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"
Red, yellow, hit green, then go, breathe in slow
S.O.B.
You ain't never seen nothing so rugged at 90
Uh huh, with the cops behind me yo!
The boiler's grinding, keep the cuffs, enjoy your doughnuts sir, you ain't gonna find me
It's not likely, the brains is blown out
You're chasing a ghost with no brakes, slow down
Hundred proof octane, ready to drip it
Stop playing, I'm hot man, gimme that pink slip
Time's up, the animals crept through
Leave them in the dust with a packet of jet fuel
Too quick, eat 'em up, better for pet food
No brain, slow lane, missing your head screws
Skin and bones let mess with your chrome set
Tricked out, hopping like your cruse in a cold chest
Parked in eagle with a safety pin
Take the backseat, now let the games begin, yeah
Ha, get ready, get set, let's roll
Road warrior in a bit of petrol
Red, yellow, hit green, then go, breathe in slow
Shapeshifter
Come on man, you can't be real
I'll show you what it is, let the anthem build
Shapeshifter
Put the pedal to the metal and go
Tough match, you lost by a hubcap
The big boss spray painted on my mud flap
Get a rush, yeah we're calling your cold bluff
Can never get enough
Step in, hold your breath and hang tight
Known for the big dollar bet in the cage fight
You're playing with the sharks, step inside
Everybody on your mark, get set, now let's ride.
That's right, put the pedal to the metal and go
The yellow madellow with slicks on sending 'em home
Stick cars in the concrete, gripping the road
So quick, get in the palm trees, look out, whoa
We got car keys hooked to remote controls
Hit a button that'll smoke and they'll rip you off
I told you, I don't want to close your casket
Quit now before you go blowing a gasket.
Ha, get ready, get set, let's roll
Road warrior in a bit of petrol
Red, yellow, hit green, then go, breathe in slow
Shapeshifter
Come on man, you can't be real
I'll show you what it is, let the anthem build
Shapeshifter
Put the pedal to the metal and go
All things melting
While time is shifting
Transist, transform (out purposely)
Yielding, bending
While time is shifting
Two shapes they can't get straight
Get ready, get set, let's roll
Shapeshifter
Come on man, you can't be real
I'll show you what it is, let the anthem build
Shapeshifter
If you want it, come and let me know
I'm right here, put the pedal to the metal and go
Shapeshifter
Come on man, you can't be real
I'll show you what it is, let the anthem build
Shapeshifter
Put the pedal to the metal and go
S.O.B.
You ain't never seen nothing so rugged at 90
Uh huh, with the cops behind me yo!
The boiler's grinding, keep the cuffs, enjoy your doughnuts sir, you ain't gonna find me
It's not likely, the brains is blown out
You're chasing a ghost with no brakes, slow down
Hundred proof octane, ready to drip it
Stop playing, I'm hot man, gimme that pink slip
Time's up, the animals crept through
Leave them in the dust with a packet of jet fuel
Too quick, eat 'em up, better for pet food
No brain, slow lane, missing your head screws
Skin and bones let mess with your chrome set
Tricked out, hopping like your cruse in a cold chest
Parked in eagle with a safety pin
Take the backseat, now let the games begin, yeah
Ha, get ready, get set, let's roll
Road warrior in a bit of petrol
Red, yellow, hit green, then go, breathe in slow
Shapeshifter
Come on man, you can't be real
I'll show you what it is, let the anthem build
Shapeshifter
Put the pedal to the metal and go
Tough match, you lost by a hubcap
The big boss spray painted on my mud flap
Get a rush, yeah we're calling your cold bluff
Can never get enough
Step in, hold your breath and hang tight
Known for the big dollar bet in the cage fight
You're playing with the sharks, step inside
Everybody on your mark, get set, now let's ride.
That's right, put the pedal to the metal and go
The yellow madellow with slicks on sending 'em home
Stick cars in the concrete, gripping the road
So quick, get in the palm trees, look out, whoa
We got car keys hooked to remote controls
Hit a button that'll smoke and they'll rip you off
I told you, I don't want to close your casket
Quit now before you go blowing a gasket.
Ha, get ready, get set, let's roll
Road warrior in a bit of petrol
Red, yellow, hit green, then go, breathe in slow
Shapeshifter
Come on man, you can't be real
I'll show you what it is, let the anthem build
Shapeshifter
Put the pedal to the metal and go
All things melting
While time is shifting
Transist, transform (out purposely)
Yielding, bending
While time is shifting
Two shapes they can't get straight
Get ready, get set, let's roll
Shapeshifter
Come on man, you can't be real
I'll show you what it is, let the anthem build
Shapeshifter
If you want it, come and let me know
I'm right here, put the pedal to the metal and go
Shapeshifter
Come on man, you can't be real
I'll show you what it is, let the anthem build
Shapeshifter
Put the pedal to the metal and go
Lyrics submitted by Hackstar18
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