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"
Sometimes the girl is here
With her indigo eyes
And her brand new gear
She won't stay for long
And she has to walk straight home
Patience, time comes, she says
Kiss me but don't you tell
This is over as soon as this fire burns through
She's on the ocean
He's in the sand
She's stuck in motion
He is sliding gently off her hand
Springtime and turmoil
She pours white wine
And gets herself lost
She falls over
And disappears into the meadows
Wayward and high strung
She is lovesick and ever so strong
Then it's over like none of it ever was real
She's on the ocean
He's in the sand
She's stuck in motion
He slides so gently off her hand
With her indigo eyes
And her brand new gear
She won't stay for long
And she has to walk straight home
Patience, time comes, she says
Kiss me but don't you tell
This is over as soon as this fire burns through
She's on the ocean
He's in the sand
She's stuck in motion
He is sliding gently off her hand
Springtime and turmoil
She pours white wine
And gets herself lost
She falls over
And disappears into the meadows
Wayward and high strung
She is lovesick and ever so strong
Then it's over like none of it ever was real
She's on the ocean
He's in the sand
She's stuck in motion
He slides so gently off her hand
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She's on the ocean - she's in the sand.. The ocean is wild, it's wet, water, and sand is the exact opposite.. She might be all over the place, with no home anymore.. I agree with HungLikeAJury, that the relationship meant more than she thought it would. But I also think, that the man telling the story - or, the man in the story - has an important part, obviously. He has a real hard time figuring her out, and when he's sliding gently of her hand, I don't think it's her choice - she has kept him 'on the hook' for way too long, and he's gives up. It is a TOUGH relationship to be part of, and maybe she is much stronger than he is.
But even though she's strong, I also think she is very troubled. Like, a lot of very secure persons really are insecure, and she hides it well, except when she drinks - she gets herself lost. Gets herself. Like she is doing it on purpose, to get his attention, and as soon as he does, she disappears. She is very troubled.
Hmm. Just a thought.