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 cried a tear, you wiped it dry
I was confused, you cleared my mind
I sold my soul, you bought it back for me
And held me up and gave me dignity
Somehow you needed me
You gave me strength to stand alone again
To face the world out on my own again
You put me high upon a pedestal
So high that I could almost see eternity
You needed me, you needed me
And I can't believe it's you
I can't believe it's true
I needed you and you were there
And I'll never leave, why should I leave?
I'd be a fool 'cause I finally found someone who really cares
You held my hand when it was cold
When I was lost, you took me home
You gave me hope when I was at the end
And turned my lies back into truth again
You even called me "friend"
You gave me strength to stand alone again
To face the world out on my own again
You put me high upon a pedestal
So high that I could almost see eternity
You needed me, you needed me
You needed me, you needed me
I was confused, you cleared my mind
I sold my soul, you bought it back for me
And held me up and gave me dignity
Somehow you needed me
You gave me strength to stand alone again
To face the world out on my own again
You put me high upon a pedestal
So high that I could almost see eternity
You needed me, you needed me
And I can't believe it's you
I can't believe it's true
I needed you and you were there
And I'll never leave, why should I leave?
I'd be a fool 'cause I finally found someone who really cares
You held my hand when it was cold
When I was lost, you took me home
You gave me hope when I was at the end
And turned my lies back into truth again
You even called me "friend"
You gave me strength to stand alone again
To face the world out on my own again
You put me high upon a pedestal
So high that I could almost see eternity
You needed me, you needed me
You needed me, you needed me
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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This song rocks me to the very core of my balls.
I used to think this song was about a romantic relationship... but now I think it is about a relationship with God...
I was confused, you cleared my mind -- God provides clarity and perspective I sold my soul, you bought it back for me -- Referring to the price that Jesus paid for sins
You put me high upon a pedestal So high that I could almost see eternity -- Heaven maybe? Eternal life?
When I was lost you took me home -- similar to the line from Amazing Grace "was lost, but now I'm found" You gave me hope when I was at the end -- God is hope And turned my lies back into truth again -- Forgiveness of sin You even called me "friend" -- Friend is not a romantic term, but reminds me of the hymn "what a friend we have in Jesus"
I am not sure what the original intent of the song was, but there are so many parallels to hymns and it just doesn't seem to fit a romantic relationship
It's very clear what this song means, it isn't a romantic love song, it isn't a religious song and it isn't about a list and found love. It's actually a lot sweeter than all that.
Allow me to explain...
The song changes as it goes. At first it sounds like a love song, then it sounds like a religious song and then it sounds like a relationship between a parent.
If anything, that last one is the closest to the meaning. It's the relationship between a mother and a child. Yes it's probably different to every listner but there is no doubt in my mind that this is what it is about.
A mother guiding their child through life and then right at the end of it all when the mother passes, the child (now an adult) has now acknowledged all of this and is thanking the mother for everything.
You needed me its a song that goes into my soul its have a different meaning for me its goes like i needed that special person that i meet in my life by accident and we share our secrets our life,s but we don,t belong to each other we use to sing this song together in a party last summer of 2014 and we both know we needed its other but the time not permit us ,,,,
This is genius in that it can be viewed from so very many meanings, be it romantic, spiritual or parental. The thing I find most intriguing is how the lyricist describes his/her dependance on this person yet claims that this person is the one ho had the need! Great, thought provoking song!
Just my little five cents. I am searching for hope and faith and while I was going through scripture this song popped in my head. For me, this song gives me hope because He (Christ) needs me and values me. Confirming that He is a friend indeed and cares. It touches emotions unexplained deep inside.