why, why) I never wanted to say goodbye
(Why even try) I'm always here if you change, change your mind
So you're leaving in the morning
On the early train
Oh, I could say everything's alright
And I could pretend and say good bye
But that would be lying
Because I can't stop loving you (can't stop loving you)
No, I can't stop loving you (i won't stop loving you)
No, I won't stop loving you
Why should i? (Why should i? Even try)
Because I can't stop loving you (can't stop loving you)
No, I can't stop loving you (it's all I can do to keep from crying)
No, I won't stop loving you
Why should i? (Why should i?)
Why should i? (Tell me why)
Why should i? Even try
On the early train
Oh, I could say everything's alright
And I could pretend and say good bye
Got your ticket
Got your suitcase
Got your leaving smile
Oh, I could say that's the way it goes
And I could pretend and you won't know
That I was lying
'Cause I can't stop loving you
No, I can't stop loving you
No, I won't stop loving you
Why should i?
We took a taxi to the station
Not a word was said
And I saw you walk across the road
For maybe the last time, I don't know
Feeling humble
I heard a rumble
On the railway track
And when I hear the whistle blow
I'll walk away and you won't know
That I'll be crying
'Cause I can't stop loving you
No, I can't stop loving you
No, I won't stop loving you
Why should i?
(Even try) I'll always be here by your side
(Why, why, why) I never wanted to say goodbye
(Why even try) I'm always here if you change, change your mind
So you're leaving in the morning
On the early train
Oh, I could say everything's alright
And I could pretend and say good bye
But that would be lying
Because I can't stop loving you (can't stop loving you)
No, I can't stop loving you (i won't stop loving you)
No, I won't stop loving you
Why should i? (Why should i? Even try)
Because I can't stop loving you (can't stop loving you)
No, I can't stop loving you (it's all I can do to keep from crying)
No, I won't stop loving you
Why should i? (Why should i?)
Why should i? (Tell me why)
Why should i? Even try
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