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"
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Daily double trouble all around, he got a bubble goose
when they shoot, he ducks down
avoiding the forces destroying the fruits of his seed
employed by the streets he was working for free
motivated by greed, green sacks he would smoke up
and sell to common folk who like toking (smoking) it, on the reg (regular)
ay yo, shots fly he pray one, reach his head
blood pours he caught on in the leg, now
where he run to, crippled, simple minded
lived in the city and, dreamed of dying
promoted death, with every single breath
but now his breath is getting short and he’s scared
shaking in his boots as he pulls out his hair
got what he wanted but he wasn’t prepared
crying, realizing he don’t wanna die
he’s nobody, and me and him are so much alike
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
When the rain falls down, nobody seeks
shelter for the storm, or strength for the weak
nobody wants peace from the violent wind
nobody wants to escape this, life of sin
when children cry, nobody wants to help
nobodies true to others, nobodies true to self
nobody shares their wealth, mentally and physically
spiritually and so forth with, faith in God
nobody wants to live, nobody wants to fight
nobody chooses sides standing for what’s right
nobody sees color beyond black and white
nobody shines so even the blind can see the light
nobodies leaving behind all the pain from the past
God’s willing to help, nobodies willing to ask
God’s willing to help, nobodies willing to ask
if only nobody would take off the mask
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, just call me Nobody yeah
and I’ll be ready when they say that Nobody will do it
When the rain falls down, Nobody (I, me or you) seeks
shelter for the storm and strength for the weak
Nobody (I) wants peace from the violent wind
Nobody wants to escape this, life of sin
when children cry, Nobody wants to help
Nobody is true to others, Nobody is true to self
Nobody shares their wealth, mentally and physically
Spiritually and so forth with faith in God
Nobody wants to live, nobody wants to fight
Nobody chooses sides standing for what’s right
Nobody sees color beyond black and white
Nobody shines so even the blind can see the light
Nobody is leaving behind all the pain from the past
God’s willing to help, Nobody is willing to ask
God’s willing to help, Nobody is willing to ask
Nobody just take off that mask
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
uh, it goes daily I wrestle
see me on stage but I’m nobody special
just call me Nobody yeah
and I’ll be ready when they say that Nobody will do it
uh, it goes, daily I wrestle
see me on stage but I’m nobody special
respond if you feel it
a generation of Nobodies waiting to be revealed
nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Daily double trouble all around, he got a bubble goose
when they shoot, he ducks down
avoiding the forces destroying the fruits of his seed
employed by the streets he was working for free
motivated by greed, green sacks he would smoke up
and sell to common folk who like toking (smoking) it, on the reg (regular)
ay yo, shots fly he pray one, reach his head
blood pours he caught on in the leg, now
where he run to, crippled, simple minded
lived in the city and, dreamed of dying
promoted death, with every single breath
but now his breath is getting short and he’s scared
shaking in his boots as he pulls out his hair
got what he wanted but he wasn’t prepared
crying, realizing he don’t wanna die
he’s nobody, and me and him are so much alike
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
When the rain falls down, nobody seeks
shelter for the storm, or strength for the weak
nobody wants peace from the violent wind
nobody wants to escape this, life of sin
when children cry, nobody wants to help
nobodies true to others, nobodies true to self
nobody shares their wealth, mentally and physically
spiritually and so forth with, faith in God
nobody wants to live, nobody wants to fight
nobody chooses sides standing for what’s right
nobody sees color beyond black and white
nobody shines so even the blind can see the light
nobodies leaving behind all the pain from the past
God’s willing to help, nobodies willing to ask
God’s willing to help, nobodies willing to ask
if only nobody would take off the mask
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, just call me Nobody yeah
and I’ll be ready when they say that Nobody will do it
When the rain falls down, Nobody (I, me or you) seeks
shelter for the storm and strength for the weak
Nobody (I) wants peace from the violent wind
Nobody wants to escape this, life of sin
when children cry, Nobody wants to help
Nobody is true to others, Nobody is true to self
Nobody shares their wealth, mentally and physically
Spiritually and so forth with faith in God
Nobody wants to live, nobody wants to fight
Nobody chooses sides standing for what’s right
Nobody sees color beyond black and white
Nobody shines so even the blind can see the light
Nobody is leaving behind all the pain from the past
God’s willing to help, Nobody is willing to ask
God’s willing to help, Nobody is willing to ask
Nobody just take off that mask
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
Oh oh oh, Nobody make noise
Nobody raise your hands to the sky
Oh oh oh, Nobody reach out
Nobody touch it, what you gonna do
uh, it goes daily I wrestle
see me on stage but I’m nobody special
just call me Nobody yeah
and I’ll be ready when they say that Nobody will do it
uh, it goes, daily I wrestle
see me on stage but I’m nobody special
respond if you feel it
a generation of Nobodies waiting to be revealed
Lyrics submitted by vstruhar
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