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 wrote the letter just the other day to nobody in particular
But if anyone were to read a bit - they'd think I was a bit pecular
But in matters not what they think of me, it's only what I know is real
And so that's left that matters now - is that the feeling's back
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
I fought a thousand times, I never knew the meaning of the word fear
Till that one day when I stood alone, staring straight in the mirror
It's not a pretty sight, and even worse it's so hard to face
Until I realize I'm the only one that put me in this place
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
I'm gonna breathe I'm gonna live - that's right - nothing's gonna stop me
I'm gonna shout I'm gonna scream - that's right - nothing's gonaa stop me
I'm gonna run, I'm gonna fly - that's right - nothing's gonna stop me
I'm gonna fight I'm gonna win - that's right - nothing's gonna stop me
Nothing's gonna stop me, nothing's gonna stop me now - cause the feeling's back
And you gotta love the feeling
I dug my hole too deep, I couldn't admit, I didn't know when to stop
But you can only dig your hole six feet until the dirt comes back to top
I've got a long way left to climb but I'll still look you straight in the eye
And I can honestly say I'll never quit - not even on the day I die
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
But if anyone were to read a bit - they'd think I was a bit pecular
But in matters not what they think of me, it's only what I know is real
And so that's left that matters now - is that the feeling's back
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
I fought a thousand times, I never knew the meaning of the word fear
Till that one day when I stood alone, staring straight in the mirror
It's not a pretty sight, and even worse it's so hard to face
Until I realize I'm the only one that put me in this place
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
I'm gonna breathe I'm gonna live - that's right - nothing's gonna stop me
I'm gonna shout I'm gonna scream - that's right - nothing's gonaa stop me
I'm gonna run, I'm gonna fly - that's right - nothing's gonna stop me
I'm gonna fight I'm gonna win - that's right - nothing's gonna stop me
Nothing's gonna stop me, nothing's gonna stop me now - cause the feeling's back
And you gotta love the feeling
I dug my hole too deep, I couldn't admit, I didn't know when to stop
But you can only dig your hole six feet until the dirt comes back to top
I've got a long way left to climb but I'll still look you straight in the eye
And I can honestly say I'll never quit - not even on the day I die
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
The feeling's back and you just can't stop it
Lyrics submitted by Lateralus518
The Feeling's Back Lyrics as written by Muir Clark
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