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"
your body aches from all the alcohol you drank
but you tell yourself that you're still in control
woa-oh
and this chick's been talking for so long about herself
that you hope all of this listening pays off soon
well you heard that this was easy
and you understand
that every man has certain side of things he has to prove
you were only 16 about an hour ago
well you did not fear what you did not know
you went upstairs to get you what you've been waiting for
you took three deep breaths and held her hand real tight
you whispered "take it slow turn off the light"
you wonder if she's done this kind of thing before
this kind of thing before
16 candles are on this bed tonight
and with every piece of clothing you take off they die
these 16 candles will burn out tonight
and the fire won't rekindle once the last flame dies
you wake up oversure that something is amiss
the light beside your bed is on
your stomach hurts your pants are gone
the bits and pieces of the night fade in and out
you just can't comprehend
so you go and ask a friend
he said he saw you go upstairs
with a girl with darkish brownish hair
that you sort of kind of don't really remember
do you remember
16 candles are on this bed tonight
and with every piece of clothing you take off they die
these 16 candles will burn out tonight
and the fire won't rekindle once the last flame dies
you were only 16 about an hour ago
well you did not fear what you did not know
you went upstairs to get you what you've been waiting for
you took three deep breaths and held her hand real tight
you whispered "take it slow turn off the lights"
you wonder if she's done this kind of thing before
this kind of thing before
16 candles are on this bed tonight
and with every piece of clothing you take off they die
these 16 candles will burn out tonight
and the fire won't rekindle once the last flame dies
but you tell yourself that you're still in control
woa-oh
and this chick's been talking for so long about herself
that you hope all of this listening pays off soon
well you heard that this was easy
and you understand
that every man has certain side of things he has to prove
you were only 16 about an hour ago
well you did not fear what you did not know
you went upstairs to get you what you've been waiting for
you took three deep breaths and held her hand real tight
you whispered "take it slow turn off the light"
you wonder if she's done this kind of thing before
this kind of thing before
16 candles are on this bed tonight
and with every piece of clothing you take off they die
these 16 candles will burn out tonight
and the fire won't rekindle once the last flame dies
you wake up oversure that something is amiss
the light beside your bed is on
your stomach hurts your pants are gone
the bits and pieces of the night fade in and out
you just can't comprehend
so you go and ask a friend
he said he saw you go upstairs
with a girl with darkish brownish hair
that you sort of kind of don't really remember
do you remember
16 candles are on this bed tonight
and with every piece of clothing you take off they die
these 16 candles will burn out tonight
and the fire won't rekindle once the last flame dies
you were only 16 about an hour ago
well you did not fear what you did not know
you went upstairs to get you what you've been waiting for
you took three deep breaths and held her hand real tight
you whispered "take it slow turn off the lights"
you wonder if she's done this kind of thing before
this kind of thing before
16 candles are on this bed tonight
and with every piece of clothing you take off they die
these 16 candles will burn out tonight
and the fire won't rekindle once the last flame dies
Lyrics submitted by Indigo*Hippie
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