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 see the cold mist in the night
And watch the hills roll out of sight
I watch in every single way,
Inside out, outside in, every day
The sun can warm the coldest dawn
And move the movement on the lawn
I learn in every single day,
Inside out, outside in, every way
And there you are,
Making it up but you're sure that it is a star,
And boy you'll see
It's an illusion shining down in front of me,
And then you'll say
Even in time we shall control the day,
When what you'll see
Deep inside base controlling you and me
And one peculiar point I see,
As one of many ones of me
As truth is gathered, I rearrange,
Inside out, outside in, inside out, outside in,
Perpetual change
And there you are,
Saying we have the moon, so now the stars,
When all you see
Is near disaster gazing down on you and me,
And there you're standing,
Saying we have the whole world in our hands,
When all you'll see,
Deep inside the world's controlling you and me
You'll see perpetual change
You'll see perpetual change
And there you are,
Making it up but you're sure that it is a star,
And boy you'll see
It's an illusion shining down in front of me,
And then you'll say
Even in time we shall control the day,
When all you'll see
Deep inside base controlling you and me
As mist and sun are both the same,
We look on as pawns of their game
They move to testify the day,
Inside out, outside in, inside out, outside in,
All of the way
Ah, ah
And watch the hills roll out of sight
I watch in every single way,
Inside out, outside in, every day
The sun can warm the coldest dawn
And move the movement on the lawn
I learn in every single day,
Inside out, outside in, every way
And there you are,
Making it up but you're sure that it is a star,
And boy you'll see
It's an illusion shining down in front of me,
And then you'll say
Even in time we shall control the day,
When what you'll see
Deep inside base controlling you and me
And one peculiar point I see,
As one of many ones of me
As truth is gathered, I rearrange,
Inside out, outside in, inside out, outside in,
Perpetual change
And there you are,
Saying we have the moon, so now the stars,
When all you see
Is near disaster gazing down on you and me,
And there you're standing,
Saying we have the whole world in our hands,
When all you'll see,
Deep inside the world's controlling you and me
You'll see perpetual change
You'll see perpetual change
And there you are,
Making it up but you're sure that it is a star,
And boy you'll see
It's an illusion shining down in front of me,
And then you'll say
Even in time we shall control the day,
When all you'll see
Deep inside base controlling you and me
As mist and sun are both the same,
We look on as pawns of their game
They move to testify the day,
Inside out, outside in, inside out, outside in,
All of the way
Ah, ah
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Perpetual Change Lyrics as written by Chris Squire Jon Anderson
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Energy is the cause of change, things are not constant, so let's use more Present Continuous Tense
THE SUN CAN WARM THE COLDEST DAWN AND MOVE THE MOVEMENT ON THE LAWN. the energy contained in the sun is the cause of change it changes temperature and causes wind
AND THERE YOU ARE, MAKING IT UP BUT YOU'RE SURE THAT IT IS A STAR, ... IT'S AN ILLUSION SHINING DOWN IN FRONT OF ME, the Sun is something more than just a star
WHEN ALL YOU'LL SEE, DEEP INSIDE THE DAY'S CONTROLLING YOU AND ME. the Sun (in the middle of the day we're the closest, it's the easiest to see), is controlling people.
AS ONE OF MANY ONES OF ME. I am changing all the time, it is wrong to see a person as a noun, there are many "me"s, always changing, always showing different aspects
AND ONE PECULIAR POINT I SEE ... ,AS TRUTH IS GATHERED, I REARRANGE, INSIDE OUT, OUTSIDE IN, INSIDE OUT, OUTSIDE IN, PERPETUAL CHANGE. I try to see things from many perspectives, not just from my point of view
AND THERE YOU'RE STANDING, SAYING WE HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD IN OUR HANDS, ..... AND THEN YOU'LL SAY EVEN IN TIME WE SHALL CONTROL THE DAY,
WHEN ALL YOU'LL SEE, DEEP INSIDE THE WORLD'S CONTROLLING YOU AND ME. People are not as strong as all this change-causing energy, so let's not be so sure we're in control here. Let's just accept we're verbs, heh.
@zamiast Awesome interpretation!