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"
Every year, exactly this time of year
They go a balloon up into the air
And hold on to what all is near
Remember everything is here
Every year, about this time of year
I am with you as if you are here
I remember the way it fell through
You were all we all could do
Watch your step
Take a cab
Don't touch that
Don't stand there
Life is hard
Steal that car
Bus will break
Give me your knife
I hope that you're with me then
A story to tell her boyfriend
I hope that they aren't just (unforgiving?)
I hope you will be careful
They go a balloon up into the air
And hold on to what all is near
Remember everything is here
Every year, about this time of year
I am with you as if you are here
I remember the way it fell through
You were all we all could do
Watch your step
Take a cab
Don't touch that
Don't stand there
Life is hard
Steal that car
Bus will break
Give me your knife
I hope that you're with me then
A story to tell her boyfriend
I hope that they aren't just (unforgiving?)
I hope you will be careful
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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 is a great opener to 'The Warning'. I love the middle verse, but i thought it went "Watch your step, take good care, don't touch that, don't stand there, fire's hot, steel can cut, glass will break, if your not..."
i think the beginning is supposed to be:
every year, exactly this time of year let go a balloon up into the air and hold on to one who is near
The first verse reminds me of a memorial, releasing balloons into the air...since it's a commemoration of a specific event, it takes place on a specific date. The second reminds me of visiting a grave. It seems like (in my experience) you'd visit around the same time every year, but not necessarily on a specific day. So it begins with two reminders of death, then goes on to point out various dangers ("watch your step/take good care/etc"), then finally comes out and says out loud what's kind of been running in the background the whole time: "be careful". I'm pretty sure the previous two comments are right, and I think the very end of the song goes:
I hope that you would be careful The stories you told were awful I hope that they aren't just artful I hope that you would be careful.
It sees to me the song is thinking about death and worrying over the well being of someone you care about...
One line that confuses me is "I remember the way it fell through/You were all we all could do"...not sure what that means.