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"
I walked across a crowded street
A sea of eyes, cut through me
And I saw you in the middle
Your upset face, you wear it well
You camouflage the way you feel
When everything is the matter
We've all been down that road before
Searching for that something more
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
Blink our eyes, life's rearranged
To our surprise, it's still okay
It's the way things happen
Summer comes and then it goes
Hold on tight, and brace for cold
And it's only for a moment
We've all been down that road before
Searching for that something more
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
Life isn't suffocating
Air isn't overrated
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath, take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
(Worlds are spinning 'round) yeah
(There's no time fore slowing down)
(So won't you) don't forget to take a breath
(Don't forget to take a breath)
A sea of eyes, cut through me
And I saw you in the middle
Your upset face, you wear it well
You camouflage the way you feel
When everything is the matter
We've all been down that road before
Searching for that something more
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
Blink our eyes, life's rearranged
To our surprise, it's still okay
It's the way things happen
Summer comes and then it goes
Hold on tight, and brace for cold
And it's only for a moment
We've all been down that road before
Searching for that something more
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
Life isn't suffocating
Air isn't overrated
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath
Worlds are spinning 'round
There's no time for slowing down
So won't you take a breath?
Just take a breath, take a breath
People change and promises are broken
Clouds can move and skies will be wide open
Don't forget to take a breath
(Worlds are spinning 'round) yeah
(There's no time fore slowing down)
(So won't you) don't forget to take a breath
(Don't forget to take a breath)
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Take a Breath Lyrics as written by Joseph Jonas Jess Cates
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This song is genius. These boys keep on getting better and better, lyrically and musically. Joseph's voice is so chilling in the verses. I love it.
This song is my new favorite song of theirs. I mean, it is so good! Often times people, especially those who are under a lot of stress, want to just give up because everything in their life is moving so quickly and time is going by so fast. This song is just encouraging to take one second and stop, and breath. I agree with michelle, their music does seem to progress with every song they write. Keep it coming JB!
i love this song soo much it is soo amazing their voices are soo beautiful and the song is just soo calming and real and true and everything i love it
i think these are one of the best lyrics the boys have had yet. also a great song. im a HUUUUGGEEE fan. [: ily jb.
this song is amazing. i cannot stop listening to it. i would i have to say, this is one of their best songs.
jb, i love you guys!!!!
very mature for the jonas brothers. probably my favorite. anyone can relate, really.
"Life isn't suffocating, air isn't overrated" for some reason i get maaaaaaaaaaaaaajor chills when joe sings "overrated". just listen to it.
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