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'll bite my nails down to the skin as i sketch and plan the artistry, use these wires as tapestry and turn the sky to ash and debris. Step by step with our boken knees while you gouge at your eyes so religiously and you'll never see how i stripped the wires for the first time. The glue in the sky can't hold the stars in place forever, they have to fall some time, so let's start a fire. Just get it over with and strike flint vs sulfer, as i watch you suffer, as the flames get taller and your life goes under.
I'll celebrate your ashes.
I'll TOAST TO THAT.
Celebrate your ashes.
I'll toast to that.
You're like the rest of them my darling.so empty this bottle and feel restored as your head hoards towards the floorboards. Isn't that what you deserve? after all we hadn't have a chance this autum. Our luck went out like the choices, and you chose to wave the gun towards me. What happened to 50/50. Since day one you've been a relentless headahce, but more than loyal through and through.(Thank god something snapped inside of you). You should know by now that i come prepared for circumstance like this so don't be surprised when the leaving intake valves causes this engine in flight to miss. Everything happens for a reason. But we happened to reason everything and ruin everything else. I'd do it again to know why you thought you could get away, when their still searching for fingerprints and evidence on the other 86, victims. Please, anyone, i'm dying for a new technique. Destroy the evidence. I can still hear the resonance. Take this knife away from me and use it to your benefit. I'll celebrete your ashes, I'll toast to that. You and I, perfect partners in crime but after trying to take my life, I owe you the favor. The engine dies, the captain cries. Your life before eyes. This is how i say goodbye. I set the sky on fire tonight.
I'll celebrate your ashes.
I'll TOAST TO THAT.
Celebrate your ashes.
I'll toast to that.
You're like the rest of them my darling.so empty this bottle and feel restored as your head hoards towards the floorboards. Isn't that what you deserve? after all we hadn't have a chance this autum. Our luck went out like the choices, and you chose to wave the gun towards me. What happened to 50/50. Since day one you've been a relentless headahce, but more than loyal through and through.(Thank god something snapped inside of you). You should know by now that i come prepared for circumstance like this so don't be surprised when the leaving intake valves causes this engine in flight to miss. Everything happens for a reason. But we happened to reason everything and ruin everything else. I'd do it again to know why you thought you could get away, when their still searching for fingerprints and evidence on the other 86, victims. Please, anyone, i'm dying for a new technique. Destroy the evidence. I can still hear the resonance. Take this knife away from me and use it to your benefit. I'll celebrete your ashes, I'll toast to that. You and I, perfect partners in crime but after trying to take my life, I owe you the favor. The engine dies, the captain cries. Your life before eyes. This is how i say goodbye. I set the sky on fire tonight.
Lyrics submitted by jhigday
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I'll bite my nails down to the skin. As I sketch and plan the artistry. Use these wires as tapestry. Turn the sky to ash and debris. Step by step with our broken knees. While you gouge at your eyes so religiously. And you'll never see how I stripped the wires for the first time.
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I'll bite my nails down to the skin. As I sketch and plan the artistry. Use these wires as tapestry. Turn the sky to ash and debris. Step-by-step with our broken knees. As you gouge out your eyes so religiously. And you'll never see how I stripped the wires for the first time.
The glue in the sky can't hold the stars in place forever. They have to fall some time, so let's start a fire. Just get it over with. And strike flint vs. sulfur. As I watch you suffer. As the flames get taller. And your life goes under.
I'll celebrate your ashes. I’ll toast to that! [x2]
You're just like the rest of them my darling. So empty this bottle and feel restored, as your head hoards towards the floorboards. Isn't that what you deserve? After all, we hadn't had a chance in Hell this Autumn. Our luck went out like the choices and you chose to wave the gun towards me. Whatever happened to 50/50? Since day one you've been a relentless headache, but more than loyal through and through.
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You should know by now that I come prepared for a circumstance like this. So don't be surprised when the leaking intake valves cause this engine in-flight to miss. Everything happens for a reason. But we happened to reason everything and ruin everything else. And I'd do it again to know why you thought you could get away, when their still searching for fingerprints and evidence on the other 86 victims. Please, anyone, I'm dying for a new technique.
Destroy the evidence. So I can still hear the resonance. Take this knife away from me and use it to your benefit.
I'll celebrate your ashes. I'll toast to that!
You and I. Perfect partners in crime. But after trying to take my life, I owe you the favor.
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I set the sky on fire. I set the sky on fire tonight.