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"
""Far away where the sunshine never fades There lies this land the greatest of tales A strong golden gate now slowly moves aside In walks a man exhausted by the tide Finally I've reached my destiny I've crossed the western sea for the land of hope and glory In front of me stands the glorious grand city A feeling that I can breathe and be free Surrounding golden walls finest marble covers the halls Silver-plated streets that glimmer and shine Statues monuments and fountains filled with wine And trees nearly touching the sky In the land of hope and glory I head to the greatest hall Take a deep breath and open the door Is this the land of hope and glory? Sitting on a golden throne An ape holding a scepter of bone It utters: \""The die is cast.\"" Surrounding golden walls finest marble covers the halls Silver-plated streets that glimmer and shine Statues monuments and fountains filled with wine And trees nearly touching the sky Reminiscence Echoes from the homeland Kaikuen laulu raikaa takaa ulapan Kotimaan rannat kutsuu poikaa Pohjolan Hoist the sails it's time to leave these lands behind Rain or hail won't stop me I have made up my mind Surrounded by dark emptiness The sea is cold and merciless All alone I'm heading home Over the vast sea wide and so deep Ahti I greet thee I'm heading home! The wind is rising cold and biting Ilmarinen I greet thee Northern shores - I'm home No surrounding golden walls no marble covered halls No silver-plated streets that glimmer and shine No statues monuments nor fountains filled with wine Only trees touching the sky Far away where sunshine never fades""
Lyrics submitted by Nonny, edited by KaptRocket
The Land Of Hope And Glory Lyrics as written by Mathias Nygard
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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