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"
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
She belongs somewhere else
Away from my side
So run with what you've got
And chase with what you need
I believe the faith will fill
Didn't know their way back
We're so far away from home
But brother you're not alone
And I promise to climb back
Up here to you
Waiting for this message
Coming through
Is it mine?
Is it mine?
As she pulls inside
Is it mine?
Is it mine?
How the lights go blind
Do you take the non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
She belongs somewhere else
Where pain isn't home
Yeah, but I've come every chance
Not part of every plan
I believe the faith will fill
Didn't know their way back
So far away from home
But brother you're not alone
Is it mine?
Is it mine?
As she pulls inside
Is it mine?
Is it mine?
How the light go out
Do you take the non believer?
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believe
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do you take the non believer?
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Hey, do you take the non believer?
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do you take the non believer?
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
And I'm not the only one
Do you take the non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
She belongs somewhere else
Away from my side
So run with what you've got
And chase with what you need
I believe the faith will fill
Didn't know their way back
We're so far away from home
But brother you're not alone
And I promise to climb back
Up here to you
Waiting for this message
Coming through
Is it mine?
Is it mine?
As she pulls inside
Is it mine?
Is it mine?
How the lights go blind
Do you take the non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
She belongs somewhere else
Where pain isn't home
Yeah, but I've come every chance
Not part of every plan
I believe the faith will fill
Didn't know their way back
So far away from home
But brother you're not alone
Is it mine?
Is it mine?
As she pulls inside
Is it mine?
Is it mine?
How the light go out
Do you take the non believer?
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believe
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do you take the non believer?
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Hey, do you take the non believer?
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
Do you take the non believer?
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
And I'm not the only one
Do you take the non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
'Cause I'm a non believer
Do do do do do
Do do do do do
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I did these lyrics by ear so if anyone thinks there need to be changes, please tell me.