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"
There are things in this life I
would rather not sacrifice.
You girl I cannot live without
and you know there's no doubt that
All I mind's losing you.
I don't mind losing sleep
Pray the lord my soul to keep
I'll get plenty of rest when I am dead
but till then won't you share my bed
cuz all I mind's losing you
All I mind's losing you
And I don't mind losing money
There's nothin this life owes me
I've been given morethan I can receive
But for you there's no receipt
So all I mind's losing you
All I mind's losing you
I don't mind growin o-old
Losing teeth and going bald
Not as handsome as I ever was
But you love me just because
All I mind's losing you
All I mind's losing you
There are things in this life I
would rather not sacrifice.
You girl I cannot live without
and you know there's no doubt that
All I mind's losing you (x3)
would rather not sacrifice.
You girl I cannot live without
and you know there's no doubt that
All I mind's losing you.
I don't mind losing sleep
Pray the lord my soul to keep
I'll get plenty of rest when I am dead
but till then won't you share my bed
cuz all I mind's losing you
All I mind's losing you
And I don't mind losing money
There's nothin this life owes me
I've been given morethan I can receive
But for you there's no receipt
So all I mind's losing you
All I mind's losing you
I don't mind growin o-old
Losing teeth and going bald
Not as handsome as I ever was
But you love me just because
All I mind's losing you
All I mind's losing you
There are things in this life I
would rather not sacrifice.
You girl I cannot live without
and you know there's no doubt that
All I mind's losing you (x3)
Lyrics submitted by billyjerome
Losing You Lyrics as written by John Charles Wiltshire Butler
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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this songs the best its like my fav kiza
theres a few mistakes There are things in this life I, Would rather not sacrifice. You girl I could not live without, And you know there's no doubt that All I mind's, losing you.
And I don't mind losing sleep, Pray the lord my soul to keep. I'll get plenty of rest when i'm dead But 'till, 'till then wont you share my bed 'cause All I mind's, losing you.
i don't mind, losing money, There's nothing this life owes me. I've been giving more than I can receive, But for,you there is no receipt so, All I mind's, losing you. All I mind's, losing you...ohh...
And now that I'm going old, Losing teeth and growing bald. Not as handsome as I never was but, You loved me just because. All I mind's, losing you.
There are things in this life I, Would rather not sacrifice. You girl I can not live without, And you know there's no doubt that All I mind's, losing you. Oh, all I mind's, losing you. All I mind's, losing you.
This reminds me of my cat.
wth kls lol. i personally have always loved this song. its one of the billions of song he has written to his wife. awwh. lol
I wish he was my husband... pure love song