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"
Tra la la
Tra la la, la
La la, la, la la, mhh, mhm
Tra la la
Tra la la, la
La la, la, la la, ay
Vexation of spirit is a waste of time
Negative thinking, don't you waste your thoughts
Verbal conflict is a waste of word
Physical conflict is a waste of flesh
People will always be who they want
And that's what really makes the world go 'round
Unconditional love is scarce
'Til Shiloh I shall not forsake thee
Now and forevermore, forevermore, forevermore, yeah
You see, you gave precious life to me
So I live my life for you, you
You see, you've always been there for me
And so I'll be there for you, you
'Til Shiloh I shall not forsake thee
Bless your eyes and may your days be long
May you rise on the morning when His kingdom come
Good deeds aren't remembered in the hearts of men (ooh)
Bless your eyes and may your dreams come true
May you rise on the morning when Jah kingdom come
Good deeds aren't remembered in the hearts of men
'Til Shiloh I shall not forsake thee
Now and forevermore, forevermore, forevermore
You see, you've always had faith in me
And so I'll have faith in you, you
You've always been there for me
And so I'll be there for you, you
Hey, you've always been good to me
Even when I'm not good to myself
You've always been fair to me
Even when I'm not fair to myself
You've always done right by me
So I will do right by you, you
'Til Shiloh I shall not forsake thee
You've always been there for me, mama
And so I'll be there for you, papa
You've always been fair to me, brother
And so I'll be fair to you, sister
You've always had faith in me
And so I'll have faith in you, you
Hey, you've always been good to me
You've always been kind to me
You've always stood up for me
You've always been there for me
You've always been, ooh
You've always been, ooh
You've always did care for me, yeah
You've always did share with me, yeah
You've always been true to me
And so I'll be true to you
Tra la la, la
La la, la, la la, mhh, mhm
Tra la la
Tra la la, la
La la, la, la la, ay
Vexation of spirit is a waste of time
Negative thinking, don't you waste your thoughts
Verbal conflict is a waste of word
Physical conflict is a waste of flesh
People will always be who they want
And that's what really makes the world go 'round
Unconditional love is scarce
'Til Shiloh I shall not forsake thee
Now and forevermore, forevermore, forevermore, yeah
You see, you gave precious life to me
So I live my life for you, you
You see, you've always been there for me
And so I'll be there for you, you
'Til Shiloh I shall not forsake thee
Bless your eyes and may your days be long
May you rise on the morning when His kingdom come
Good deeds aren't remembered in the hearts of men (ooh)
Bless your eyes and may your dreams come true
May you rise on the morning when Jah kingdom come
Good deeds aren't remembered in the hearts of men
'Til Shiloh I shall not forsake thee
Now and forevermore, forevermore, forevermore
You see, you've always had faith in me
And so I'll have faith in you, you
You've always been there for me
And so I'll be there for you, you
Hey, you've always been good to me
Even when I'm not good to myself
You've always been fair to me
Even when I'm not fair to myself
You've always done right by me
So I will do right by you, you
'Til Shiloh I shall not forsake thee
You've always been there for me, mama
And so I'll be there for you, papa
You've always been fair to me, brother
And so I'll be fair to you, sister
You've always had faith in me
And so I'll have faith in you, you
Hey, you've always been good to me
You've always been kind to me
You've always stood up for me
You've always been there for me
You've always been, ooh
You've always been, ooh
You've always did care for me, yeah
You've always did share with me, yeah
You've always been true to me
And so I'll be true to you
Lyrics submitted by hydroman1071
There for You Lyrics as written by Patrick Levy Stephen Marley
Lyrics © Ultra Tunes, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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