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"
How do you look at the world?
Is it cold?
Is your glass half empty?
Or is it half full?
I got so many questions
So many questions (So many questions)
I got
I got so many questions
So many questions (So many questions)
I got... I got
How come nothing seems fair to me?
How come the world has me scared to be?
Why can't people walk home alone?
How come every time the phone rings, it's the fuckin' bone?
How come times always leavin' me dry?
Why do all the wise men cry?
How come there ain't enough for everyone?
How come you can't take back the shit you've done?
How come broke people, they stay poor?
Richies get more and bolt-lock the doors?
How come everyone has panic attacks?
We need pills just to chill and relax.
How come we always jumpin' off soo quick?
Why's the air we breath always makin' us sick?
How come the news always trying to scare you?
Suicide bombers standing near you.
How come new shit becomes old so fast?
How come everything was so much fresher in the past?
How come we all supposed to act a certain way?
Why we always watch the shit we say?
Why?
How come people like to start shit?
How come that little kid's heart quit?
How come all the good is so out of reach?
Why is there broken glass on the beach?
How come fine hoes are always the meanest?
Across from you, the grass is the greenest.
What's the good drive, you didn't succeed
Out of all, you got there ain't nothing you need
How come nobody remembers your name?
And every page you turn, it's the same
How come everybody else gots plenty?
Is your glasses half full or half empty?
How do you look at the world?
Is it cold?
Is your glass half empty?
Or is it half full?
I got so many questions
So many questions (So many questions)
I got
I got so many questions
So many questions (So many questions)
I got... I got
How do you look at the world?
Is it cold?
Is your glass half empty?
Or is it half full?
I got soo many questions
Soo many questions (Soo many questions)
I got
I got soo many questions
Soo many questions (Soo many questions)
I got... I got
Is it cold?
Is your glass half empty?
Or is it half full?
I got so many questions
So many questions (So many questions)
I got
I got so many questions
So many questions (So many questions)
I got... I got
How come nothing seems fair to me?
How come the world has me scared to be?
Why can't people walk home alone?
How come every time the phone rings, it's the fuckin' bone?
How come times always leavin' me dry?
Why do all the wise men cry?
How come there ain't enough for everyone?
How come you can't take back the shit you've done?
How come broke people, they stay poor?
Richies get more and bolt-lock the doors?
How come everyone has panic attacks?
We need pills just to chill and relax.
How come we always jumpin' off soo quick?
Why's the air we breath always makin' us sick?
How come the news always trying to scare you?
Suicide bombers standing near you.
How come new shit becomes old so fast?
How come everything was so much fresher in the past?
How come we all supposed to act a certain way?
Why we always watch the shit we say?
Why?
How come people like to start shit?
How come that little kid's heart quit?
How come all the good is so out of reach?
Why is there broken glass on the beach?
How come fine hoes are always the meanest?
Across from you, the grass is the greenest.
What's the good drive, you didn't succeed
Out of all, you got there ain't nothing you need
How come nobody remembers your name?
And every page you turn, it's the same
How come everybody else gots plenty?
Is your glasses half full or half empty?
How do you look at the world?
Is it cold?
Is your glass half empty?
Or is it half full?
I got so many questions
So many questions (So many questions)
I got
I got so many questions
So many questions (So many questions)
I got... I got
How do you look at the world?
Is it cold?
Is your glass half empty?
Or is it half full?
I got soo many questions
Soo many questions (Soo many questions)
I got
I got soo many questions
Soo many questions (Soo many questions)
I got... I got
Lyrics submitted by Elimination
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