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"
why can't i see through you
why can i never steal your heart
i'm holding back another night
hold me close, don't let go
why can't i see through you
why can i never steal your heart
your breathless voice i won't forget
cause it's always beautiful
this cold december air
i feel your breath
as if i were there
this cold december air
i feel your breath
as if i were there
why can't i fake this
why can i never steal your heart
you're not alone in this my dear
this is hard for both of us
why can't i fake this
why can i never steal your heart
and if i could i'd let you know
that i always wanted this
this cold december air
i feel your breath
as if i were there
this cold december air
i feel your breath
as if i were there
your heart is torn apart
just stay right here
next to me
your heart is torn apart
just stay right here
next to me
well i guess i
i can't walk past you
my heart is torn too
i guess i'll wait here
i guess i
i can't walk past you
my heart is torn in two
these pieces of you
your heart is torn apart
stay right here
next to me
why can i never steal your heart
i'm holding back another night
hold me close, don't let go
why can't i see through you
why can i never steal your heart
your breathless voice i won't forget
cause it's always beautiful
this cold december air
i feel your breath
as if i were there
this cold december air
i feel your breath
as if i were there
why can't i fake this
why can i never steal your heart
you're not alone in this my dear
this is hard for both of us
why can't i fake this
why can i never steal your heart
and if i could i'd let you know
that i always wanted this
this cold december air
i feel your breath
as if i were there
this cold december air
i feel your breath
as if i were there
your heart is torn apart
just stay right here
next to me
your heart is torn apart
just stay right here
next to me
well i guess i
i can't walk past you
my heart is torn too
i guess i'll wait here
i guess i
i can't walk past you
my heart is torn in two
these pieces of you
your heart is torn apart
stay right here
next to me
Lyrics submitted by willgeez
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Hmm. I think this song is about how you can't have someone, and you really really want them.
Rather depressing.
But hell, that's just my opinion.
Whoa... only one other comment... wow.
First off.. Red Lipstick Letter = Orgasmic
and second.. this song is about how much you want someone right there beside you but cant have them... again.. right on killie!!
Chapter III
why can't i see through you why can i never steal your heart i'm holding back another night hold me close, don't let go
(even after all this time she still wants him, she has stop casual dating and tried to have a serious relationship- but she cant shake him. She cant be serious with anyone, she still feels only for him. She cries out to him why?!! Why can’t I feel anything for anyone but you, If you cant give me your heart why can I even steal your heart!! She is holding back another night with the guy she is trying to be serious with, she cannot give him her all in the night, she already gave herself away . She begs the guy to stay with her even though she doesn’t feel for him just so she can feel something close to real.)
why can't i see through you why can i never steal your heart your breathless voice i won't forget cause it's always beautiful (Why cant she see through his lies, he doesn’t really care about her…She cant forget everything she loves about him. ) this cold december air i feel your breath as if i were there
(It is december and feels his memory sneaking up on her again, she still feels exactly the same way)
this cold december air i feel your breath as if i were there
why can't i fake this why can i never steal your heart you're not alone in this my dear this is hard for both of us (she says why cant I just fake being normal, not liking him, find someone else. Once again he says he loves her too, but he cant be serious with her right now. Just wait a little longer for him.)
why can't i fake this why can i never steal your heart and if i could i'd let you know that i always wanted this (She keeps screaming to herself )
this cold december air i feel your breath as if i were there
this cold december air i feel your breath as if i were there
your heart is torn apart just stay right here next to me (He says stop letting herself be broken by attempting to find meaning in a meaningless relationship, just wait for him. It will be worth it. Just stay next to him) your heart is torn apart just stay right here next to me (He pleads stay with me don’t give up on me)
well i guess i i can't walk past you my heart is torn too i guess i'll wait here (She says I guess I have to I have no other option, theres nothing she can do but wait. She is torn between trying to find happiness now and the hope that happiness will be with him in the future) i guess i i can't walk past you my heart is torn in two these pieces of you (She knows she just has to wait, her heart is torn between hating and loving him.) your heart is torn apart stay right here next to me (He consoles her just stay, just stay with me, I realize your hurting but in the end it will be okay, we are meant to be.) -This is a story click on stay with me to read the next part.