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"
He's towing the line
he's gendered defined
it's the magic of America
we're always so American
the truth of it is
that he just wants to kiss
that boy that she's talking to
the one that seems to own the room
the way that he dances
the touch of his hands
and the unapologetic way his tiny clothes stick to his frame
with blood alcohol and the drugs in the stall
he feels like he's getting weak
he grabs his coat and starts to leave
with one look back he accepts the fact
it's the magic of America
we're always so American
She's towing the line
she's gendered defined
it's the magic of America
we're always so American
if she had her way
she would know what to say
to that girl that comes into her store
by herself but not alone
it's her confident charm
and the curve of her arms
that tightly bends her circuitry
into a twisted mess of interesting
the girl's outside
and she offers a ride
but she says I think I'll take my bike
it is such a lovely night
with one look back
she accepts the fact
it's the magic of America
we're always so American
By some off chance
they both crossed paths
and found a certain ratio
that pleased them both and made them whole
he likes wearing her clothes
she likes watching him dress
and through all this back and forth
grew a certain innocence
he's not a boy
and she's not a girl
just two individuals
who made their place inside this world
they're destroying the line
t's gender refined
it's the battle for America
Both of them American
he's gendered defined
it's the magic of America
we're always so American
the truth of it is
that he just wants to kiss
that boy that she's talking to
the one that seems to own the room
the way that he dances
the touch of his hands
and the unapologetic way his tiny clothes stick to his frame
with blood alcohol and the drugs in the stall
he feels like he's getting weak
he grabs his coat and starts to leave
with one look back he accepts the fact
it's the magic of America
we're always so American
She's towing the line
she's gendered defined
it's the magic of America
we're always so American
if she had her way
she would know what to say
to that girl that comes into her store
by herself but not alone
it's her confident charm
and the curve of her arms
that tightly bends her circuitry
into a twisted mess of interesting
the girl's outside
and she offers a ride
but she says I think I'll take my bike
it is such a lovely night
with one look back
she accepts the fact
it's the magic of America
we're always so American
By some off chance
they both crossed paths
and found a certain ratio
that pleased them both and made them whole
he likes wearing her clothes
she likes watching him dress
and through all this back and forth
grew a certain innocence
he's not a boy
and she's not a girl
just two individuals
who made their place inside this world
they're destroying the line
t's gender refined
it's the battle for America
Both of them American
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