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 told you I'd there for you
A promise I intend to keep
But the subject matter hits
A little too close to home
And now I can't take back what I gave
With all the times we've seen
The states that we've been in
You always saved me from my troubled self, it seemed
But now I'm hearing all these words you say
And I'm not sure if I can stay
And listen to you melting all my dreams
Baby it's you that kept my feet on the ground
Thought that I could choose
If I always wanted you around
Darling, I do think we need time apart
I still need time to mend my broken seams
I told you I'd listen to you
So I'm all ears
But don't ask me to respond
To your pleas for my advice
'Cause now I'm too burdened to speak
Baby it's you that kept my feet on the ground
Thought that I could choose
If I always wanted you around
Darling, I do think we need time apart
I think the time has come for me to go
I can't be by myself
But there is no one else
And well it hurts to know someone else tastes your lips
(It hurts to know someone else tastes your lips)
But I cannot forget how hard I cried
When I'd discovered you had lied
When you said I could never hurt like this
Baby it's you that kept my feet on the ground
I thought that I could choose
If I always wanted you around
Darling, I do think that we need time apart
And I think the time has come for me to go
'Cause I'm weary, I'm so weary
I told you I'd be there
I'm broken I'm so broken
But I'm here
It's painful, it's so painful
I told you I'd be there
These are secrets I cannot afford to hear
These are secrets I cannot afford to hear
A promise I intend to keep
But the subject matter hits
A little too close to home
And now I can't take back what I gave
With all the times we've seen
The states that we've been in
You always saved me from my troubled self, it seemed
But now I'm hearing all these words you say
And I'm not sure if I can stay
And listen to you melting all my dreams
Baby it's you that kept my feet on the ground
Thought that I could choose
If I always wanted you around
Darling, I do think we need time apart
I still need time to mend my broken seams
I told you I'd listen to you
So I'm all ears
But don't ask me to respond
To your pleas for my advice
'Cause now I'm too burdened to speak
Baby it's you that kept my feet on the ground
Thought that I could choose
If I always wanted you around
Darling, I do think we need time apart
I think the time has come for me to go
I can't be by myself
But there is no one else
And well it hurts to know someone else tastes your lips
(It hurts to know someone else tastes your lips)
But I cannot forget how hard I cried
When I'd discovered you had lied
When you said I could never hurt like this
Baby it's you that kept my feet on the ground
I thought that I could choose
If I always wanted you around
Darling, I do think that we need time apart
And I think the time has come for me to go
'Cause I'm weary, I'm so weary
I told you I'd be there
I'm broken I'm so broken
But I'm here
It's painful, it's so painful
I told you I'd be there
These are secrets I cannot afford to hear
These are secrets I cannot afford to hear
Lyrics submitted by shallremain, edited by iholdher
Sensitive Subject Matter Lyrics as written by Bonnie Leigh Mckee Bonnie Mckee
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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but yeah its about a guy that shes breaking up with even tho she loves him but he cheated on her or sumthin (lied to her big time) & so really she has no choice
I definitely agree with basket case. This was my therapy when my boyfriend cheated on me. He used to be the one that made me stay sane (kept my feet on the ground), but when he cheated on me, I was devastated. I promised to be there for him when he went to Iraq and I felt like I still had to keep that promise, even though he had broken all of his. The last part, "Cause I'm weary, I'm so weary, I told you I'd be there..." really describes how I felt. I was just exhausted from being so hurt and still trying to be there for him (stupid for me to do that, I know). I was broken because I really trusted him and he let me down. Bonnie McKee has some amazing lyrics and many of her songs have helped me through rough times.
I like how she says "I need time to mend my broken seams" Because the word 'heart' could rhyme in there after the first line before that lyric, but it's like she doesn't want to say that her heart was broken.
Which, relates to me. I don't want to say my heart was broken, maybe it ached a bit. I don't want to admit, or even hint at admitting, that I gave my heart at all.
I agree with what's been said. It is such a beautiful song, one of my favorites from Bonnie. It kills me how her voice aches but she refuses to admit she let her guard down to get hurt in the end.
I think she also tries to put on a façade and act like everything is okay, even though she is broken. Very, very pretty song :)